Karl Swenson
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1908-07-23
- Fallecimiento:
- 1978-10-08
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biografía
Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Swenson is remembered for his role as the doomsayer in the diner in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) and as the voice of Merlin in Disney's The Sword in the Stone (1963). On television, he had numerous credits in guest roles on various shows, especially Westerns, including episodes of Bonanza, The Virginian, and Gunsmoke. He had a major recurring role as Walnut Grove founder Lars Hanson on Little House on the Prairie (1974 - 1978). Swenson also had roles in The Prize (1963), Major Dundee (1965), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Seconds (1966), Hour of the Gun (1967), ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), The Wild Country (1970), Vanishing Point (1971) and Ulzana's Raid (1972). Born in Brooklyn, New York of Swedish parentage, he originally planned to be a doctor and studied at Marietta College before pursuing acting. Swenson appeared extensively on the radio from the 1930s through the 1950s. He entered the film industry in 1943 with two wartime documentary shorts, December 7 and The Sikorsky Helicopter. Swenson was married to actress Joan Tompkins. He 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. He was interred at Center Cemetery in New Milford, Connecticut.
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Filmografía
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Disney's Halloween Treat
Spiderman
Disney's Greatest Villains
La casa de la pradera
The Gun and the Pulpit
Días felices
Doc Elliot
La venganza de Ulzana
Ghost Story
The New Healers
Emergency!
A Howling in the Woods
Cannon
Punto límite: Cero
La tierra de nadie
The Odd Couple
The Immortal
The Young Rebels
Tic, tic, tic
Hawaii 5-0
Patrulla juvenil
The Outcasts
La hora de las pistolas
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Judd, for the Defense
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Cimarron
Ironside
CBS Playhouse
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Plan diabólico
Misión. Imposible
The Rat Patrol
Tarzan
El rey del juego
Los héroes de Hogan
The Big Valley
Los cuatro hijos de Katie Elder
Mayor Dundee
Profiles in Courage
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
El premio
Merlín el encantador
The Man from Galveston
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Mr. Novak
The Bill Dana Show
El fugitivo
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Lieutenant
Los pájaros
The Dakotas
La conquista del Oeste
General Electric True
La hora de Alfred Hitchcock
El Virginiano
Sam Benedict
Camino de la jungla
Los valientes andan solos
La gata negra
¿Vencedores o vencidos? (El juicio de Núremberg)
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Estrella de fuego
Alaska, tierra de oro
Klondike
Rompeolas
The Andy Griffith Show
The Westerner
Outlaws
Un pie en el infierno
Los tigres del mar
Hong Kong
Imperio de titanes
Mr. Lucky
Intriga en Hawai (Serie de TV)
The Rebel
Johnny Ringo
Lock-Up
Riverboat
Bonanza
Tightrope
El árbol del ahorcado
Una bala sin nombre
Black Saddle
Cuero crudo
Gateways to the Mind
77 Sunset Strip
Bat Masterson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
El hombre del rifle
The Texan
Bronco
Cenizas bajo el sol
Trackdown
Leave It to Beaver
The Court of Last Resort
The Walter Winchell File
Maverick
Perry Mason
Sugarfoot
Have Gun, Will Travel
Four Boys and a Gun
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Alice in Wonderland
Playwrights '56
Alfred Hitchcock presenta
La ley del revólver
The Wonderful World of Disney
Lassie
Portia Faces Life
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Robert Montgomery Presents
El 7 de diciembre
Strangers All