From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Early in his career, he was credited as Peter Wayne Swenson was born in Brooklyn, New York, of Swedish parentage. Planning to be a doctor, he enrolled at ... Marietta College and undertook pre-medical studies but left that field to pursue acting. Swenson appeared extensively on the radio from the 1930s through the 1950s. Swenson entered the film industry in 1943 with two wartime documentary shorts, December 7 and The Sikorsky Helicopter, followed by more than thirty-five roles in feature films and television movies. No Name on the Bullet (1959) is only one of the many westerns in which he performed for both film and television. Swenson is remembered for his role as the doomsayer in the diner in Alfred Hitchcock's classic The Birds (1963) and had roles in The Prize (1963), Major Dundee (1965), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), The Cincinnati Kid (1965) and Seconds (1966). In 1967, Swenson appeared in the western Hour of the Gun, and played the role of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in the western film Brighty of the Grand Canyon, with co-stars Pat Conway and Joseph Cotten. His later film appearances included roles in ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), The Wild Country (1970), Vanishing Point (1971) and Ulzana's Raid (1972). Swenson was married to actress Joan Tompkins. Swenson died of a heart attack at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut on October 8, 1978, shortly after filming the Little House on the Prairie episode in which his character dies. The episode aired on October 16, 1978, eight days after Swenson's death. Swenson was interred at Center Cemetery in New Milford, Connecticut. CLR
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Dr. Kildare
as Judge
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 27, 1961
Little House on the Prairie
as Lars Hanson
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 11, 1974
Hawaii Five-O
as Abel Morgan
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Leave It to Beaver
as George Haskell
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 04, 1957
The Andy Griffith Show
as Mr. McBeevee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 1960
The Odd Couple
as Captain Potter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1970
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
as Coley Bishop
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1963
The Fugitive
as Axel Nielsen - Service station owner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1963
Gunsmoke
as Hank Luz
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Perry Mason
as Axel Norstaad
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Humpty Dumpty
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
Ironside
as Vet
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ed Holland
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1955
The Fugitive
as Morgan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1963
The Virginian
as Col. Theodore Roosevelt
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Asmussen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
The Big Valley
as Bert Hadley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
Profiles in Courage
as Chynoweth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 08, 1964
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
as Andre Rochambeau
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 07, 1956
Black Saddle
as Dr. Wyle
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 10, 1959
The Rebel
as Lew Bussey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1959
Sugarfoot
as Andy Burke
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1957
Bat Masterson
as Jim Pate
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 1958
The Rat Patrol
as Colonel Seidner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 12, 1966
Mr. Novak
as Mr. Haskell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1963
Riverboat
as Ansel Torgin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lee Willis
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Johnny Ringo
as Kramer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1959
The Westerner
as Ben Potts
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1960
Ghost Story
as Ed Barnes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1972
Emergency!
as Gus
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 1972
Maverick
as Captain Nares
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Maverick
as Sheriff Griffin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Hong Kong
as John Olwine
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 01, 1960
The Big Valley
as Aaron Moyers
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
Sugarfoot
as Alexi Sharlokov
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1957
Sugarfoot
as Dennis O'Hara
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1957
Sugarfoot
as Bill Manning
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1957
The Big Valley
as Steve Minter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1965
The Virginian
as Karl Swenson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Gunsmoke
as Raff
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
The Virginian
as Ben Wallace
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Gunsmoke
as Hutch
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Adam
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Tabe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Ian McGovern
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Lars Karlgren
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as McGruder
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Mr. Hubert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Lud Greening
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Will Harmon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1956
Hogan's Heroes
as Dr. Karl Svenson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1965
Perry Mason
as Corley Ketchum
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Perry Mason
as Charles Norman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Perry Mason
as Unk Hazekian
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as John
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1955
Mission: Impossible
as Colonel Dubov
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 05, 1968
Little House on the Prairie
as Mr. Hanson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1974
Mission: Impossible
as Dr. Ziegler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 05, 1968
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as George Sherston
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1962
Portia Faces Life
Episodes: 324
First Aired: Apr 05, 1954
Have Gun, Will Travel
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Cimarron Strip
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 07, 1967
Lassie
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 12, 1954
77 Sunset Strip
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
Sam Benedict
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 15, 1962
The Mod Squad
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 06, 1958
Bronco
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 23, 1958
Judd for the Defense
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
The Rifleman
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 30, 1958
The Texan
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 29, 1958
Maverick
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Trackdown
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1957
Mr. Lucky
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 24, 1959
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1964
Happy Days
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 15, 1974
Surfside 6
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 1960
Hawaiian Eye
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1959
Cannon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1971
The Amazing Spider-Man
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 05, 1978
Klondike
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1960
The Greatest Show on Earth
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 17, 1963
Outlaws
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1960
Rawhide
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
The Immortal
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1970
The Outcasts
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1968
The Young Rebels
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1970
Tarzan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1966
Lock-Up
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 1959
The Dakotas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 1963
Ben Casey
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1961
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1967
The Bill Dana Show
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1963
CBS Playhouse
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 08, 1966
Robert Montgomery Presents
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1950
The Lieutenant
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1963
Playwrights '56
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1955
General Electric True
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1962
Tightrope
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1959
The Court of Last Resort
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1957
The Walter Winchell File
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1957
Doc Elliot
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1973
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