Buddy Swan
Acting
1929-10-24
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(13)
movieDestination Murder
as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger · 1950 · 5.2
movieMilitary Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
as Williams (uncredited) · 1950 · 6.5
movieShockproof
as Teenage Boy (Uncredited) · 1949 · 6.3
movieGallant Journey
as Sharkey (uncredited) · 1946 · 6.5
movieCentennial Summer
as Dudley Rogers · 1946 · 5.9
movieScared Stiff
as Oliver Waldeck · 1945 · 4.7
movieThe Horn Blows at Midnight
as Kid (uncredited) · 1945 · 5.8
movieStrange Affair
as Newsboy (uncredited) · 1944 · 6.2
movieThe Soul of a Monster
as Second Newsboy (uncredited) · 1944 · 5.5
movieThe Fighting Sullivans
as George, as a child (uncredited) · 1944 · 6.3
movieCitizen Kane
as Young Charles Foster Kane · 1941 · 8.0
movieThe Ape
as Willie Brill · 1940 · 4.8
movieHaunted House
as Junior Henshaw · 1940 · 5.0