Karl Swenson
Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Swenson is remembered for his role as the doomsayer in the diner in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) and as the voice of Merlin in Disney's The Sword in the Stone (1963). On television, he had numerous credits in guest roles on various shows, especially Westerns, including episodes of...
Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Swenson is remembered for his role as the doomsayer in the diner in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) and as the voice of Merlin in Disney's The Sword in the Stone (1963). On television, he had numerous credits in guest roles on various shows, especially Westerns, including episodes of...
Known For
The Sword in the Stone
as Merlin (voice)
The Birds
as Le prophète de malheur ivre au bar
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Heinrich Geuter
Cast Credits
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
as (voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under the Sea
as Merlin (archive footage) (voice)
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
Disney's Greatest Villains
as Merlin (voice) (archive footage)
The Gun and the Pulpit
as Adams
Ulzana's Raid
as Rukeyser
The New Healers
as Mr. Fisherman
A Howling in the Woods
as Apperson
Vanishing Point
as Clerk
The Wild Country
as Jensen
… tick… tick… tick…
as Frank Braddock Sr.
Hour of the Gun
as Dr. Charles Goodfellow
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Dr. Keller
Brighty of the Grand Canyon
as Theodore Roosevelt
Seconds
as Dr. Morris
The Cincinnati Kid
as Mr. Rudd
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Doc Isdell
Major Dundee
as Captain Waller
The Sword in the Stone
as Merlin (voice)
The Prize
as Hilding
The Man from Galveston
as Sheriff
The Birds
as Le prophète de malheur ivre au bar
How the West Was Won
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Spiral Road
as Insp. Bevers
Lonely are the Brave
as Rev. Hoskins
Walk on the Wild Side
as Schmidt
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Heinrich Geuter
Flaming Star
as Dred Pierce
North to Alaska
as Lars Nordqvist
One Foot in Hell
as Sheriff Ole Olson