Karl Swenson
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- 23 de julio de 1908 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- 8 de octubre de 1978
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 · (voice) (archive footage)
- Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea · Merlin (archive footage) (Voz)
- Disney's Halloween Treat · Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
- Spiderman
- Disney's Greatest Villains · Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
- La casa de la pradera · Lars Hanson
- The Gun and the Pulpit · Adams
- Días felices
- Doc Elliot
- La venganza de Ulzana · Rukeyser
- Ghost Story · Ed Barnes
- The New Healers · Mr. Fisherman
- Emergency! · Gus
- A Howling in the Woods · Apperson
- Cannon
- Punto límite: Cero · Clerk
- La tierra de nadie · Jensen
- The Odd Couple · Captain Potter
- The Immortal
- The Young Rebels
- Tic, tic, tic · Frank Braddock Sr.
- Hawaii 5-0 · Abel Morgan
- Patrulla juvenil
- The Outcasts
- La hora de las pistolas · Dr. Charles Goodfellow
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night · Dr. Keller
- Judd, for the Defense
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
- Cimarron · Dr. Kihlgren
- Ironside · Vet
- CBS Playhouse · Dr. Keller
- Brighty of the Grand Canyon · Theodore Roosevelt
- Plan diabólico · Dr. Morris
- Misión. Imposible · Colonel Dubov, Dr. Ziegler
- The Rat Patrol · Colonel Seidner
- Tarzan
- El rey del juego · Mr. Rudd
- Los héroes de Hogan · Dr. Karl Svenson
- The Big Valley · Bert Hadley, Aaron Moyers
- Los cuatro hijos de Katie Elder · Doc Isdell
- Mayor Dundee · Captain Waller
- Profiles in Courage · Chynoweth
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. · Col. Harper
- El premio · Hilding
- Merlín el encantador · Merlin (Voz)
- The Man from Galveston · Sheriff
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters · Coley Bishop
- Mr. Novak · Mr. Haskell
- The Bill Dana Show
- El fugitivo · Axel Nielsen - Service station owner, Morgan
- The Greatest Show on Earth · Louis
- The Lieutenant
- Los pájaros · Le prophète de malheur ivre au bar
- The Dakotas
- La conquista del Oeste · Train Conductor (uncredited)
- General Electric True
- La hora de Alfred Hitchcock · George Sherston
- El Virginiano · Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Karl Swenson
- Sam Benedict · Barney Rosvalley, Barney Rossvalley
- Camino de la jungla · Insp. Bevers
- Los valientes andan solos · Rev. Hoskins
- La gata negra · Schmidt
- ¿Vencedores o vencidos? (El juicio de Núremberg) · Heinrich Geuter
- Ben Casey
- Dr. Kildare · Judge
- Estrella de fuego · Dred Pierce
- Alaska, tierra de oro · Lars Nordqvist
- Klondike · Judge Frank Weinstock
- Rompeolas
- The Andy Griffith Show · Mr. McBeevee
- The Westerner · Ben Potts
- Outlaws
- Un pie en el infierno · Sheriff Ole Olson
- Los tigres del mar · Bill Bailey
- Hong Kong · John Olwine
- Imperio de titanes · Scotty Ballantyne
- Mr. Lucky
- Intriga en Hawai (Serie de TV)
- The Rebel · Lew Bussey
- Johnny Ringo · Kramer