He appeared to have only two favorite past-times: gardening and watching TV (that provided him with most of his knowledge about the world).In Manhattan as the parade participants were being assembled, the same older white-whiskered, kindly gentleman advised the previously-hired Santa Claus character (Percy Helton) who was on one of the floats and was improperly flicking his whip from Santa""s sleigh.Plot SynopsisDoc Levy (Roy Scheider), an American secret agent, who is thought to have stolen a valuable cache of diamonds (originally stolen from Jewish concentration camp victims), is killed by evil ex-Nazi Szell (Laurence Olivier), an ex-concentration camp dentist by profession.Cortez was killed on a rooftop, as Ryan clung to the helicopter as it flew away with Clark and the rescued hostages onboard.