Karl Swenson
Karl Swenson
Karl Swenson was one of the busiest performers in the so-called golden days of network radio. Swenson played the leading role in the seriocomic daily serial Lorenzo Jones, and was also heard on Our Gal Sunday as Lord Henry, the heroine's "wealthy and titled Englishman" husband. He carried over his daytime-drama activities into television, playing Walter Manning in the 1954 video version of radio's Portia Faces Life. From 1958 onward, Swenson was seen in many small roles in a number of big films: Judgment of Nuremberg (1961), How the West Was Won (1962), and The Birds (1963). One of his more sizeable movie assignments was the voice of Merlin in the 1963 Disney animated feature The Sword in the Stone. One of his last roles was the recurring part of Mr. Hansen on TV's Little House on the Prairie. Karl Swenson was married to actress Joan Tompkins. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Karl Swenson:
- Kings Go Forth with Frank Sinatra , Tony Curtis , Natalie Wood , Ann Codee
- Major Dundee with Charlton Heston , Richard Harris , Jim Hutton , James Coburn , Mario Adorf , Brock Peters , Warren Oates , Ben Johnson , R.G. Armstrong , L.Q. Jones , Slim Pickens , Michael Pate , Dub Taylor
- The Sons of Katie Elder with John Wayne , Dean Martin , Martha Hyer , Earl Holliman , Jeremy Slate , Dennis Hopper , James Gregory , Paul Fix , George Kennedy , John Litel , John Doucette , Rhys Williams , John Qualen , Strother Martin , Percy Helton , Boyd "Red" Morgan , Chuck Roberson , Henry Wills
- Seconds with Rock Hudson , Jeff Corey , Richard Anderson , Murray Hamilton , Wesley Addy
- How the West Was Won with James Stewart , Henry Fonda , Gregory Peck , Debbie Reynolds , Richard Widmark , George Peppard , Karl Malden , John Wayne , Carolyn Jones , Robert Preston , Eli Wallach , Carroll Baker , Lee J. Cobb , Walter Brennan , David Brian , Andy Devine , Raymond Massey , Agnes Moorehead , Thelma Ritter , Mickey Shaughnessy , Russ Tamblyn , Lee VanCleef , Ken Curtis , Jay C. Flippen , Saul Gorss , Boyd "Red" Morgan , Gil Perkins , Walter Reed , Chuck Roberson , Gene Roth , Harry Dean Stanton , Spencer Tracy , Joseph Sawyer
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