Karl Swenson
Karl Swenson
Person

Karl Swenson

Actor 1908-07-23 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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 had numerous credits in guest roles on various shows, especially Westerns, including episodes of Bonanza, The Virginian, and Gunsmoke. He had a major recurring role as Walnut Grove founder Lars Hanson on Little House on t...

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FILMOGRAPHY
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The Birds

The Birds

1963 · Le prophète de malheur ivre au bar

The Sword in the Stone

The Sword in the Stone

1963 · Merlin (voice)

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Lars Hanson

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961 · Heinrich Geuter

Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

1971 · Clerk

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

1962 · Train Conductor (uncredited)

Bonanza

Bonanza

1959 · Carl Harris

Seconds

Seconds

1966 · Dr. Morris

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

1966 · Colonel Dubov

Happy Days

Happy Days

1974 · TV

The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid

1965 · Mr. Rudd

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965 · Doc Isdell

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Ed Holland

Hogan's Heroes

Hogan's Heroes

1965 · Dr. Karl Svenson

Major Dundee

Major Dundee

1965 · Captain Waller

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show

1960 · Mr. McBeevee

Lonely are the Brave

Lonely are the Brave

1962 · Rev. Hoskins

Ulzana's Raid

Ulzana's Raid

1972 · Rukeyser