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Buddy Swan
Actor
Born October 24, 1929Died March 21, 1993 (63 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2014 | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles · as Kane, Age Eight (clip From Citizen Kane (1941)) |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Charles Foster Kane, Age Eight (clip From Citizen Kane (1941)) |
| 1952 | One Minute to Zero · as Cast |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Destination Murder · as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger |
| 1949 | Shockproof · as Teenage Boy (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Command Decision · as Flyer |
| 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 |
| 1944 | The Soul of a Monster · as Second Newsboy (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Seventh Cross · as Boy |
| 1944 | The Fighting Sullivans · as George, As A Child (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane · as Young Charles Foster Kane |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | Haunted House · as Junior Henshaw |