Buddy Swan
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Ape
as Willie Brill 1940
Shockproof
as Teenage Boy (Uncredited) 1949
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Kid (uncredited) 1945
The Fighting Sullivans
as George, as a child (uncredited) 1944
Destination Murder
as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger 1950
The Soul of a Monster
as Second Newsboy (uncredited) 1944
Gallant Journey
as Sharkey (uncredited) 1946
Haunted House
as Junior Henshaw 1940
Centennial Summer
as Dudley Rogers 1946
Strange Affair
as Newsboy (Uncredited) 1944
Scared Stiff
as Oliver Waldeck 1945