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Karl Swenson

Karl Swenson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

23/07/1908

Day of Death

08/10/1978
(70) years old

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Karl Swenson

Biography

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 h... Read More

Known For

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind

Disney's Halloween Treat

Disney's Halloween Treat

Disney's Greatest Villains

Disney's Greatest Villains

The Gun and the Pulpit

The Gun and the Pulpit

Ulzana's Raid

The New Healers

The New Healers

A Howling in the Woods

A Howling in the Woods

Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

The Wild Country

The Wild Country

Filmography

Cast

1995

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the W...

as (voice) (archive footage)

1990

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea

as Merlin (archive footage) (voice)

1982

Disney's Halloween Treat

as Merlin (voice) (archive footage)

1977

Disney's Greatest Villains

as Merlin (voice) (archive footage)

1974

The Gun and the Pulpit

as Adams

1972

Ulzana's Raid

as Rukeyser

1972

The New Healers

as Mr. Fisherman

1971

A Howling in the Woods

as Apperson

1971

Vanishing Point

as Clerk

1970

The Wild Country

as Jensen

1970

… tick… tick… tick…

as Frank Braddock Sr.

1967

Hour of the Gun

as Dr. Charles Goodfellow

1967

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

as Dr. Keller

1966

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

as Theodore Roosevelt

1966

Seconds

as Dr. Morris

1965

The Cincinnati Kid

as Mr. Rudd

1965

The Sons of Katie Elder

as Doc Isdell

1965

Major Dundee

as Captain Waller

1963

The Prize

as Hilding

1963

The Sword in the Stone

as Merlin (voice)

1963

The Man from Galveston

as Sheriff

1963

The Birds

as Drunken Doomsayer in Diner

1962

How the West Was Won

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1962

The Spiral Road

as Insp. Bevers

1962

Lonely are the Brave

as Rev. Hoskins

1962

Walk on the Wild Side

as Schmidt

1961

Judgment at Nuremberg

as Heinrich Geuter

1960

Flaming Star

as Dred Pierce

1960

North to Alaska

as Lars Nordqvist

1960

One Foot in Hell

as Sheriff Ole Olson

1960

The Gallant Hours

as Bill Bailey

1960

Ice Palace

as Scotty Ballantyne

1959

The Sunrise Gun

as Lud Greening

1959

The Hanging Tree

as Tom Flaunce

1959

No Name on the Bullet

as Stricker

1958

Gateways to the Mind

as Hal - the Cameraman (uncredited)

1958

Kings Go Forth

as The Colonel

1957

Four Boys and a Gun

as Mr. Badek

1955

Alice in Wonderland

as Humpty Dumpty

1943

December 7th

as Machine-Gunner (uncredited)

1935

Strangers All

as Protester at Communist Meeting