Karl Swenson

Actor

Born: July 23, 1908
Died: October 8, 1978 (age 70)
From: 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…

Filmography (40)

Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind (1995)
(voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea (1990)
Merlin (archive footage) (voice)
Disney's Halloween Treat (1982)
Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Greatest Villains (1977)
Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
The Gun and the Pulpit (1974)
Adams
Ulzana's Raid (1972)
Rukeyser
The New Healers (1972)
Mr. Fisherman
A Howling in the Woods (1971)
Apperson
Vanishing Point (1971)
Clerk
The Wild Country (1970)
Jensen
… tick… tick… tick… (1970)
Frank Braddock Sr.
Hour of the Gun (1967)
Dr. Charles Goodfellow
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967)
Dr. Keller
Brighty of the Grand Canyon (1966)
Theodore Roosevelt
Seconds (1966)
Dr. Morris
The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Mr. Rudd
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
Doc Isdell
Major Dundee (1965)
Captain Waller
The Prize (1963)
Hilding
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Merlin (voice)
The Man from Galveston (1963)
Sheriff
The Birds (1963)
Le prophète de malheur ivre au bar
How the West Was Won (1962)
Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Spiral Road (1962)
Insp. Bevers
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
Rev. Hoskins
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
Schmidt
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Heinrich Geuter
Flaming Star (1960)
Dred Pierce
North to Alaska (1960)
Lars Nordqvist
One Foot in Hell (1960)
Sheriff Ole Olson