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Bo Svenson

Cast & creator

Bo Svenson

1941-02-13 (age 85) Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, SwedenIMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Murder, She Wrote, Murder, She Wrote

Bo Svenson (born 13 February 1941) is a Swedish-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, known for his roles in American genre films of the 1970s and 1980s. In the late 1960s, Svenson had a recurring role in the hit TV series Here Come the Brides as Lumberjack Olaf "Big Swede" Gustavsen. Svenson appeared in the 1973 made-for-TV movie Frankenstein, in which he plays the Creature. One of Svenson's first big-screen movie roles was opposite Robert Redford in The Great Waldo Pepper, where Redford and Svenson play rival ex-WWI U.S. Army Air Service pilots who are now employed in the hard and dangerous but wildly adventurous lives of 1920's barnstorming pilots, touring the Midwest. In his next pursuit, Svenson took over the role of lawman Buford Pusser from Joe Don Baker in both sequels to the hit 1973 film Walking Tall, after Pusser himself, who had originally agreed to take over the role, died in an automobile crash. He reprised the role again for the short-lived 1981 television series of the same name.[5] One of his most famous roles in films was as murder-witness-turned-vigilante Michael McBain in the 1976 cult classic Breaking Point. He played the Soviet agent Ivan in the Magnum, P.I. episode "Did You See the Sunrise?" (1982) and many years later had a cameo as an American colonel in Inglourious Basterds, as a tribute to his role in The Inglorious Bastards; he is the only actor to appear in both films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bo Svenson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Also known as: Benjamin Palme , Bo Svensson

Movies

77

film credits

Series

28

television credits

Career

103

1962–2023 · acting roles

Credit score

6.0

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Karl Anderson · 1984

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Cal Harding · 1984

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

Ivan · 1980

Ironside

Ironside

Acting · 1967

Across film & television

Filmography (105)

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Karl Anderson

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Cal Harding

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

Ivan

Ironside

Ironside

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Karl

Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone

Warren Haskins

Due South

Due South

Holloway Muldoon

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

G.B. Mosbie

Hunter

Hunter

Jake Cutter

The Rookies

The Rookies

McCloud

McCloud

The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral

Bennett

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

American Colonel

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Ben Kinasay

The Commish

The Commish

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

Bubba

Crazy like a Fox

Crazy like a Fox

Chuck Dobson

Lancer

Lancer

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Reverend Harmony

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Reverend Harmony

Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars

The Delta Force

The Delta Force

Capt. Campbell

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Captain Pollard

Banyon

Banyon

Heartbreak Ridge

Heartbreak Ridge

Roy Jennings

Armour of God

Armour of God

Monk (uncredited)

Cobra

Cobra

Frank McLory

The Snoop Sisters

The Snoop Sisters

Chet Marion

The Chicago Teddy Bears

Virus

Virus

Major Carter

North Dallas Forty

North Dallas Forty

Jo Bob Priddy

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Monster

The Great Waldo Pepper

The Great Waldo Pepper

Axel Olsson

Walking Tall

Walking Tall

The Inglorious Bastards

The Inglorious Bastards

Lt. Robert Yeager

Private Obsession

Private Obsession

Sam Weston

Walking Tall Part II

Walking Tall Part II

Buford Pusser

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

Maurice Fronenac

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

Foreman Bo

Curse II: The Bite

Curse II: The Bite

The Sheriff

Icarus

Icarus

Vadim

Choke Canyon

Choke Canyon

Capt. Oliver Parkside

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Detective Joe Carlson

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

Kor

America's National Treasures

America's National Treasures

Narrator

I'll Be Seeing You

I'll Be Seeing You

Philip Carter

Primal Rage

Primal Rage

Ethridge

The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

Simon Magnusson

Final Chapter: Walking Tall

Final Chapter: Walking Tall

Buford Pusser

My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers

My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers

John

Kung Fu

Kung Fu

Pike

Deep Space

Deep Space

Captain Robertson

Snowbeast

Snowbeast

Gar Seberg

Stolz der Nation

Stolz der Nation

Benjamin Palme

Steel Frontier

Steel Frontier

Roy Ackett

Beyond the Door III

Beyond the Door III

Professor Andromolek

Special Delivery

Special Delivery

Jack Murdock

Hell to Pay

Hell to Pay

Del Shannon

Portrait of a Hitman

Portrait of a Hitman

Dr. Bob Michaels

Finding Grace

Finding Grace

Dr. Nelson

Soda Cracker

Soda Cracker

Ivan Moss

Man Hunt

Man Hunt

Sheriff

Savage Land

Savage Land

Jeb

Non-Stop

Non-Stop

Dr. Halperin

Delta Force Commando

Delta Force Commando

Col. Keitel

The Dependables

The Dependables

Mick Skinner

Three Days to a Kill

Three Days to a Kill

Rick

You'll Never See Me Again

You'll Never See Me Again

Sam (uncredited)

Angry

Angry

Bill

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

Captain Starrett

Gold of the Amazon Women

Gold of the Amazon Women

Tom Jensen

The Son of the Sheik

The Son of the Sheik

Hamilton Burger

Intertect

Intertect

Jealousy

Jealousy

Jesse Hutton

Maniac Killer

Maniac Killer

Count Silvano

The Bravos

The Bravos

Raeder

Sverige åt svenskarna

Sverige åt svenskarna

Baboon Bite Maniacs! - "Primal Rage" 35 Years Later

Baboon Bite Maniacs! - "Primal Rage" 35 Years Later

Himself

Target Risk

Target Risk

Lee Driscoll

The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight

The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight

Fabien

Thunder

Thunder

Sheriff Bill Cook

Double Target

Double Target

Col. Galckin

Tides of War

Tides of War

SS Colonel Otto Haber

Heartless

Heartless

Sheriff Sam

Breaking Point

Breaking Point

Michael McBain

Thunder 2

Thunder 2

Sheriff Roger

Outlaw

Outlaw

Detective Maize

Outlaw

Outlaw

Screenplay

Outlaw

Outlaw

Director

Jan & Dean: On the Run

Jan & Dean: On the Run

Smithsonian Guard

Brothers in Blood

Brothers in Blood

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Monster

Hitched

Hitched

Jay Appleby

Crackerjack 3

Crackerjack 3

Jack Thorn

White Phantom

White Phantom

The Colonel

Jersey Justice

Jersey Justice

W.W. Tolliver

Solitude Point

Richard

Maurie

Maurie

Jack Twyman

Deadly Impact

Deadly Impact

George Ryan

Steele's Law

Steele's Law

Sheriff Barnes

Movie in Action

Movie in Action

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune

Colonel Preston

Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

Detective John Amos