Buddy Swan
Birthday
1929/10/24
Day of death
1993/03/21 (63 years old)
Gender
Unknown
Place of Birth
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1941) Citizen Kane
as Young Charles Foster Kane
(1949) Shockproof
as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
(1946) Centennial Summer
as Dudley Rogers
(1945) The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Kid (uncredited)
(1950) Destination Murder
as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
(1950) Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
as Williams (uncredited)
(1940) The Ape
as Willie Brill
(1940) Haunted House
as Junior Henshaw
(1944) Strange Affair
as Newsboy (Uncredited)
(1944) The Soul of a Monster
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
(1945) Scared Stiff
as Oliver Waldeck
(1944) The Fighting Sullivans
as George, as a child (uncredited)
(1946) Gallant Journey
as Sharkey (uncredited)