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Karl Swenson
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The psychology of the compulsion to be nice
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind — (voice) (archive footage)1995
- Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea — Merlin (archive footage) (voice)1990
- Disney's Halloween Treat — Merlin (voice) (archive footage)1982
- The Amazing Spider-Man1978
- Disney's Greatest Villains — Merlin (voice) (archive footage)1977
- The Gun and the Pulpit — Adams1974
- Little House on the Prairie — Lars Hanson1974
- Happy Days1974
- Doc Elliot1973
- Ulzana's Raid — Rukeyser1972
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- Listeners
- 223
- Total plays
- 896
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- Torrington
- Spouse
- Joan Tompkins
- Occupation
- television actor
- Genre
- Western
- Image
- Karl Swenson 1946.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1908-07-23
- date of death
- 1978-10-08
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Karl Swenson
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
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