Actor
Buddy Swan
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 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Jessie Arnold
3 titles together
The Ape, Gallant Journey, Haunted House
Cornel Wilde
2 titles together
Shockproof, Centennial Summer
James Flavin
2 titles together
Shockproof, Destination Murder
Henry Hall
2 titles together
The Ape, Haunted House
Billy Bletcher
2 titles together
The Ape, Gallant Journey
George Cleveland
2 titles together
The Ape, Haunted House
Full filmography · 13
Destination Murder
as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
19505.2
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
as Williams (uncredited)
1950
Shockproof
as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
19496.3
Gallant Journey
as Sharkey (uncredited)
1946
Centennial Summer
as Dudley Rogers
1946
Scared Stiff
as Oliver Waldeck
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Kid (uncredited)
19455.9
Strange Affair
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1944
The Soul of a Monster
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1944
The Fighting Sullivans
as George, as a child (uncredited)
19446.3
Citizen Kane
as Young Charles Foster Kane
19418
The Ape
as Willie Brill
19404.8