Acting
Buddy Swan
Acting · Born 1929-10-24
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.
Credits · 13
FilmDestination Murder
1950 · Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
FilmMilitary Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950 · Williams (uncredited)
FilmShockproof
1949 · Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
FilmGallant Journey
1946 · Sharkey (uncredited)
FilmCentennial Summer
1946 · Dudley Rogers
FilmScared Stiff
1945 · Oliver Waldeck
FilmThe Horn Blows at Midnight
1945 · Kid (uncredited)
FilmStrange Affair
1944 · Newsboy (uncredited)
FilmThe Soul of a Monster
1944 · Second Newsboy (uncredited)
FilmThe Fighting Sullivans
1944 · George, as a child (uncredited)
FilmCitizen Kane
1941 · Young Charles Foster Kane
FilmThe Ape
1940 · Willie Brill
FilmHaunted House
1940 · Junior Henshaw