Buddy Swan
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.
Citizen Kane
as Young Charles Foster KaneNewspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a...
Movie pageShockproof
as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful...
Movie pageDestination Murder
as Arthur, Blue Streak MessengerLaura Mansfield catches a glimpse of mob hit man Jackie Wales after he shoots her businessman...
Movie pageThe Ape
as Willie BrillDr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human...
Movie pageThe Soul of a Monster
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)A man recovers on his death bed after his wife makes a mysterious pact with a strange woman. But...
Movie pageThe Horn Blows at Midnight
as Kid (uncredited)A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael,...
Movie pageThe Fighting Sullivans
as George, as a child (uncredited)The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great...
Movie pageScared Stiff
as Oliver WaldeckA meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
Movie pageStrange Affair
as Newsboy (Uncredited)Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a...
Movie pageHaunted House
as Junior HenshawTeenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
Movie pageCentennial Summer
as Dudley RogersIn 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to...
Movie pageMilitary Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
as Williams (uncredited)Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang is a 1950 American comedy-drama film directed by D....
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