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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

5.1

Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger

Destination Murder

1950

6.0

Williams (uncredited)

Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang

1950

6.4

Teenage Boy (Uncredited)

Shockproof

1949

6.1

Sharkey (uncredited)

Gallant Journey

1946

6.0

Dudley Rogers

Centennial Summer

1946

4.0

Oliver Waldeck

Scared Stiff

1945

5.8

Kid (uncredited)

The Horn Blows at Midnight

1945

6.2

Newsboy (Uncredited)

Strange Affair

1944

5.0

Second Newsboy (uncredited)

The Soul of a Monster

1944

6.2

George, as a child (uncredited)

The Fighting Sullivans

1944

Credits

Destination Murder

as Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger

1950

5.1

Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang

as Williams (uncredited)

1950

6.0

Shockproof

as Teenage Boy (Uncredited)

1949

6.4

Gallant Journey

as Sharkey (uncredited)

1946

6.1

Centennial Summer

as Dudley Rogers

1946

6.0

Scared Stiff

as Oliver Waldeck

1945

4.0

The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Kid (uncredited)

1945

5.8

Strange Affair

as Newsboy (Uncredited)

1944

6.2

The Soul of a Monster

as Second Newsboy (uncredited)

1944

5.0

The Fighting Sullivans

as George, as a child (uncredited)

1944

6.2

Citizen Kane

as Young Charles Foster Kane

1941

8.0

The Ape

as Willie Brill

1940

4.8

Haunted House

as Junior Henshaw

1940

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