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Karl Swenson
Biography:
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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)... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind as (voice) (archive footage) | 1995-07-21 |
Disney's Halloween Treat as Merlin (voice) (archive footage) | 1982-10-30 |
The Gun and the Pulpit as Adams | 1974-04-03 |
Ulzana's Raid as Rukeyser | 1972-10-27 |
The New Healers as Mr. Fisherman | 1972-03-27 |
A Howling in the Woods as Apperson | 1971-11-05 |
Vanishing Point as Clerk | 1971-01-15 |
The Wild Country as Jensen | 1970-12-16 |
Tick... Tick... Tick... as Frank Braddock Sr. | 1970-01-09 |
Hour of the Gun as Dr. Charles Goodfellow | 1967-11-01 |
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night as Dr. Keller | 1967-10-17 |
Brighty of the Grand Canyon as Theodore Roosevelt | 1966-11-24 |
Seconds as Dr. Morris | 1966-10-05 |
The Cincinnati Kid as Mr. Rudd | 1965-10-15 |
The Sons of Katie Elder as Doc Isdell | 1965-06-23 |
Major Dundee as Captain Waller | 1965-04-07 |
The Prize as Hilding | 1963-12-25 |
The Sword in the Stone as Merlin (voice) | 1963-12-25 |
The Man from Galveston as Sheriff | 1963-12-18 |
The Birds as Drunken Doomsayer in Diner | 1963-03-28 |
How the West Was Won as Train Conductor (uncredited) | 1962-11-02 |
The Spiral Road as Insp. Bevers | 1962-08-03 |
Lonely are the Brave as Rev. Hoskins | 1962-05-24 |
Pericles on 31st Street as Louie DeBella | 1962-04-12 |
Walk on the Wild Side as Schmidt | 1962-03-21 |
Judgment at Nuremberg as Heinrich Geuter | 1961-12-18 |
Flaming Star as Dred Pierce | 1960-12-20 |
North to Alaska as Lars Nordqvist | 1960-11-07 |
One Foot in Hell as Sheriff Ole Olson | 1960-09-11 |
The Gallant Hours as Bill Bailey | 1960-06-13 |
Ice Palace as Scotty Ballantyne | 1960-01-02 |
The Hanging Tree as Tom Flaunce | 1959-02-19 |
No Name on the Bullet as Stricker | 1959-02-01 |
Gateways to the Mind as Hal - the Cameraman (uncredited) | 1958-10-23 |
Kings Go Forth as The Colonel | 1958-06-28 |
Four Boys and a Gun as Mr. Badek | 1957-01-11 |
Alice in Wonderland as Humpty Dumpty | 1955-10-22 |
December 7th as Machine-Gunner (uncredited) | 1943-03-01 |
Strangers All as Protester at Communist Meeting | 1935-04-01 |