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Home/People/Buddy Swan
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Born
Oct 24, 1929Died: Mar 21, 1993
Lived 63 years
Known For
Acting
Gender
Not specified

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Buddy Swan

Acting

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.
Destination Murder poster

Destination Murder

as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
1950
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Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang

as Williams (uncredited)
1950
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Shockproof

as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
1949
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Gallant Journey

as Sharkey (uncredited)
1946
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Centennial Summer

as Dudley Rogers
1946
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Scared Stiff

as Oliver Waldeck
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight poster

The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Kid (uncredited)
1945
Strange Affair poster

Strange Affair

as Newsboy (uncredited)
1944
The Soul of a Monster poster

The Soul of a Monster

as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1944
The Fighting Sullivans poster

The Fighting Sullivans

as George, as a child (uncredited)
1944
Citizen Kane poster

Citizen Kane

as Young Charles Foster Kane
1941
The Ape poster

The Ape

as Willie Brill
1940
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Haunted House

as Junior Henshaw
1940