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Buddy Swan

ActingBorn October 24, 1929Died March 21, 1993 (age 63)

Biography

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.

Filmography

1950
Destination Murder

as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger

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1950Movie
1949
Shockproof

as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)

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1946
Gallant Journey

as Sharkey (uncredited)

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1946
Centennial Summer

as Dudley Rogers

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1945
Scared Stiff

as Oliver Waldeck

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1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Kid (uncredited)

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1944
Strange Affair

as Newsboy (uncredited)

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1944
The Soul of a Monster

as Second Newsboy (uncredited)

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1944
The Fighting Sullivans

as George, as a child (uncredited)

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1941
Citizen Kane

as Young Charles Foster Kane

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1940
The Ape

as Willie Brill

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1940
Haunted House

as Junior Henshaw

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Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 24, 1929
Day of DeathMarch 21, 1993
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