From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaKarl 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 WayneSwenson 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 Hitchcocks 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 Ulzanas 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 Swensons death. Swenson was interred at Center Cemetery in New Milford, Connecticut. CLR

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Judgment at Nuremberg

Heinrich Geuter

Фильм 1961

Flaming Star

Dred Pierce

Фильм 1960

Kings Go Forth

The Colonel

Фильм 1958

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind

(voice) (archive footage)

Фильм 1995

The Man from Galveston

Sheriff

Фильм 1963

The New Healers

Mr. Fisherman

Фильм 1972

Pericles on 31st Street

Louie DeBella

Фильм 1962

Strangers All

Protester at Communist Meeting

Фильм 1935

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Dr. Keller

Фильм 1967

The Gun and the Pulpit

Adams

Фильм 1974

Gateways to the Mind

Hal - the Cameraman (uncredited)

Фильм 1958

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Theodore Roosevelt

Фильм 1966

How the West Was Won

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Фильм 1962

December 7th

Machine-Gunner (uncredited)

Фильм 1943

The Wild Country

Jensen

Фильм 1970

Four Boys and a Gun

Mr. Badek

Фильм 1957

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77 Sunset Strip

Tv 1958

Trackdown

Tv 1957

Mr. Lucky

Tv 1959

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Tv 1964

Happy Days

Tv 1974

Surfside 6

Tv 1960

The Mod Squad

Tv 1968

Hawaiian Eye

Tv 1959

Lassie

Tv 1954

Cannon

Tv 1971

The Amazing Spider-Man

Tv 1978

Klondike

Tv 1960

The Greatest Show on Earth

Tv 1963

Sam Benedict

Tv 1962

Outlaws

Tv 1960

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Tv 1958

The Immortal

Tv 1970

Rawhide

Tv 1959

Have Gun, Will Travel

Tv 1957

Cimarron Strip

Tv 1967

The Outcasts

Tv 1968

Portia Faces Life

Tv 1954

The Young Rebels

Tv 1970

Bronco

Tv 1958

Judd for the Defense

Tv 1967

Profiles in Courage

Chynoweth

Tv 1964

Tarzan

Tv 1966

Black Saddle

Dr. Wyle

Tv 1959

Lock-Up

Tv 1959

The Rebel

Lew Bussey

Tv 1959

The Rifleman

Tv 1958

The Dakotas

Tv 1963

Ben Casey

Tv 1961

The Rat Patrol

Colonel Seidner

Tv 1966

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Tv 1967

The Texan

Tv 1958

The Bill Dana Show

Tv 1963

CBS Playhouse

Tv 1966

Robert Montgomery Presents

Tv 1950

The Lieutenant

Tv 1963

Playwrights '56

Tv 1955

General Electric True

Tv 1962

Tightrope

Tv 1959

The Court of Last Resort

Tv 1957

The Walter Winchell File

Tv 1957

Doc Elliot

Tv 1973

Ghost Story

Ed Barnes

Tv 1972

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

George Sherston

Tv 1962