Karl Swenson
- Schauspiel
- 23. Juli 1908 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- 8. Oktober 1978
Biografie
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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Filmografie
- Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind · (voice) (archive footage)
- Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea · Merlin (archive footage) (Stimme)
- Disneys fantastisches Halloween-Fest · Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Disneys Schurkenkabinett · Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
- Unsere kleine Farm · Lars Hanson
- The Gun and the Pulpit · Adams
- Happy Days
- Doc Elliot
- Keine Gnade für Ulzana · Rukeyser
- Teufelskreis der Angst · Ed Barnes
- The New Healers · Mr. Fisherman
- Notruf California · Gus
- A Howling in the Woods · Apperson
- Cannon
- Fluchtpunkt San Francisco · Clerk
- Rauhes Land · Jensen
- Männerwirtschaft · Captain Potter
- The Immortal
- The Young Rebels
- … tick… tick… tick… · Frank Braddock Sr.
- Hawaii Fünf-Null · Abel Morgan
- Twen-Police
- The Outcasts
- Die fünf Geächteten · Dr. Charles Goodfellow
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night · Dr. Keller
- Der Strafverteidiger
- Die Spur des Jim Sonnett
- Der Marshal von Cimarron · Dr. Kihlgren
- Der Chef · Vet
- CBS Playhouse · Dr. Keller
- Brighty - Abenteuer im Grand Canyon · Theodore Roosevelt
- Der Mann, der zweimal lebte · Dr. Morris
- Kobra übernehmen Sie · Colonel Dubov, Dr. Ziegler
- The Rat Patrol · Colonel Seidner
- Tarzan
- Cincinnati Kid · Mr. Rudd
- Ein Käfig voller Helden · Dr. Karl Svenson
- Big Valley · Bert Hadley, Aaron Moyers
- Die vier Söhne der Katie Elder · Doc Isdell
- Sierra Charriba · Captain Waller
- Profiles in Courage · Chynoweth
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. · Col. Harper
- Kein Lorbeer für den Mörder · Hilding
- Merlin und Mim · Merlin (Stimme)
- The Man from Galveston · Sheriff
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters · Coley Bishop
- Mr. Novak · Mr. Haskell
- Ein Page hat’s nicht leicht
- Auf der Flucht · Axel Nielsen - Service station owner, Morgan
- The Greatest Show on Earth · Louis
- The Lieutenant
- Die Vögel · Le prophète de malheur ivre au bar
- The Dakotas
- Das war der Wilde Westen · Train Conductor (uncredited)
- General Electric True
- Alfred Hitchcock zeigt · George Sherston
- Die Leute von der Shiloh-Ranch · Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Karl Swenson
- Sam Benedict · Barney Rosvalley, Barney Rossvalley
- Am schwarzen Fluß · Insp. Bevers
- Einsam sind die Tapferen · Rev. Hoskins
- Auf glühendem Pflaster · Schmidt
- Urteil von Nürnberg · Heinrich Geuter
- Ben Casey
- Dr. Kildare · Judge
- Flammender Stern · Dred Pierce
- Land der tausend Abenteuer · Lars Nordqvist
- Gold in Alaska · Judge Frank Weinstock
- Surfside 6
- The Andy Griffith Show · Mr. McBeevee
- The Westerner · Ben Potts
- Outlaws
- Vergeltung ohne Gnade · Sheriff Ole Olson
- Der Admiral · Bill Bailey
- Hong Kong · John Olwine
- Titanen · Scotty Ballantyne
- Mr. Lucky
- Hawaiian Eye
- The Rebel · Lew Bussey
- Johnny Ringo · Kramer