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Karl Swenson

Professione
Recitazione
Nascita
23 luglio 1908 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Morte
8 ottobre 1978

Biografia

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.

Noto per

Locandina di Gli uccelli
Gli uccelli
Film · 1963 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di La spada nella roccia
La spada nella roccia
Film · 1963 · ★ 7,2
Locandina di La casa nella prateria
La casa nella prateria
Serie · 1974 · ★ 8,0
Locandina di Vincitori e vinti
Vincitori e vinti
Film · 1961 · ★ 8,0
Locandina di Punto zero
Punto zero
Film · 1971 · ★ 7,1
Locandina di La conquista del West
La conquista del West
Film · 1962 · ★ 7,0
Locandina di Bonanza
Bonanza
Serie · 1959 · ★ 7,5
Locandina di Operazione diabolica
Operazione diabolica
Film · 1966 · ★ 7,4
Locandina di Missione Impossibile
Missione Impossibile
Serie · 1966 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di Happy Days
Happy Days
Serie · 1974 · ★ 7,6
Locandina di Cincinnati Kid
Cincinnati Kid
Film · 1965 · ★ 7,0
Locandina di I 4 figli di Katie Elder
I 4 figli di Katie Elder
Film · 1965 · ★ 7,0

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