Karl Swenson

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...

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'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)

Ulzana's Raid

as Rukeyser

The New Healers

as Mr. Fisherman

… tick… tick… tick…

as Frank Braddock Sr.

Hour of the Gun

as Dr. Charles Goodfellow

Brighty of the Grand Canyon

as Theodore Roosevelt

Seconds

as Dr. Morris

Major Dundee

as Captain Waller

The Sword in the Stone

as Merlin (voice)

The Prize

as Hilding

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

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