Karl Swenson
Acting
- Naissance:
- 1908-07-23
- Décès:
- 1978-10-08
- Lieu de naissance:
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biographie
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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Filmographie
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Disney's Halloween Treat
L'Homme Araignée
Quand les méchants sont des stars chez Disney
La Petite Maison dans la prairie
The Gun and the Pulpit
Happy Days - Les Jours heureux
Doc Elliot
Fureur Apache
Ghost Story
The New Healers
Emergency!
A Howling in the Woods
Cannon
Point limite zéro
The Wild Country
Oscar & Félix
L'immortel
The Young Rebels
Tick… Tick… Tick et la violence explosa
Hawaï police d'État
The Mod Squad
Les Bannis
7 secondes en enfer
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Judd, for the Defense
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Cimarron
L'Homme de fer
CBS Playhouse
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
L'Opération diabolique
Mission : Impossible
Commando du désert
Tarzan
Le Kid de Cincinnati
Papa Schultz
La Grande Vallée
Les Quatre Fils de Katie Elder
Major Dundee
Profiles in Courage
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Pas de lauriers pour les tueurs
Merlin l'enchanteur
The Man from Galveston
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Mr. Novak
The Bill Dana Show
Le Fugitif
The Greatest Show on Earth
The Lieutenant
Les Oiseaux
The Dakotas
La Conquête de l'Ouest
General Electric True
Suspicion
Le Virginien
Sam Benedict
L'Homme de Bornéo
Seuls sont les indomptés
La Rue chaude
Jugement à Nuremberg
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Les Rôdeurs de la plaine
Le Grand Sam
Klondike
Surfside 6
The Andy Griffith Show
The Westerner
Outlaws
Les Hors-la-loi
The Gallant Hours
Hong Kong
Les aventuriers
Mr. Lucky
Hawaiian Eye
The Rebel
Johnny Ringo
Lock-Up
Riverboat
Bonanza
Tightrope
La Colline des potences
Une Balle signée X
Black Saddle
Rawhide
Gateways to the Mind
77 Sunset Strip
Bat Masterson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
The Rifleman
The Texan
Bronco
Les Diables au soleil
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 présente
Gunsmoke Police Des Plaines
Le Monde merveilleux de Disney (Disneyland - Walt Disney Présente - Le Monde Merveilleux De Disney En Couleurs )
Lassie
Portia Faces Life
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Robert Montgomery Presents
Pearl Harbour
Strangers All