Karl Swenson
Known for: Acting
Born: July 23, 1908
Died: October 8, 1978
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…
Known for
The Sword in the Stone
1963
The Hanging Tree
1959
Kings Go Forth
1958
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
1990
Gateways to the Mind
1958
North to Alaska
1960
Ulzana's Raid
1972
Flaming Star
1960
The New Healers
1972
One Foot in Hell
1960
Seconds
1966
Lonely are the Brave
1962
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
The Gallant Hours
1960
The Gun and the Pulpit
1974
The Man from Galveston
1963
The Spiral Road
1962
No Name on the Bullet
1959
A Howling in the Woods
1971
The Wild Country
1970
Ice Palace
1960
Hour of the Gun
1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
The Birds
1963
Major Dundee
1965
Vanishing Point
1971
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
1995
… tick… tick… tick…
1970
Four Boys and a Gun
1957
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
The Prize
1963
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
Alice in Wonderland
1955
Strangers All
1935
December 7th
1943
Disney's Greatest Villains
1977
How the West Was Won
1962
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Trackdown
1957
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Odd Couple
1970
Mr. Lucky
1959
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
Happy Days
1974
Surfside 6
1960
The Mod Squad
1968
The Fugitive
1963
Gunsmoke
1955
Perry Mason
1957
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Lassie
1954
Cannon
1971
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Ironside
1967
Leave It to Beaver
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Klondike
1960
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
Sam Benedict
1962
Outlaws
1960
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Rawhide
1959
The Immortal
1970
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Cimarron Strip
1967
The Outcasts
1968
The Virginian
1962
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Portia Faces Life
1954
The Young Rebels
1970
The Big Valley
1965
Bronco
1958
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Profiles in Courage
1964
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Tarzan
1966
Black Saddle
1959
Lock-Up
1959
The Rebel
1959
The Dakotas
1963
The Rifleman
1958
Sugarfoot
1957
Ben Casey
1961
Bat Masterson
1958
The Rat Patrol
1966
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Mr. Novak
1963
Riverboat
1959
The Texan
1958
The Bill Dana Show
1963
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
The Lieutenant
1963
Playwrights '56
1955
Johnny Ringo
1959
General Electric True
1962
Tightrope
1959
Dr. Kildare
1961
The Court of Last Resort
1957
The Westerner
1960
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Doc Elliot
1973
Ghost Story
1972
Emergency!
1972
Maverick
1957
Hong Kong
1960
Hogan's Heroes
1965
Mission: Impossible
1966
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Bonanza
1959
CBS Playhouse
1966