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Bo Svenson

Bo Svenson

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 13, 1941 (84)
Birthplace Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated May 20, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

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Finding Grace

Finding Grace

2020

as Dr. Nelson

The Dependables

The Dependables

2014

as Mick Skinner

Jersey Justice

Jersey Justice

2014

as W.W. Tolliver

Non-Stop

Non-Stop

2013

as Dr. Halperin

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

2011

as Reverend Harmony

The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

2010

as Simon Magnusson

Icarus

Icarus

2010

as Vadim

Stolz der Nation

Stolz der Nation

2009

as Benjamin Palme

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

2009

as American Colonel

Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

2006

as Detective John Amos

Hell to Pay

Hell to Pay

2005

as Del Shannon

I'll Be Seeing You

I'll Be Seeing You

2004

as Philip Carter

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004

as Reverend Harmony

Outlaw

Outlaw

2001

as Detective Maize

Crackerjack 3

Crackerjack 3

2000

as Jack Thorn

Solitude Point

Solitude Point

1998

as Richard

Heartless

Heartless

1997

as Sheriff Sam

Speed 2: Cruise Control

Speed 2: Cruise Control

1997

as Captain Pollard

Cheyenne

Cheyenne

1996

as Captain Starrett

Steel Frontier

Steel Frontier

1995

as Roy Ackett

Private Obsession

Private Obsession

1995

as Sam Weston

Savage Land

Savage Land

1994

as Jeb

Three Days To A Kill

Three Days To A Kill

1992

as Rick

Steele's Law

Steele's Law

1991

as Sheriff Barnes

Tides of War

Tides of War

1990

as SS Colonel Otto Haber

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune

1990

as Colonel Preston

Beyond the Door III

Beyond the Door III

1989

as Professor Andromolek

Soda Cracker

Soda Cracker

1989

as Ivan Moss

Curse II: The Bite

Curse II: The Bite

1989

as The Sheriff

Deep Space

Deep Space

1988

as Captain Robertson

Primal Rage

Primal Rage

1988

as Ethridge

Maniac Killer

Maniac Killer

1987

as Count Silvano

White Phantom

White Phantom

1987

as The Colonel

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

1987

as Maurice Fronenac

Choke Canyon

Choke Canyon

1986

as Capt. Oliver Parkside

Heartbreak Ridge

Heartbreak Ridge

1986

as Roy Jennings

The Delta Force

The Delta Force

1986

as Capt. Campbell

The Manhunt

The Manhunt

1984

as Sheriff

Jealousy

Jealousy

1984

as Jesse Hutton

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

1981

as Detective Joe Carlson

Gold of the Amazon Women

Gold of the Amazon Women

1979

as Tom Jensen

North Dallas Forty

North Dallas Forty

1979

as Jo Bob Priddy

Final Chapter: Walking Tall

Final Chapter: Walking Tall

1977

as Buford Pusser

Snowbeast

Snowbeast

1977

as Gar Seberg

Special Delivery

Special Delivery

1976

as Jack Murdock

Breaking Point

Breaking Point

1976

as Michael McBain

Walking Tall Part II

Walking Tall Part II

1975

as Buford Pusser

The Great Waldo Pepper

The Great Waldo Pepper

1975

as Axel Olsson

Target Risk

Target Risk

1975

as Lee Driscoll

Maurie

Maurie

1973

as Jack Twyman

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

1973

as Monster

The Bravos

The Bravos

1972

as Raeder

Hitched

Hitched

1971

as Jay Appleby

Jan & Dean: On the Run

Jan & Dean: On the Run

1966

as Smithsonian Guard

Outlaw

Outlaw

2001

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Outlaw

Outlaw

2001

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Television Credits

America's National Treasures

as Narrator

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Sep 14, 2010

Magnum, P.I.

as Ivan

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 11, 1980

Arne Dahl

as Daniel Brink

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Dec 27, 2011

Due South

as Holloway Muldoon

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 22, 1994

Murder, She Wrote

as Karl Anderson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

as Ben Kinasay

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 27, 1993

Mission: Impossible

as Karl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1968

Hunter

as Sheriff Jake Cutter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1984

Crazy like a Fox

as Chuck Dobson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 30, 1984

Daniel Boone

as Warren Haskins

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1964

The High Chaparral

as Bennett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1967

Murder, She Wrote

as Cal Harding

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

The Name of the Game

as G.B. Mosbie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Cobra

as Frank McLory

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1993

The Snoop Sisters

as Chet Marion

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 19, 1973

Here Come the Brides

Episodes: 52

First Aired: Sep 25, 1968

Walking Tall

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jan 17, 1981

The Mod Squad

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 24, 1968

Ironside

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

The Rookies

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1972

Kung Fu

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 14, 1972

The Commish

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1991

Battle of the Network Stars

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 13, 1976

The Chicago Teddy Bears

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1971

Lancer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1968

McCloud

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 1970

Banyon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1972

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

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