Bo Svenson
Known for Acting · 101 credits
- Born
- 1941-02-13 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
- Also known as
- Benjamin Palme · Bo Svensson
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (26)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Karl Anderson / Cal Harding
Ironside
1967
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Ivan
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Karl
Due South
1994
as Holloway Muldoon
Daniel Boone
1964
as Warren Haskins
Hunter
1984
as Sheriff Jake Cutter
The Rookies
1972
The Name of the Game
1968
as G.B. Mosbie
The High Chaparral
1967
as Bennett
The Commish
1991
McCloud
1970
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Ben Kinasay
Lancer
1968
The Mod Squad
1968
as Bubba
Crazy like a Fox
1984
as Chuck Dobson
Battle of the Network Stars
1976
Banyon
1972
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Chet Marion
Cobra
1993
as Frank McLory
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
Kung Fu
1972
as Pike
Walking Tall
1981
Frankenstein
1973
as Monster
America's National Treasures
2010
as Narrator
Movies (75)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2011
as Reverend Harmony
Inglourious Basterds
2009
as American Colonel
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
2004
as Reverend Harmony
Armour of God
1986
as Monk (uncredited)
Speed 2: Cruise Control
1997
as Captain Pollard
Heartbreak Ridge
1986
as Roy Jennings
The Delta Force
1986
as Capt. Campbell
Non-Stop
2013
as Dr. Halperin
Virus
1980
as Major Carter
Private Obsession
1995
as Sam Weston
Deep Space
1988
as Captain Robertson
Steel Frontier
1995
as Roy Ackett
Cheyenne
1996
as Captain Starrett
Jealousy
1984
as Jesse Hutton
Hitched
1973
as Jay Appleby
Finding Grace
2020
as Dr. Nelson
The 7 Adventures of Sinbad
2010
as Simon Magnusson
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
1981
as Detective Joe Carlson
The Great Waldo Pepper
1975
as Axel Olsson
Deadly Impact
1984
as George Ryan
Maurie
1973
as Jack Twyman
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
1987
as Maurice Fronenac
Hell to Pay
2005
as Del Shannon
Icarus
2010
as Vadim
The Inglorious Bastards
1978
as Lt. Robert Yeager
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
2008
as Foreman Bo
Walking Tall Part II
1975
as Buford Pusser
Snowbeast
1977
as Gar Seberg
I'll Be Seeing You
2004
as Philip Carter
Stolz der Nation
2009
as Benjamin Palme
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
1977
as Buford Pusser
Thunder
1983
as Sheriff Bill Cook
Savage Land
1994
as Jeb
Heartless
1997
as Sheriff Sam
Special Delivery
1976
as Jack Murdock
Primal Rage
1988
as Ethridge
The Bravos
1972
as Raeder
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
1985
as Kor
North Dallas Forty
1979
as Jo Bob Priddy
Curse II: The Bite
1989
as The Sheriff
Double Target
1987
as Col. Galckin
The Son of the Sheik
1978
as Hamilton Burger
Choke Canyon
1986
as Capt. Oliver Parkside
Sverige åt svenskarna
1980
The Dependables
2014
as Mick Skinner
Frankenstein
1973
as Monster
Delta Force Commando
1987
as Col. Keitel
Jersey Justice
2014
as W.W. Tolliver
Breaking Point
1976
as Michael McBain
Soldier of Fortune
1990
as Colonel Preston
My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers
2015
as John
Outlaw
2001
as Detective Maize
Gold of the Amazon Women
1979
as Tom Jensen
Beyond the Door III
1989
as Professor Andromolek
You'll Never See Me Again
1973
as Sam (uncredited)
Intertect
1973
Three Days to a Kill
1992
as Rick
Man Hunt
1984
as Sheriff
Tides of War
1990
as SS Colonel Otto Haber
Target Risk
1975
as Lee Driscoll
Solitude Point
1998
as Richard
Maniac Killer
1987
as Count Silvano
Thunder 2
1987
as Sheriff Roger
Brothers in Blood
1987
Raising Jeffrey Dahmer
2006
as Detective John Amos
Angry
2010
as Bill
White Phantom
1987
as The Colonel
Soda Cracker
1989
as Ivan Moss
Movie in Action
1987
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
1979
as Fabien
Steele's Law
1991
as Sheriff Barnes
Crackerjack 3
2000
as Jack Thorn
Jan & Dean: On the Run
1966
as Smithsonian Guard
Portrait of a Hitman
1979
as Dr. Bob Michaels
Baboon Bite Maniacs! - "Primal Rage" 35 Years Later
2023
as Himself
About Bo Svenson
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… With 101 credits spanning from 1962 to 2023, Bo Svenson has appeared in 75 films and 26 TV shows.
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- Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) — as Reverend Harmony
- Inglourious Basterds (2009) — as American Colonel
- Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) — as Reverend Harmony
- Armour of God (1986) — as Monk (uncredited)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) — as Captain Pollard
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