Buddy Swan
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.
Personal Details
Movies (13)
Destination Murder
as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
1950
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
as Williams (uncredited)
1950
Shockproof
as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
1949
Gallant Journey
as Sharkey (uncredited)
1946
Centennial Summer
as Dudley Rogers
1946
Scared Stiff
as Oliver Waldeck
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Kid (uncredited)
1945
Strange Affair
as Newsboy (Uncredited)
1944
The Soul of a Monster
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1944
The Fighting Sullivans
as George, as a child (uncredited)
1944
Citizen Kane
as Young Charles Foster Kane
1941
The Ape
as Willie Brill
1940
Haunted House
as Junior Henshaw
1940