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Karl Swenson
Highest Rated: 97% Major Dundee (1965)
Lowest Rated: 66% The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Birthday: Jul 23, 1908
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Karl Swenson, a burly character actor of Swedish descent, began his long career in radio in the 1930s and 1940s as well as playing the lead in Arthur Miller's first produced play on Broadway, "The Man Who Had All the Luck" in 1944. Amongst his radio hits were "The Adventures of Father Brown," "The Inner Sanctum Mysteries," and a stint with Orson Welles's "The Mercury Theatre on the Air." He came late to film (he was near 50) when he landed his first credited role in "Four Boys and a Gun" in 1957. He was mainly typecast as rugged men in westerns throughout his TV and movie career, most notably in "Gunsmoke," "North to Alaska," "Have Gun Will Travel," and "Bonanza," where he met Michael Landon, who would later cast him as the town lumberman for "Little House on the Prairie." Swenson was the voice of Merlin in Disney's 1963 animated production of "The Sword in the Stone" and was married to stage and radio actress Joan Tompkins until his death in 1978.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gun and the Pulpit | Adams (Character) | - | 1974 |
90% |
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Ulzana's Raid | Willy Rukeyser (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escape of the Birdmen | Gunter (Character) | - | 1971 |
79% |
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Vanishing Point | Sandy McKees (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild Country | Jensen (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Howling in the Woods | Apperson (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hawaii Five-0: Three Dead Cows at Makapu | Abel Morgan (Character) | - | 1970 |
88% |
|
Hour of the Gun | Dr. Charles Goodfellow (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brighty of the Grand Canyon | Theodore Roosevelt (Character) | - | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hanford's Point | Barnaby Cornell (Character) | - | 1967 |
97% |
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Major Dundee | Captain Waller (Character) | $14.9K | 1965 |
86% |
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The Cincinnati Kid | Mr. Rudd (Character) | - | 1965 |
66% |
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The Sword in the Stone | Merlin (Voice) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man From Galveston | Sheriff (Character) | - | 1963 |
67% |
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Walk on the Wild Side | Schmidt (Character) | - | 1962 |
93% |
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Lonely Are the Brave | Rev. Hoskins (prison inmate) (Character) | - | 1962 |
92% |
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Judgment at Nuremberg | Dr. Heinrich Geuter - Feldenstein's Lawyer (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet |
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One Foot in Hell | Sheriff Ole Olson (Character) | - | 1960 |
91% |
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Flaming Star | Dred Pierce (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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The Gallant Hours | Capt. Bill Bailey (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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Ice Palace | Scotty Ballantyne (Character) | - | 1960 |
86% |
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The Hanging Tree | Tom Flaunce (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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No Name on the Bullet | Stricker (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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Kings Go Forth | The Colonel (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four Boys and a Gun | Mr. Badek (Character) | - | 1957 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie | Lars Hanson (Character) | 1974-1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Jack Halsey (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Days | Police Detective (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Apple's Way | Dr. Knowles (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Gustaveson (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Odd Couple | Captain Potter (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie |
Karl Burkholm (Character), Baird (Guest Star) |
1962 1964-1965 1967 1970-1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Edwards (Guest Star) | 1970 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Longstreet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dan August | Aubrey Burnett (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Mr. Hubert (Guest Star) | 1957 1959 1961-1962 1964 1966 1969 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Immortal | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967-1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tarzan | Governor General (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 1965 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daktari | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rat Patrol | Colonel Seidner (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965-1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 O'Clock High | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Axel Norstaad (Guest Star) | 1962-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Morgan (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Colonel Harper (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Jim Bridger (Guest Star) | 1961 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Farmer's Daughter | Max (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lieutenant | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Marty Kline (Guest Star) | 1958 1961-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Karl Swenson (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Bryan James (Guest Star) | 1959 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dakotas | Harry McNeill (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | 100% | The Andy Griffith Show | Mr. McBeevee (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dick Powell Theatre | Lang (Character) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Dr. Frank Barthold (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 1959 1961 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ed Holland (Character) | 1958 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Lucky | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bachelor Father | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men Into Space | Sen. Jim Sloane (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trackdown | Tom Monroe (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Jim Pate (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Leave It to Beaver | George Haskell (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Ed Flavin (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Circus Boy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1957 |