Karl Swenson
Acting
Born July 23, 1908 — Died October 8, 1978
From Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also known as Peter Wayne
Biography
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 h...
Filmography
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
(voice) (archive footage)
19958.4
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
Merlin (archive footage) (voice)
19908.1
Disney's Halloween Treat
Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
19826.5
Disney's Greatest Villains
Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
1977
The Gun and the Pulpit
Adams
19746.0
Ulzana's Raid
Rukeyser
19726.9
The New Healers
Mr. Fisherman
197210.0
A Howling in the Woods
Apperson
19715.2
Vanishing Point
Clerk
19717.1
The Wild Country
Jensen
19706.1
… tick… tick… tick…
Frank Braddock Sr.
19706.7
Hour of the Gun
Dr. Charles Goodfellow
19676.5
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Dr. Keller
196710.0
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
Theodore Roosevelt
19666.7
Seconds
Dr. Morris
19667.3
The Cincinnati Kid
Mr. Rudd
19657.0
The Sons of Katie Elder
Doc Isdell
19657.0
Major Dundee
Captain Waller
19656.7
The Prize
Hilding
19636.7
The Sword in the Stone
Merlin (voice)
19637.2
The Man from Galveston
Sheriff
19635.6
The Birds
Le prophète de malheur ivre au bar
19637.5
How the West Was Won
Train Conductor (uncredited)
19627.0
The Spiral Road
Insp. Bevers
19625.5
Lonely are the Brave
Rev. Hoskins
19627.4
Walk on the Wild Side
Schmidt
19626.6
Judgment at Nuremberg
Heinrich Geuter
19618.0
Flaming Star
Dred Pierce
19606.5
North to Alaska
Lars Nordqvist
19606.5
One Foot in Hell
Sheriff Ole Olson
19605.3
The Gallant Hours
Bill Bailey
19606.7
Ice Palace
Scotty Ballantyne
19606.3
The Hanging Tree
Tom Flaunce
19596.7
No Name on the Bullet
Stricker
19596.6
Gateways to the Mind
Hal - the Cameraman (uncredited)
19587.0
Kings Go Forth
The Colonel
19586.1
Four Boys and a Gun
Mr. Badek
19576.6
Alice in Wonderland
Humpty Dumpty
19555.2
December 7th
Machine-Gunner (uncredited)
19435.8
Strangers All
Protester at Communist Meeting
19356.8