Buddy Swan
Born: 1929-10-24
Died: 1993-03-21
Known For: Acting
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
- Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang as Williams (uncredited)
- Destination Murder as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
1949
- Shockproof as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
1946
- Centennial Summer as Dudley Rogers
- Gallant Journey as Sharkey (uncredited)
1945
- The Horn Blows at Midnight as Kid (uncredited)
- Scared Stiff as Oliver Waldeck
1944
- The Soul of a Monster as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
- The Fighting Sullivans as George, as a child (uncredited)
- Strange Affair as Newsboy (Uncredited)
1941
- Citizen Kane as Young Charles Foster Kane
1940
- Haunted House as Junior Henshaw
- The Ape as Willie Brill