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Karl Swenson
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Karl Swenson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-07-23,Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Early in his career, he was credited as Peter Wayne Swenson was born in Brooklyn, New York, of Swedish parentage. Planning to be a doctor, he enrolled at Marietta College and undertook pre-medical studies but left that field to pursue acting. Swenson appeared extensively on the radio from the 1930s through the 1950s. Swenson entered the film industry in 1943 with two wartime documentary shorts, December 7 and The Sikorsky Helicopter, followed by more than thirty-five roles in feature films and television movies. No Name on the Bullet (1959) is only one of the many westerns in which he performed for both film and television. Swenson is remembered for his role as the doomsayer in the diner in Alfred Hitchcock's classic The Birds (1963) and had roles in The Prize (1963), Major Dundee (1965), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), The Cincinnati Kid (1965) and Seconds (1966). In 1967, Swenson appeared in the western Hour of the Gun, and played the role of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in the western film Brighty of the Grand Canyon, with co-stars Pat Conway and Joseph Cotten. His later film appearances included roles in ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), The Wild Country (1970), Vanishing Point (1971) and Ulzana's Raid (1972). Swenson was married to actress Joan Tompkins. Swenson 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. Swenson was interred at Center Cemetery in New Milford, Connecticut. CLR

Filmography

The Cincinnati Kid

7

The Cincinnati Kid
1965-10-15

7.523

The Birds
1963-03-28

Judgment at Nuremberg

8.1

Judgment at Nuremberg
1961-12-18

6.8

The Prize
1963-12-25

7.3

Seconds
1966-10-05

North to Alaska

6.6

North to Alaska
1960-11-07

Vanishing Point

7.2

Vanishing Point
1971-01-15

The Sword in the Stone

7.242

The Sword in the Stone
1963-12-25

6.656

Major Dundee
1965-04-07

7

Ulzana's Raid
1972-10-27

Lonely are the Brave

7.3

Lonely are the Brave
1962-05-24

The Hanging Tree

6.7

The Hanging Tree
1959-02-19

Walk on the Wild Side

6.5

Walk on the Wild Side
1962-03-21

The Sons of Katie Elder

7.039

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965-06-23

Hour of the Gun

6.4

Hour of the Gun
1967-11-01

5.8

Ice Palace
1960-01-02

6.4

Flaming Star
1960-12-20

No Name on the Bullet

6.6

No Name on the Bullet
1959-02-01

6.1

Kings Go Forth
1958-06-28

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind

8.333

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
1995-07-21

The Man from Galveston

5.2

The Man from Galveston
1963-12-18

The New Healers

0

The New Healers
1972-03-27

Alice in Wonderland

0

Alice in Wonderland
1955-10-22

Pericles on 31st Street

0

Pericles on 31st Street
1962-04-12

A Howling in the Woods

5.2

A Howling in the Woods
1971-11-05

5.5

Strangers All
1935-04-01

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

0

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967-10-17

The Gallant Hours

6.6

The Gallant Hours
1960-06-13

The Gun and the Pulpit

6.5

The Gun and the Pulpit
1974-04-03

Tick... Tick... Tick...

6.521

Tick... Tick... Tick...
1970-01-09

One Foot in Hell

5.3

One Foot in Hell
1960-09-11

Gateways to the Mind

0

Gateways to the Mind
1958-10-23

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

5.5

Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966-11-24

How the West Was Won

7

How the West Was Won
1962-11-02

5.7

December 7th
1943-03-01

The Wild Country

6

The Wild Country
1970-12-16

Disney's Halloween Treat

5.9

Disney's Halloween Treat
1982-10-30

The Spiral Road

5.2

The Spiral Road
1962-08-03

Four Boys and a Gun

6.3

Four Boys and a Gun
1957-01-11

The Andy Griffith Show

7.568

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

6.4

Trackdown
1957-10-04

Little House on the Prairie

8

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

7.8

The Odd Couple
1970-09-24

7

Mr. Lucky
1959-10-24

7.1

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

7.1

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964-09-25

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

5.3

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963-09-29

7.7

Happy Days
1974-01-15

5

Surfside 6
1960-10-06

6.5

The Mod Squad
1968-09-24

7.2

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

5

Hawaiian Eye
1959-10-07

6.133

Lassie
1954-09-12

6.455

Cannon
1971-09-14

The Amazing Spider-Man

5.9

The Amazing Spider-Man
1978-04-05

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

6.9

Ironside
1967-03-28

Leave It to Beaver

7

Leave It to Beaver
1957-10-04

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

6.25

Klondike
1960-10-10

6

Sam Benedict
1962-09-15

The Greatest Show on Earth

5

The Greatest Show on Earth
1963-09-17

6.2

Outlaws
1960-09-26

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

4.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958-10-06

7.429

The Immortal
1970-09-24

7

Rawhide
1959-01-09

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

5.045

Cimarron Strip
1967-09-07

5.3

The Outcasts
1968-09-23

7.2

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

6.5

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05

Portia Faces Life

1

Portia Faces Life
1954-04-05

The Young Rebels

4.5

The Young Rebels
1970-09-20

6

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

4.8

Bronco
1958-09-23

Judd for the Defense

7.5

Judd for the Defense
1967-09-08

Profiles in Courage

5

Profiles in Courage
1964-11-08

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

3.7

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956-09-07

6.7

Tarzan
1966-09-08

6

Black Saddle
1959-01-10

6.167

Lock-Up
1959-09-28

5.3

The Rebel
1959-10-04

7

The Rifleman
1958-09-30

5.7

The Dakotas
1963-01-07

4.2

Sugarfoot
1957-09-17

5.7

Ben Casey
1961-10-02

6.3

Bat Masterson
1958-10-08

7.2

The Rat Patrol
1966-09-12

The Guns of Will Sonnett

5.7

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967-09-08

6.5

Mr. Novak
1963-09-24

6.2

Riverboat
1959-09-13

5.5

The Texan
1958-09-29

The Bill Dana Show

6

The Bill Dana Show
1963-09-22

0

CBS Playhouse
1966-12-08

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

6

The Lieutenant
1963-09-14

Playwrights '56

6

Playwrights '56
1955-10-04

5.7

Johnny Ringo
1959-10-02

General Electric True

0

General Electric True
1962-09-30

5.5

Tightrope
1959-09-08

5.4

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

6.7

The Westerner
1960-09-30

The Court of Last Resort

0

The Court of Last Resort
1957-10-04

The Walter Winchell File

5

The Walter Winchell File
1957-10-02

0

Doc Elliot
1973-10-10

7.1

Ghost Story
1972-09-15

7.8

Emergency!
1972-01-22

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

0

Hong Kong
1960-03-01

4.2

Sugarfoot
1957-09-17

4.2

Sugarfoot
1957-09-17

6

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

6

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

4.2

Sugarfoot
1957-09-17

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

7.5

Hogan's Heroes
1965-09-17

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

Mission: Impossible

7.599

Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17

Little House on the Prairie

8

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

Mission: Impossible

7.599

Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20