Other names Buddy Swann Role Child actor Name Buddy Swan | Years active 1940–1952 Occupation Actor | |
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Full Name Paul Benjamin Swan Born October 24, 1929 ( 1929-10-24 ) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Spouse Donna L. Coon (m. 1963–1993) Movies Citizen Kane, Haunted House | ||
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 including Mr. Sycamore (1942) and The World We Make (1942).
Filmography
Actor
1953
Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series)
- Manhattan Robin Hood (1953)
1952
One Minute to Zero (uncredited)
1950
What Happened to Jo Jo? (Short) as
Wally Truesdale
1950
A Modern Marriage as
Spike
1950
Destination Murder as
Arthur - Messenger Boy
1950
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang as
Williams (uncredited)
1949
Prejudice as
Eddie
1949
Roaring Westward as
Perry Andrews
1949
Shockproof as
Teenage Boy (uncredited)
1948
Command Decision as
Flyer (uncredited)
1946
Gallant Journey as
Sharkey (uncredited)
1946
Centennial Summer as
Dudley Rogers
1945
Scared Stiff as
Oliver Waldeck
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight as
Kid (uncredited)
1944
Strange Affair as
Newsboy (uncredited)
1944
Sweet and Low-Down as
Tony Birch (uncredited)
1944
The Soul of a Monster as
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1944
The Seventh Cross as
Boy (uncredited)
1944
The Fighting Sullivans as
George Sullivan as a Child (uncredited)
1941
Citizen Kane as
Kane - Age Eight
1940
The Ape as
Willie Brill (uncredited)
1940
Haunted House as
Junior Henshaw (as Buddy Swann)
Soundtrack
1946
Centennial Summer (performer: "Up with the Lark" - uncredited)
Archive Footage
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (Documentary) as
Kane, age eight (clip from Citizen Kane (1941)) (uncredited)
2011
These Amazing Shadows (Documentary) as
Charles Foster Kane, age eight (clip from Citizen Kane (1941)) (uncredited)
1999
Christian Scare Films Vol. 4 (Video) as
Wally Truesdale (segment "What Happened To Jo Jo")
References
Buddy Swan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA