Karl Swenson
- Interprétation
- 23 juillet 1908 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- 8 octobre 1978
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 · (voice) (archive footage)
- Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea · Merlin (archive footage) (Voix)
- Disney's Halloween Treat · Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
- L'Homme Araignée
- Quand les méchants sont des stars chez Disney · Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
- La Petite Maison dans la prairie · Lars Hanson
- The Gun and the Pulpit · Adams
- Happy Days - Les Jours heureux
- Doc Elliot
- Fureur Apache · Rukeyser
- Ghost Story · Ed Barnes
- The New Healers · Mr. Fisherman
- Emergency! · Gus
- A Howling in the Woods · Apperson
- Cannon
- Point limite zéro · Clerk
- The Wild Country · Jensen
- Oscar & Félix · Captain Potter
- L'immortel
- The Young Rebels
- Tick… Tick… Tick et la violence explosa · Frank Braddock Sr.
- Hawaï police d'État · Abel Morgan
- The Mod Squad
- Les Bannis
- 7 secondes en enfer · 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
- L'Homme de fer · Vet
- CBS Playhouse · Dr. Keller
- Brighty of the Grand Canyon · Theodore Roosevelt
- L'Opération diabolique · Dr. Morris
- Mission : Impossible · Colonel Dubov, Dr. Ziegler
- Commando du désert · Colonel Seidner
- Tarzan
- Le Kid de Cincinnati · Mr. Rudd
- Papa Schultz · Dr. Karl Svenson
- La Grande Vallée · Bert Hadley, Aaron Moyers
- Les Quatre Fils de Katie Elder · Doc Isdell
- Major Dundee · Captain Waller
- Profiles in Courage · Chynoweth
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. · Col. Harper
- Pas de lauriers pour les tueurs · Hilding
- Merlin l'enchanteur · Merlin (Voix)
- The Man from Galveston · Sheriff
- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters · Coley Bishop
- Mr. Novak · Mr. Haskell
- The Bill Dana Show
- Le Fugitif · Axel Nielsen - Service station owner, Morgan
- The Greatest Show on Earth · Louis
- The Lieutenant
- Les Oiseaux · Le prophète de malheur ivre au bar
- The Dakotas
- La Conquête de l'Ouest · Train Conductor (uncredited)
- General Electric True
- Suspicion · George Sherston
- Le Virginien · Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Karl Swenson
- Sam Benedict · Barney Rosvalley, Barney Rossvalley
- L'Homme de Bornéo · Insp. Bevers
- Seuls sont les indomptés · Rev. Hoskins
- La Rue chaude · Schmidt
- Jugement à Nuremberg · Heinrich Geuter
- Ben Casey
- Dr. Kildare · Judge
- Les Rôdeurs de la plaine · Dred Pierce
- Le Grand Sam · Lars Nordqvist
- Klondike · Judge Frank Weinstock
- Surfside 6
- The Andy Griffith Show · Mr. McBeevee
- The Westerner · Ben Potts
- Outlaws
- Les Hors-la-loi · Sheriff Ole Olson
- The Gallant Hours · Bill Bailey
- Hong Kong · John Olwine
- Les aventuriers · Scotty Ballantyne
- Mr. Lucky
- Hawaiian Eye
- The Rebel · Lew Bussey
- Johnny Ringo · Kramer