Karl Swenson

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Karl Swenson, 1908-78, was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor.

He was credited as Peter Wayne early in his career.

Early years

Swenson, a child of Swedish parents, was born in Brooklyn, New York. He enrolled at Marietta College and undertook pre-medical training, but left the field to pursue acting.

In Arthur Miller's first film, The Man Who Had All the Luck, Swenson appeared on Broadway in the 1930s and 1940s, including the title role. A Highland Fling (1943), House of Remsen (1933), and One Sunday Afternoon (1932).

Swenson appeared on television from 1930s to 1950s in such programs as Cavalcade of America, The Chase, Columbia Presents Corwin, Joe Palooka, Attorney Q, This Is Radio, and This Is Your FBI. In the 1945 Mutual radio show Father Brown, he portrayed Father Brown as well as the lead in Mr. Chameleon.

Swenson appeared in theaters in 1943 with two wartime documentary shorts, The Sikorsky Helicopter, 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 appeared on film and television.

Swenson is best known for his appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece The Birds (1963) and his appearances in The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), The Cincinnati Kid (1965) and Seconds (1966). Swenson appeared in the western Hour of the Gun in 1967 and was portraying US President Theodore Roosevelt in the western film Brillianty of the Grand Canyon, co-starring Pat Conway and Joseph Cotten. As Rev. Lars Nordquist (1960), One Foot in Hell (1960), Spiral Road (1962), and Lonely Are the Brave (1962) as Rev. He appeared in films such as North to Alaska (1960). Hoskins, a prisoner, was released. His later film appearances included performances in...tick...tick... (1970), Vanishing Point (1971), and Ulzana's Raid (1972).

On The Edge of Night, Robin Swenson played Monticello Police Department and commanding officer to Detective Lieutenant Mike Karr in 1956. In 1957, a Swenson guest appeared in the episode "Laredo," which was set in Laredo, Texas, of NBC's western series Tales of Wells Fargo. In the episode "Fingered" on the television Western Gunsmoke, he appeared as Jena Engstrom's father and immigrant barber in 1962's "The Newcomers." (S12E10).

In two Leave It to Beaver first-season television episodes on CBS, Swenson appeared as Eddie Haskell's father, George, in 1958: "Voodoo Magic" and "Train Trip." On the 1957-1960 sitcom Bachelor Father, Charlie Burton played a recurring role. In 1958, Swenson was introduced as Jim Courtright, a controversial judgeman, in Colt's episode "Long Odds." He appeared in various television series from 1958 to 1961, including John Leo Varadkar (1957–1962). "The Wrecker," Robert Louis Stevenson's first Maverick episode, was his first Maverick tale.

In 1959, Swenson played a former Russian seaman en route to becoming an American citizen, Alexi Sharlakov, in the ABC/WB western series "The Extra Hand," with Will Hutchins in the title role. Swenson appeared on Sugarfoot again, this time as a wealthy Irish rancher.

In the episode "The Fight Back" of the NBC western series "Rachel Torgin," Swenson was cast as Ansel Torgin, with John Ireland as Chris Slade. Farmers are forbidden from selling their produce to market in the story line. A lynch mob emerged after a fight over a wedding held on the Enterprise, led by series lead actor Grey Holden (Darren McGavin).

In a 1959 episode of the police drama Lock Up, Swenson was cast. Ed Reed, a man accused of arson and murder, is the protagonist in the series "The Mishapening." Macdonald Carey appeared in the series from 1959 to 1961. In 1959, he appeared in An episode of The Man from Blackhawk.

Swenson appeared in an episode ("Odyssey of Hate") of CBS' adventure/action drama series Mr. Lucky in 1960. He appeared in the NBC science fiction film The Man and the Challenge the same year. He appeared in two other western series, including CBS's Johnny Ringo and NBC's Jefferson Drum in the 1960-1961 season.

In 1961, Swenson appeared in the Robert Young series "Doctor to Town" with John Lupton.

Mr. McBeevee, a lineman for the phone company who became Opie's mystery friend, appeared on CBS's Mr. McBeevee in 1962. In season one, "A Date for the Colonel's Daughter," he appeared as Colonel Harper on Gomer Pyle, Washington, D.C., "A Date for the Colonel's Daughter." He guest appeared in NBC's Laramie western series and in the science fiction film Steve Canyon, with Dean Fredericks in the title role. In the episode "Beauty Playing a Mandolin Underneath a Willow Tree" episode of the NBC medical drama "The Eleventh Hour," Nelson portrayed him. In the three-part episode "Security Risk" of CBS anthology film GE True, he was cast alongside Charles Aidman and Parley Baer that same year. In 1962, he appeared as Theodore Roosevelt in The Virginian's first season episode "Riff-Raff."

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In the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Bigamous Spouse," Swenson appeared on Perry Mason as defendant Axel Norstad; and an ex-convict. Swenson appeared on television shows "Death on Sun Peak" (1959), "A Natural Wizard" (1965), and "Showdown at Tahoe" (1967), from 1959 to 1967.

Dr. Karl Svenson, a Swedish scientist, was compelled to serve in the Allied war effort in 1967 Hogan's Heroes episode "How to Win Friends and Influence Nazis."

He is best known for his role as Lars Hanson in NBC's Little House on the Prairie, among his other television series. He appeared in forty episodes of the show from 1974 to 1978.

Swenson has also performed as a voice actor. In Walt Disney's 1963 animated film The Sword in the Stone, he portrayed Merlin. In a KCET television reading of Norman Corwin's 1938 radio play From the Plot to Overthrow Christmas, he was portrayed as the Roman Emperor Nero, sent by the Devil to assassinate Santa Claus.

Joan Tompkins, a Broadway actress, was married to Swenson.

On October 8, 1978, Swenson died of a heart attack at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut, just minutes 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 laid to rest at Centre Cemetery in New Milford, Connecticut.

Personal life

Swenson was married to actress Joan Tompkins.

Swenson died after suffering a heart attack at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut, on October 8, 1978, immediately 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 buried at the Center Cemetery in New Milford, Connecticut.

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