Acting credits
13
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Buddy Swan
Acting
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Movies: 13Series: 0
TMDB ID: 11032
IMDb ID: nm0841569
Known for: Acting
Born: October 24, 1929
Died: March 21, 1993
Age: 63
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1940 - 1950
Years active: 11
Average TMDB rating: 6.16
Wikidata: Q4984951
Biography
Paul "Buddy" Swan (October 24, 1929 – March 21, 1993) (also credited as Buddy Swann) was an American child actor, best known for playing the title character of the 1941 film Citizen Kane as an eight-year-old boy. He also appeared in the horror film The Ape, the horror comedy Scared Stiff, and the Academy-Award nominated film The Fighting Sullivans, playing one of the Sullivan brothers in their youth. Swan also appeared as a young actor in Broadway plays in 1942, including Mr. Sycamore.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Buddy Swan.
5.1
Destination Murder
as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
1950 Movie
6.0
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
as Williams (uncredited)
1950 Movie
6.3
Shockproof
as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
1949 Movie
6.1
Gallant Journey
as Sharkey (uncredited)
1946 Movie
5.5
Centennial Summer
as Dudley Rogers
1946 Movie
4.0
Scared Stiff
as Oliver Waldeck
1945 Movie
5.7
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Kid (uncredited)
1945 Movie
6.2
Strange Affair
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1944 Movie
5.1
The Soul of a Monster
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1944 Movie
6.0
The Fighting Sullivans
as George, as a child (uncredited)
1944 Movie
8.0
Citizen Kane
as Young Charles Foster Kane
1941 Movie
4.8
The Ape
as Willie Brill
1940 Movie
4.4
Haunted House
as Junior Henshaw
1940 Movie