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person_profile-Karl Swenson

Karl Swenson Died at age: 70

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Karl Swenson

Date of Birth:

Jul 23, 1908

Country of birth:

Died:

Oct 08, 1978

Biography of

Karl Swenson

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Early in his career, he was credited as Peter Wayne

    Swenson was born in Brooklyn, New York, of Swedish parentage. Planning to be a doctor, he enrolled at Marietta College and undertook pre-medical studies but left that field to pursue acting.

    Swenson appeared extensively on the radio from the 1930s through the 1950s.

    Swenson entered the film industry in 1943 with two wartime documentary shorts, December 7 and The Sikorsky Helicopter, followed by more than thirty-five roles in feature films and television movies. No Name on the Bullet (1959) is only one of the many westerns in which he performed for both film and television.

    Swenson is remembered for his role as the doomsayer in the diner in Alfred Hitchcock's classic The Birds (1963) and had roles in The Prize (1963), Major Dundee (1965), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), The Cincinnati Kid (1965) and Seconds (1966). In 1967, Swenson appeared in the western Hour of the Gun, and played the role of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in the western film Brighty of the Grand Canyon, with co-stars Pat Conway and Joseph Cotten. His later film appearances included roles in ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), The Wild Country (1970), Vanishing Point (1971) and Ulzana's Raid (1972).

    Swenson was married to actress Joan Tompkins.

    Swenson died of a heart attack at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut on October 8, 1978, shortly after filming the Little House on the Prairie episode in which his character dies. The episode aired on October 16, 1978, eight days after Swenson's death. Swenson was interred at Center Cemetery in New Milford, Connecticut. CLR

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Filmography of

Karl Swenson

Found 38 Movies in total

Disney's Halloween Treat

Merlin (voice) (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

Disney's Greatest Villains

Merlin (voice) (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1977

The Gun and the Pulpit

Adams ( Actor )

... 1974

Ulzana's Raid

Rukeyser ( Actor )

... 1972

The New Healers

Mr. Fisherman ( Actor )

... 1972

A Howling in the Woods

Apperson ( Actor )

... 1971

Vanishing Point

Clerk ( Actor )

... 1971

The Wild Country

Jensen ( Actor )

... 1970

Tick... Tick... Tick...

Frank Braddock Sr. ( Actor )

... 1970

Hour of the Gun

Dr. Charles Goodfellow ( Actor )

... 1967

... 1967

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Theodore Roosevelt ( Actor )

... 1966

Seconds

Dr. Morris ( Actor )

... 1966

The Cincinnati Kid

Mr. Rudd ( Actor )

... 1965

The Sons of Katie Elder

Doc Isdell ( Actor )

... 1965

Major Dundee

Captain Waller ( Actor )

... 1965

The Prize

Hilding ( Actor )

... 1963

The Sword in the Stone

Merlin (voice) ( Actor )

... 1963

The Man from Galveston

Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1963

The Birds

Drunken Doomsayer in Diner ( Actor )

... 1963

How the West Was Won

Train Conductor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

The Spiral Road

Insp. Bevers ( Actor )

... 1962

Lonely are the Brave

Rev. Hoskins ( Actor )

... 1962

Pericles on 31st Street

Louie DeBella ( Actor )

... 1962

Walk on the Wild Side

Schmidt ( Actor )

... 1962

Judgment at Nuremberg

Heinrich Geuter ( Actor )

... 1961

Flaming Star

Dred Pierce ( Actor )

... 1960

North to Alaska

Lars Nordqvist ( Actor )

... 1960

One Foot in Hell

Sheriff Ole Olson ( Actor )

... 1960

The Gallant Hours

Bill Bailey ( Actor )

... 1960

Ice Palace

Scotty Ballantyne ( Actor )

... 1960

The Hanging Tree

Tom Flaunce ( Actor )

... 1959

No Name on the Bullet

Stricker ( Actor )

... 1959

Gateways to the Mind

Hal - the Cameraman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1958

Kings Go Forth

The Colonel ( Actor )

... 1958

Four Boys and a Gun

Mr. Badek ( Actor )

... 1957

Alice in Wonderland

Humpty Dumpty ( Actor )

... 1955

Strangers All

Protester at Communist Meeting ( Actor )

... 1935