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...
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The 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...
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The Ape
as Willie BrillDr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human...
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Shockproof
as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful...
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Centennial Summer
as Dudley RogersIn 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to...
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The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Kid (uncredited)A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael,...
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The 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...
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Strange Affair
as Newsboy (Uncredited)Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a...
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Destination Murder
as Arthur, Blue Streak MessengerLaura Mansfield catches a glimpse of mob hit man Jackie Wales after he shoots her businessman...
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Haunted House
as Junior HenshawTeenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
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Military 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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Scared Stiff
as Oliver WaldeckA meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
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