Buddy Swan

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Buddy Swan

Acting October 24, 1929

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 Citiz…

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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.

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  1. 1950
    Destination Murder

    Movie Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger

  2. 1950
    Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang

    Movie Williams (uncredited)

  3. 1949
    Shockproof

    Movie Teenage Boy (Uncredited)

  4. 1946
    Gallant Journey

    Movie Sharkey (uncredited)

  5. 1946
    Centennial Summer

    Movie Dudley Rogers

  6. 1945
    Scared Stiff

    Movie Oliver Waldeck

  7. 1945
    The Horn Blows at Midnight

    Movie Kid (uncredited)

  8. 1944
    Strange Affair

    Movie Newsboy (uncredited)

  9. 1944
    The Soul of a Monster

    Movie Second Newsboy (uncredited)

  10. 1944
    The Fighting Sullivans

    Movie George, as a child (uncredited)

  11. 1941
    Citizen Kane

    Movie Young Charles Foster Kane

  12. 1940
    The Ape

    Movie Willie Brill

  13. 1940
    Haunted House

    Movie Junior Henshaw