Buddy Swan
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.
Filmography
Destination Murder
1950
as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
1950
as Williams (uncredited)
Shockproof
1949
as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
Gallant Journey
1946
as Sharkey (uncredited)
Centennial Summer
1946
as Dudley Rogers
Scared Stiff
1945
as Oliver Waldeck
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as Kid (uncredited)
Strange Affair
1944
as Newsboy (uncredited)
The Soul of a Monster
1944
as Second Newsboy (uncredited)
The Fighting Sullivans
1944
as George, as a child (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
1941
as Young Charles Foster Kane
The Ape
1940
as Willie Brill
Haunted House
1940
as Junior Henshaw