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Karl Swenson
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Born July 23, 1908. (Wikidata )
160 episodes in 22 shows · 1938–1959
Karl Swenson was a busy radio actor from the 1930s through the 1950s, heard on Cavalcade of America, Inner Sanctum Mysteries, The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Lorenzo Jones and many more. He played the title role in The Adventures of Father Brown on Mutual in 1945 and the lead in Mr. Chameleon. Television viewers later knew him as Lars Hanson on Little House on the Prairie.
Sources: Karl Swenson, Wikipedia
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Cavalcade of America 93 · Cast About Cavalcade of America
1940 13
Jean Laffite February 6, 1940 · doubles Songs of Stephen Foster, an American Legend April 9, 1940 The Lost Colony October 2, 1940 Valley Forge (1940) October 9, 1940 The Pathfinder of the Seas October 16, 1940 Ann Rutledge and Lincoln October 23, 1940 The Red Death October 30, 1940 Wild Bill Hickok November 6, 1940 Doctor Franklin Goes to Court November 13, 1940 The Farmer Takes a Wife November 20, 1940 Light in the Hills November 27, 1940 John Brown December 11, 1940 · triples The Undefended Border December 18, 1940 · doubles
1941 42
Will Rogers January 1, 1941 Mightier Than the Sword January 8, 1941 · doubles As a Man Thinketh January 15, 1941 Doctor Franklin Takes It Easy January 29, 1941 Henry Clay of Kentucky February 5, 1941 Plain Mr. President February 19, 1941 Edgar Allan Poe February 26, 1941 Voice in the Wilderness March 5, 1941 Black Rust March 12, 1941 I Sing a New World March 19, 1941 Down to the Sea March 26, 1941 Edwin Booth March 31, 1941 Ode to a Nightingale April 7, 1941 A Passage to Georgia April 14, 1941 Henry Bergh, Founder of the A.S.P.C.A April 21, 1941 The Heart and the Foundation April 28, 1941 The Trials and Triumphs of Horatio Alger May 5, 1941 Theodosia Burr May 12, 1941 David Crockett May 19, 1941 Johns Hopkins May 26, 1941 The Woman in Lincoln's Cabinet June 2, 1941 · triples Young Andrew Jackson June 9, 1941 · doubles Annie Oakley June 16, 1941 · doubles Joel Chandler Harris June 23, 1941 Jean Pierre Blanchard June 30, 1941 · triples The Mystery of the Spotted Death July 7, 1941 Ann Hutchinson July 14, 1941 · doubles O. Henry July 21, 1941 Clifford Holland July 28, 1941 · doubles Josephine Baker August 4, 1941 Sacajawea August 25, 1941 Leif Ericson September 1, 1941 Geronimo September 8, 1941 City of Illusion September 15, 1941 · doubles Native Land, Part One September 22, 1941 · doubles Captain Paul October 27, 1941 One Foot in Heaven November 3, 1941 Drums Along the Mohawk November 10, 1941 They Died with Their Boots on November 17, 1941 · doubles So Red the Rose November 24, 1941 Men in White December 8, 1941 The Gorgeous Hussy December 29, 1941
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The Dark Angel February 16, 1942 Yellow Jack April 6, 1942 · doubles A Tooth for Paul Revere May 11, 1942 The Gentleman from the Islands July 6, 1942 · doubles Man of Design July 27, 1942 This Our Exile August 3, 1942 I, Mary Washington August 10, 1942 Juarez September 28, 1942 · triples I Was Married on Bataan October 5, 1942 · doubles Admiral of the Ocean Sea October 12, 1942 · doubles Alaska Under Arms November 16, 1942 · quadruples Sister Kenny November 30, 1942 · doubles A Child Is Born December 21, 1942 The Eagle's Nest December 28, 1942 · doubles
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Between Them Both January 4, 1943 Diary on a Pig Boat January 11, 1943 Soldiers of the Tide January 18, 1943 The Flying Tigers January 25, 1943 · doubles The Perfect Tribute February 8, 1943 · doubles War Comes to Dr. Morgan February 15, 1943 The Plot to Kidnap Washington February 22, 1943 · doubles Diary of a Saboteur March 1, 1943 · doubles A Case for the F.B.I March 15, 1943 · doubles Lifetide (1943) March 22, 1943 · doubles The Cook on the P.T. Boat Writes Home March 29, 1943 Submarine Astern April 5, 1943 · doubles The Lengthening Shadow April 12, 1943 · doubles Listen for the Sound of Wings April 19, 1943 Pharmacist's Mate, First Class May 24, 1943 · doubles Mr. Lincoln's Wife May 31, 1943 The Enemy Is Listening June 7, 1943 Sky Nursemaid June 28, 1943 Listen to the People July 5, 1943 The Schoolhouse at the Front July 19, 1943 Diamonds at War July 26, 1943 Nine Men Against the Arctic August 2, 1943 · doubles The Weapon That Saves Lives August 23, 1943 · doubles
1944 1
Inner Sanctum Mysteries 14 · Cast About Inner Sanctum Mysteries
Voice on the Wire November 29, 1944 The Lonely Sleep September 25, 1945 The Undead December 18, 1945 The Creeping Wall January 8, 1946 The Blood of Cain January 29, 1946 The Doomed January 26, 1948 Murder Faces East December 13, 1948 The Devil's Fortune January 31, 1949 Appointment with Death March 28, 1949 Corpse Without a Conscience June 20, 1949 Dead Heat August 15, 1949 The Vengeful Corpse September 12, 1949 Wish to Kill November 14, 1949 Terror by Night (1952) June 29, 1952
Suspense 9 · Cast About Suspense
Horizons West 8 · Cast About Horizons West
The Radio Reader's Digest 6 · Cast About The Radio Reader's Digest
You Are There 6 · Cast About You Are There
Words at War 4 · Cast About Words at War
Columbia Workshop 2 · Cast About Columbia Workshop
Luke Slaughter of Tombstone 2 · Cast About Luke Slaughter of Tombstone
The Mercury Theatre on the Air 2 · Cast About The Mercury Theatre on the Air
The Molle Mystery Theatre 2 · Cast About The Molle Mystery Theatre
X Minus One 2 · Cast About X Minus One
Casey, Crime Photographer 1 · Cast About Casey, Crime Photographer
Hallmark Playhouse 1 · Cast About Hallmark Playhouse
Hello Americans 1 · Cast About Hello Americans
Matinee Theater 1 · Cast About Matinee Theater
Murder at Midnight 1 · Cast About Murder at Midnight
Radio City Playhouse 1 · Cast About Radio City Playhouse
Romance 1 · Cast About Romance
Stroke of Fate 1 · Cast About Stroke of Fate
The Shadow 1 · Cast About The Shadow
This Is Your FBI 1 · Cast About This Is Your FBI
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