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Karl Swenson

American actor (1908-1978) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 70

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).

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1978Died8 October 19781977Disney's Greatest VillainsFilm, Merlin (voice) (archive footage)1974Happy DaysSeries1972The New HealersFilm, Mr. Fisherman1971CannonSeriesA Howling in the WoodsFilm, 1971Apperson1967IronsideSeries, VetDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightFilm, 1967Dr. Keller1966Mission: ImpossibleSeries, Colonel DubovBrighty of the Grand CanyonFilm, 1966Theodore Roosevelt1963The FugitiveSeries, Axel Nielsen - Service station ownerThe BirdsFilm, 1963Le prophète de malheur ivre au bar1962How the West Was WonFilm, Train Conductor (uncredited)1961Dr. KildareSeries, Judge1960Flaming StarFilm, Dred Pierce1959BonanzaSeries, Carl HarrisNo Name on the BulletFilm, 1959Stricker1958The RiflemanSeries, Chris Manse1957Four Boys and a GunFilm, Mr. Badek1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries, Lee Willis1955Alice in WonderlandFilm, Humpty Dumpty1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries1935Strangers AllFilm, Protester at Communist Meeting1908Born23 July 1908

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Known for

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  • Judgment at Nuremberg 1961
  • The Birds 1963
  • Seconds 1966
  • Lonely are the Brave 1962
  • The Sword in the Stone 1963

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 40

149 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Photos 1

About this person

He appeared in over 170 productions from the 1930s through the 1970s.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1978 · aged 70

In the same film or series as Karl

Dan O'HerlihyAlso in One Foot in Hell (1960)Robert MontgomeryAlso in The Gallant Hours (1960)Robert FoxworthAlso in The New Healers (1972)Estelle ParsonsAlso in The Gun and the Pulpit (1974)Charles VidorAlso in Strangers All (1935)Shirley BoothAlso in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967)