Karl Swenson

Karl Swenson

July 23, 1908 · 118 years old

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…

Known For

15 titles
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The Birds

The Birds

1963 · 1h 59m · Movie

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

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The Sword in the Stone

The Sword in the Stone

1963 · 1h 19m · Movie

A poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English history.

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Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

1971 · 1h 39m · Movie

During the 1970s, car-delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time, but always runs into trouble.

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Seconds

Seconds

1966 · 1h 46m · Movie

A sinister company transforms a plain client.

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The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid

1965 · 1h 42m · Movie

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

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Lonely Are the Brave

Lonely Are the Brave

1962 · 1h 47m · Movie

A fiercely independent cowboy gets himself locked up in prison to escape with an old friend.

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Major Dundee

Major Dundee

1965 · 2h 3m · Movie

In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.

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North to Alaska

North to Alaska

1960 · 2h 2m · Movie

During the Alaska gold rush, prospector George sends partner Sam to Seattle to bring his fiancée but when it turns out that she married another man, Sam returns with a pretty substitute, the hostess of the Henhouse dance hall.

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Hour of the Gun

Hour of the Gun

1967 · 1h 40m · Movie

Marshal Wyatt Earp kills a couple of men of the Clanton gang in a fight. In revenge, Clanton's thugs kill the Marshal's brother. Thus, Wyatt starts to chase the killers together with his friend Doc Holliday.

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Flaming Star

Flaming Star

1960 · 1h 41m · Movie

When fighting breaks out between two cultures in West Texas, the mixed-blood Pacer tries to act as a peacemaker, but the "flaming star of death" pulls him irrevocably into the deadly violence.

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No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet

1959 · 1h 17m · Movie

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

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12
Walk on the Wild Side

Walk on the Wild Side

1962 · 1h 54m · Movie

Poor lovesick white-trash Dove Linkhorn arrives in New Orleans searching for his former girlfriend Hallie Gerard, an artist who works in The Doll House brothel, whose madam Jo Courtney considers her girls to be her property.

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Kings Go Forth

Kings Go Forth

1958 · 1h 49m · Movie

Toward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.

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Tick, Tick, Tick

Tick, Tick, Tick

1970 · 1h 40m · Movie

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected Sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the deep south.

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The Spiral Road

The Spiral Road

1962 · 2h 19m · Movie

In 1936, a Dutch physician who treats leprosy patients in the jungles of Indonesia has a dangerous run-in with a local witch-doctor who uses black magic to kill his enemies.

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