Buddy Swan

Birthday: 1929-10-24
Deathday: 1993-03-21
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Gender: Male
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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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1950-06-09 Destination Murder Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
1950-04-27 Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang Williams (uncredited)
1949-01-25 Shockproof Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
1946-07-10 Centennial Summer Dudley Rogers
1945-06-22 Scared Stiff Oliver Waldeck
1945-04-28 The Horn Blows at Midnight Kid (uncredited)
1944-10-05 Strange Affair Newsboy (Uncredited)
1944-08-17 The Soul of a Monster Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1944-02-03 The Fighting Sullivans George, as a child (uncredited)
1941-04-17 Citizen Kane Young Charles Foster Kane
1940-09-30 The Ape Willie Brill
1940-07-21 Haunted House Junior Henshaw