Buddy Swan
Paul Benjamin Swan (born October 24, 1929 in Los Angeles , California , † March 21, 1993 in Colorado Springs , Colorado ) was an American actor.
Life
Paul Benjamin Swan was born in Los Angeles to Paul K. Swan and Ruth McFarlane. At the age of eleven, he played his first film role as a supporting actor in the Monogram Pictures strip Haunted House , directed by Robert F. McGowan . For his subsequent career as a child actor he appeared under the stage name "Buddy" Swan. Today he is known almost exclusively for his appearance in the classic film Citizen Kane , where he embodies the title character Charles Foster Kane portrayed by Orson Welles as a child. After Citizen Kane , he and his parents moved to New York on Broadway , where he played Mr. Sycamore and You'll See Stars between 1942 and 1943 . Then Swan returned to Hollywood and played there mainly minor supporting roles in the following years. The big breakthrough he did not succeed, so he withdrew from the film business in his mid-twenties.
Swan attended Stanford University and the University of Southern California , from which he also graduated. During the Korean War he flew as a pilot for the US armed forces and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Swan worked as a claims handler for an insurance company for over 20 years. He was married to his wife Donna from 1963 until his death and they had two children.
Filmography
- 1940: Haunted House
- 1940: The Ape
- 1941: Citizen Kane
- 1944: Five Heroes (The Fighting Sullivans)
- 1944: The Seventh Cross (The Seventh Cross)
- 1944: The Soul of a Monster
- 1944: Sweet and Low-Down
- 1944: Strange Affair
- 1945: The Angel with the Trumpet (The Horn Blows at Midnight)
- 1945: Scared Stiff
- 1946: Centennial Summer
- 1946: Gallant Journey
- 1948: Command Decision
- 1949: Shockproof
- 1949: Roaring Westward
- 1949: Prejudice
- 1950: What Happened to Jo Jo?
- 1950: Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
- 1950: Destination Murder
- 1950: A Modern Marriage
- 1952: Korea (One Minute to Zero)
- 1953: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV series, an episode)
Web links
- Buddy Swan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Buddy Swan in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- ^ Buddy Swan at Familysearch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swan, buddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swan, Paul Benjamin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 21, 1993 |
| Place of death | Colorado Springs , Colorado |