
Buddy Swan
Oct 24, 1929 - Mar 21, 1993 (63 years old) in
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

Citizen Kane
Young Charles Foster Kane

The Ape
Willie Brill

Destination Murder
Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger

The Fighting Sullivans
George, as a child (uncredited)

Shockproof
Teenage Boy (Uncredited)

The Horn Blows at Midnight
Kid (uncredited)

The Soul of a Monster
Second Newsboy (uncredited)

Strange Affair
Newsboy (Uncredited)

Centennial Summer
Dudley Rogers

Gallant Journey
Sharkey (uncredited)
Credits
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Destination Murder 1950Arthur, Blue Streak Messenger★ 5.1
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Williams (uncredited)★ 6
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Shockproof 1949Teenage Boy (Uncredited)★ 6.4
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Gallant Journey 1946Sharkey (uncredited)★ 6.1
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Centennial Summer 1946Dudley Rogers★ 6
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Scared Stiff 1945Oliver Waldeck★ 4
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Kid (uncredited)★ 5.8
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Strange Affair 1944Newsboy (Uncredited)★ 6.2
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Second Newsboy (uncredited)★ 5
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George, as a child (uncredited)★ 6.2
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Citizen Kane 1941Young Charles Foster Kane★ 8
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The Ape 1940Willie Brill★ 4.8
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Haunted House 1940Junior Henshaw★ 4.4