Pitch (Santa Claus)

Pitch was the primary antagonist of the 1959 film Santa Claus.

He was portrayed by José Luis Aguirre.

Pitch was the chief lieutenant of Lucifer. On one Christmas Eve, Lucifer had enough of Santa Claus. He decided to turn the children of the Earth against Santa Claus, and sent Pitch to Earth.

While on Earth, Pitch attempted to convince young children to do bad things. This included the little girl Lupita, whom he tried to convince to shoplift a doll.

Working with some young boys, Pitch tried to delay Santa Claus and prevent him from completing his mission to deliver the toys to all the good children of the world. He attempted to steal Santa's sleigh. The attempt failed, but Pitch was able to empty Santa's dream powder bag. Santa also dropped the flower that made him disappear.

Santa was later cornered by a vicious dog in Mexico City and forced to climb a tree to get away from the dog. Pitch convinced the residents of the house the tree was located next to call the fire department and report a fire. This would have resulted in Santa being seen by many people. With assistance from Merlin, Santa was able to escape to complete his deliveries. Pitch, meanwhile, was doused with a fire hose from the firemen who had responded to the fire he had created.