Personal Info
Known Credits
40
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1908-07-23 (117 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known For
Karl Swenson
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 industr ...
Known For
Acting
1995 --
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
| (voice) (archive footage)
1990 --
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
| Merlin (archive footage) (voice)
1982 --
Disney's Halloween Treat
| Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
1977 --
Disney's Greatest Villains
| Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
1974 --
The Gun and the Pulpit
| Adams
1972 --
Ulzana's Raid
| Rukeyser
1972 --
The New Healers
| Mr. Fisherman
1971 --
A Howling in the Woods
| Apperson
1971 --
Vanishing Point
| Clerk
1970 --
The Wild Country
| Jensen
1970 --
Tick... Tick... Tick...
| Frank Braddock Sr.
1967 --
Hour of the Gun
| Dr. Charles Goodfellow
1967 --
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
| Dr. Keller
1966 --
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
| Theodore Roosevelt
1966 --
Seconds
| Dr. Morris
1965 --
The Cincinnati Kid
| Mr. Rudd
1965 --
The Sons of Katie Elder
| Doc Isdell
1965 --
Major Dundee
| Captain Waller
1963 --
The Sword in the Stone
| Merlin (voice)
1963 --
The Prize
| Hilding
1963 --
The Man from Galveston
| Sheriff
1963 --
The Birds
| Drunken Doomsayer in Diner
1962 --
How the West Was Won
| Train Conductor (uncredited)
1962 --
The Spiral Road
| Insp. Bevers
1962 --
Lonely are the Brave
| Rev. Hoskins
1962 --
Walk on the Wild Side
| Schmidt
1961 --
Judgment at Nuremberg
| Heinrich Geuter
1960 --
Flaming Star
| Dred Pierce
1960 --
North to Alaska
| Lars Nordqvist
1960 --
One Foot in Hell
| Sheriff Ole Olson
1960 --
The Gallant Hours
| Bill Bailey
1960 --
Ice Palace
| Scotty Ballantyne
1959 --
The Hanging Tree
| Tom Flaunce
1959 --
No Name on the Bullet
| Stricker
1958 --
Gateways to the Mind
| Hal - the Cameraman (uncredited)
1958 --
Kings Go Forth
| The Colonel
1957 --
Four Boys and a Gun
| Mr. Badek
1955 --
Alice in Wonderland
| Humpty Dumpty
1943 --
December 7th
| Machine-Gunner (uncredited)
1935 --
Strangers All
| Protester at Communist Meeting