Buddy Swan
Born
October 24, 1929
Died
March 21, 1993 (63 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Destination Murder
Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger
1950
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
Williams (uncredited)
1950
Shockproof
Teenage Boy (Uncredited)
1949
Gallant Journey
Sharkey (uncredited)
1946
Centennial Summer
Dudley Rogers
1946
Scared Stiff
Oliver Waldeck
1945
The Horn Blows at Midnight
Kid (uncredited)
1945
Strange Affair
Newsboy (Uncredited)
1944
The Soul of a Monster
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
1944
The Fighting Sullivans
George, as a child (uncredited)
1944
Citizen Kane
Young Charles Foster Kane
1941
The Ape
Willie Brill
1940
Haunted House
Junior Henshaw
1940