Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/23/1908
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Karl Swenson
Biography
Known For
How the West Was Won
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Four Boys and a Gun
as Mr. Badek
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Heinrich Geuter
The Sword in the Stone
as Merlin (voice)
The Birds
as Drunken Doomsayer in Diner
Flaming Star
as Dred Pierce
Ice Palace
as Scotty Ballantyne
Seconds
as Dr. Morris
No Name on the Bullet
as Stricker
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as Theodore Roosevelt
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Dr. Keller
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Doc Isdell
Lonely are the Brave
as Rev. Hoskins
The Man from Galveston
as Sheriff
Vanishing Point
as Clerk
The Hanging Tree
as Tom Flaunce
North to Alaska
as Lars Nordqvist
The Prize
as Hilding
Major Dundee
as Captain Waller
The Cincinnati Kid
as Mr. Rudd
Career Timeline
1974
1972
1970
1967
1966
1965
1963
The Prize
as Hilding
The Sword in the Stone
as Merlin (voice)
The Man from Galveston
as Sheriff
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
as Coley Bishop
Mr. Novak
as Mr. Haskell
The Bill Dana Show
Role unknown
The Fugitive
as Axel Nielsen - Service station owner
The Greatest Show on Earth
Role unknown
The Fugitive
as Morgan
The Lieutenant
Role unknown
The Birds
as Drunken Doomsayer in Diner
The Dakotas
Role unknown
1962
How the West Was Won
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
General Electric True
Role unknown
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as George Sherston
The Virginian
as Col. Theodore Roosevelt
The Virginian
as Karl Swenson
The Virginian
as Ben Wallace
Sam Benedict
Role unknown
Sam Benedict
as Barney Rosvalley
Sam Benedict
as Barney Rossvalley
The Spiral Road
as Insp. Bevers
Lonely are the Brave
as Rev. Hoskins
Walk on the Wild Side
as Schmidt
1960
Flaming Star
as Dred Pierce
North to Alaska
as Lars Nordqvist
Klondike
as Judge Frank Weinstock
Surfside 6
Role unknown
The Andy Griffith Show
as Mr. McBeevee
The Westerner
as Ben Potts
Outlaws
Role unknown
One Foot in Hell
as Sheriff Ole Olson
The Gallant Hours
as Bill Bailey
Hong Kong
as John Olwine
Ice Palace
as Scotty Ballantyne
1959
Mr. Lucky
Role unknown
Hawaiian Eye
Role unknown
The Rebel
as Lew Bussey
Johnny Ringo
as Kramer
Lock-Up
Role unknown
Riverboat
as Ansel Torgin
Bonanza
as Carl Harris
Tightrope
Role unknown
The Sunrise Gun
as Lud Greening
The Hanging Tree
as Tom Flaunce
No Name on the Bullet
as Stricker
Black Saddle
as Dr. Wyle
Rawhide
Role unknown
1958
Gateways to the Mind
as Hal - the Cameraman (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
Role unknown
Bat Masterson
as Jim Pate
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Role unknown
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Van Kemp
The Rifleman
as Chris Manse
The Texan
Role unknown
Bronco
Role unknown
Kings Go Forth
as The Colonel
1957
Trackdown
Role unknown
Leave It to Beaver
as George Haskell
The Court of Last Resort
Role unknown
The Walter Winchell File
Role unknown
Maverick
Role unknown
Maverick
as Captain Nares
Maverick
as Sheriff Griffin
Perry Mason
as Axel Norstaad
Perry Mason
as Corley Ketchum
Perry Mason
as Charles Norman
Perry Mason
as Unk Hazekian
Sugarfoot
as Andy Burke
Sugarfoot
as Alexi Sharlokov
Sugarfoot
as Dennis O'Hara
Sugarfoot
as Bill Manning
Have Gun, Will Travel
Role unknown
Four Boys and a Gun
as Mr. Badek
1956
1955
Alice in Wonderland
as Humpty Dumpty
Playwrights '56
Role unknown
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Ed Holland
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as John
Gunsmoke
as Hank Luz
Gunsmoke
as Raff
Gunsmoke
as Hutch
Gunsmoke
as Adam
Gunsmoke
as Tabe
Gunsmoke
as Ian McGovern
Gunsmoke
as Lars Karlgren
Gunsmoke
as McGruder
Gunsmoke
as Mr. Hubert