Buddy Swan
- Acting
- October 24, 1929
- March 21, 1993
Biography
Paul "Buddy" Swan (October 24, 1929 – March 21, 1993) (also credited as Buddy Swann) was an American child actor, best known for playing the title character of the 1941 film Citizen Kane as an eight-year-old boy. He also appeared in the horror film The Ape, the horror comedy Scared Stiff, and the Academy-Award nominated film The Fighting Sullivans, playing one of the Sullivan brothers in their youth. Swan also appeared as a young actor in Broadway plays in 1942, including Mr. Sycamore.
Known for
Filmography
- Destination Murder · Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
- Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang · Williams (uncredited)
- Shockproof · Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
- Gallant Journey · Sharkey (uncredited)
- Centennial Summer · Dudley Rogers
- Scared Stiff · Oliver Waldeck
- The Horn Blows at Midnight · Kid (uncredited)
- Strange Affair · Newsboy (uncredited)
- The Soul of a Monster · Second Newsboy (uncredited)
- The Fighting Sullivans · George, as a child (uncredited)
- Citizen Kane · Young Charles Foster Kane
- The Ape · Willie Brill
- Haunted House · Junior Henshaw