# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-swenson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:31:36.273Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-swenson"
name: "Karl Swenson"
slug: "karl-swenson"
description: "Karl Henri Reginald Swenson was an American actor of stage, screen, and radio. He was known for his many character roles, and as Lars Hanson on the television series Little House on the Prairie (1974–78), as well as the voice of Merlin in the Disney animated film The Sword in the Stone (1963). He appeared in over 170 productions from the 1930s through the 1970s."
tagline: "American actor (1908–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karl_Swenson_1946.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1908-07-23"
deathDate: "1978-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.93
  momentum:             2.427284960149053
  historical:           15.09888266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842425/"
    handle:    "nm0842425"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کارل سونسون (اویونچو)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Swenson"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Swenson"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Swenson"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Swenson"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%AF%D8%B1)"
    title: "کارل سونسون (بازیگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Swenson"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Swenson"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Swenson"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Swenson"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Swenson"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Swenson"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%B3%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "کارل سوینسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/76f68bb4-a120-4bcf-8d8f-0728bf5edaf0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q690569"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12158"
    title: "Karl Swenson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump