Buddy Swan
View on IMDb ↗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.
Known for
Citizen Kane
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
Gallant Journey
Shockproof
The Fighting Sullivans
Strange Affair
Centennial Summer
The Horn Blows at Midnight
The Soul of a Monster
Haunted HouseFilmography (13)
- 1950
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue GangWilliams (uncredited) - 1950
Destination MurderArthur, Blue Streak Messenger - 1949
ShockproofTeenage Boy (Uncredited) - 1946
Gallant JourneySharkey (uncredited) - 1946
Centennial SummerDudley Rogers - 1945
The Horn Blows at MidnightKid (uncredited) - 1945
Scared StiffOliver Waldeck - 1944
The Fighting SullivansGeorge, as a child (uncredited) - 1944
Strange AffairNewsboy (uncredited) - 1944
The Soul of a MonsterSecond Newsboy (uncredited) - 1941
Citizen KaneYoung Charles Foster Kane - 1940
Haunted HouseJunior Henshaw - 1940
The ApeWillie Brill