Karl Swenson
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 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 on Little House on the Prairie (1974 - 1978).…
Filmography
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 · 10.0
The Court of Last Resort
1957 · 9.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · 8.8
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
1995 · 8.4
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
1990 · 8.1
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · 8.0
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · 8.0
Emergency!
1972 · 7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · 7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · 7.9
The Odd Couple
1970 · 7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · 7.8
Perry Mason
1957 · 7.7
Judd, for the Defense
1967 · 7.7
Happy Days
1974 · 7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · 7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966 · 7.6
Hogan's Heroes
1965 · 7.5
The Birds
1963 · 7.5
Bonanza
1959 · 7.5
The Walter Winchell File
1957 · 7.5
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963 · 7.5
Profiles in Courage
1964 · 7.5
Ghost Story
1972 · 7.4
The Immortal
1970 · 7.4
Lonely are the Brave
1962 · 7.4
Seconds
1966 · 7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · 7.3
Rawhide
1959 · 7.3
Mr. Novak
1963 · 7.3
The Fugitive
1963 · 7.3
The Sword in the Stone
1963 · 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · 7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · 7.2
The Rat Patrol
1966 · 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · 7.2
The Rifleman
1958 · 7.1
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964 · 7.1
Vanishing Point
1971 · 7.1
Maverick
1957 · 7.0
The Lieutenant
1963 · 7.0
CBS Playhouse
1966 · 7.0
The Westerner
1960 · 7.0
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965 · 7.0
Doc Elliot
1973 · 7.0
Gateways to the Mind
1958 · 7.0
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · 7.0
How the West Was Won
1962 · 7.0
Leave It to Beaver
1957 · 6.9
Trackdown
1957 · 6.9
Tarzan
1966 · 6.9
Ulzana's Raid
1972 · 6.9
Ironside
1967 · 6.8
Tightrope
1959 · 6.8
Strangers All
1935 · 6.8
Cannon
1971 · 6.8
Gunsmoke
1955 · 6.7
Outlaws
1960 · 6.7
Mr. Lucky
1959 · 6.7
Sam Benedict
1962 · 6.7
Major Dundee
1965 · 6.7
The Gallant Hours
1960 · 6.7
… tick… tick… tick…
1970 · 6.7
The Hanging Tree
1959 · 6.7
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
1966 · 6.7
The Prize
1963 · 6.7
Klondike
1960 · 6.6
Walk on the Wild Side
1962 · 6.6
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · 6.6
Four Boys and a Gun
1957 · 6.6
Flaming Star
1960 · 6.5
Bat Masterson
1958 · 6.5
The Virginian
1962 · 6.5
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · 6.5
Riverboat
1959 · 6.5
The Outcasts
1968 · 6.5
The Dakotas
1963 · 6.5
North to Alaska
1960 · 6.5
Hour of the Gun
1967 · 6.5
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982 · 6.5
Lock-Up
1959 · 6.4
Lassie
1954 · 6.3
Surfside 6
1960 · 6.3
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958 · 6.3
The Amazing Spider-Man
1978 · 6.3
Ice Palace
1960 · 6.3
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · 6.2
The Big Valley
1965 · 6.2
Black Saddle
1959 · 6.2
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963 · 6.2
Playwrights '56
1955 · 6.2
The Bill Dana Show
1963 · 6.2
The Mod Squad
1968 · 6.1
Kings Go Forth
1958 · 6.1
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · 6.0
The Texan
1958 · 6.0
Bronco
1958 · 6.0
The Wild Country
1970 · 6.0
The Gun and the Pulpit
1974 · 6.0
Ben Casey
1961 · 5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959 · 5.9
Cimarron Strip
1967 · 5.8
December 7th
1943 · 5.8
Dr. Kildare
1961 · 5.7
The Young Rebels
1970 · 5.7
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · 5.6
The Man from Galveston
1963 · 5.6
The Spiral Road
1962 · 5.5
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · 5.3
One Foot in Hell
1960 · 5.3
A Howling in the Woods
1971 · 5.2
Alice in Wonderland
1955 · 5.2
Sugarfoot
1957 · 5.1
The Rebel
1959 · 5.1
Portia Faces Life
1954 · 1.0
Hong Kong
1960 · 0.0
General Electric True
1962 · 0.0
Disney's Greatest Villains
1977 · 0.0