Buddy Swan

Actor
BirthdayOct 24, 1929 (64 years old)
DeathdayMar 21, 1993
GenderNot specified

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.

Known for

Young Charles Foster Kane

Apr 17, 1941

Teenage Boy (Uncredited)

Jan 25, 1949

Willie Brill

Sep 30, 1940

Kid (uncredited)

Apr 28, 1945

Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger

Jun 9, 1950

George, as a child (uncredited)

Feb 3, 1944

Second Newsboy (uncredited)

Aug 17, 1944

Junior Henshaw

Jul 21, 1940

Dudley Rogers

Jul 10, 1946

Newsboy (Uncredited)

Oct 5, 1944

Oliver Waldeck

Jun 22, 1945

Williams (uncredited)

Apr 27, 1950

Young Charles Foster Kane

Apr 17, 1941

Teenage Boy (Uncredited)

Jan 25, 1949

Willie Brill

Sep 30, 1940

Kid (uncredited)

Apr 28, 1945

Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger

Jun 9, 1950

George, as a child (uncredited)

Feb 3, 1944

Acting


Participated in 12 movies, 0 TV series

1950

Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger



1949

Teenage Boy (Uncredited)


1946

Dudley Rogers


1945

Oliver Waldeck


1945

Kid (uncredited)


1944

Newsboy (Uncredited)


1944

Second Newsboy (uncredited)


1944

George, as a child (uncredited)


1941

Young Charles Foster Kane


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