Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Swenson is remembered for his role as the doomsayer in the diner in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) and as the voice of Merlin in Disney's The Sword in the Stone (1963). On television, he had numerous credits in guest roles on various shows, especially Westerns, including episodes of Bona… Read more
Known for The Birds 1963 The Sword in the Stone 1963 Little House on the Prairie 1974 Judgment at Nuremberg 1961 Series ★ 6.3 The Amazing Spider-Man 1978
Series ★ 8 Little House on the Prairie 1974
Lars Hanson Series ★ 7.6 Happy Days 1974
★ 6.9 Ulzana's Raid 1972
Rukeyser Series ★ 8 Emergency! 1972
Gus ★ 7.1 Vanishing Point 1971
Clerk Series ★ 6.7 Cannon 1971
★ 6.7 … tick… tick… tick… 1970
Frank Braddock Sr. Series ★ 7.8 The Odd Couple 1970
Captain Potter Series ★ 7.2 Hawaii Five-O 1968
Abel Morgan Series ★ 6.1 The Mod Squad 1968
★ 6.5 Hour of the Gun 1967
Dr. Charles Goodfellow Series ★ 6.8 Ironside 1967
Vet ★ 7.4 Seconds 1966
Dr. Morris Series ★ 6.9 Tarzan 1966
Series ★ 7.2 The Rat Patrol 1966
Colonel Seidner Series ★ 7.6 Mission: Impossible 1966
Colonel Dubov ★ 7 The Cincinnati Kid 1965
Mr. Rudd ★ 6.7 Major Dundee 1965
Captain Waller ★ 7 The Sons of Katie Elder 1965
Doc Isdell Series ★ 6.2 The Big Valley 1965
Bert Hadley Series ★ 7.6 Hogan's Heroes 1965
Dr. Karl Svenson Series ★ 7.1 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 1964
Col. Harper ★ 7.5 The Birds 1963
Le prophète de malheur ivre au bar ★ 6.7 The Prize 1963
Hilding ★ 7.2 The Sword in the Stone 1963
Merlin (voice) Series ★ 7.3 The Fugitive 1963
Axel Nielsen - Service station owner ★ 7.4 Lonely are the Brave 1962
Rev. Hoskins ★ 6.6 Walk on the Wild Side 1962
Schmidt ★ 7 How the West Was Won 1962
Train Conductor (uncredited) Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Col. Theodore Roosevelt Series ★ 7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
George Sherston ★ 8 Judgment at Nuremberg 1961
Heinrich Geuter ★ 6.5 North to Alaska 1960
Lars Nordqvist ★ 6.5 Flaming Star 1960
Dred Pierce ★ 5.3 One Foot in Hell 1960
Sheriff Ole Olson Series ★ 7.6 The Andy Griffith Show 1960
Mr. McBeevee ★ 6.7 The Hanging Tree 1959
Tom Flaunce ★ 6.6 No Name on the Bullet 1959
Stricker Series ★ 7.2 Rawhide 1959
Series ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959
Carl Harris ★ 6.1 Kings Go Forth 1958
The Colonel Series ★ 7.2 77 Sunset Strip 1958
Series ★ 7.1 The Rifleman 1958
Chris Manse Series ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957
Axel Norstaad Series ★ 6.9 Leave It to Beaver 1957
George Haskell Series ★ 7.3 Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Series ★ 7 Maverick 1957
Captain Nares Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Hank Luz Series ★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
Ed Holland Series ★ 6.3 Lassie 1954
Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Laredo Marshal (uncredited) ★ 5.8 December 7th 1943
Machine-Gunner (uncredited) 
