Bo Svenson

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 i…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Inglourious Basterds (2009) — American Colonel
2. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) — Reverend Harmony
3. Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) — Captain Pollard
4. Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) — Reverend Harmony
5. Heartbreak Ridge (1986) — Roy Jennings
6. Armour of God (1986) — Monk (uncredited)
7. The Delta Force (1986) — Capt. Campbell
8. Murder, She Wrote (1984) — Karl Anderson
9. Magnum, P.I. (1980) — Ivan
10. Mission: Impossible (1966) — Karl
11. The Inglorious Bastards (1978) — Lt. Robert Yeager
12. Kung Fu (1972) — Pike
13. Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981) — Detective Joe Carlson
14. Icarus (2010) — Vadim
15. The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) — Axel Olsson
16. Hunter (1984) — Sheriff Jake Cutter
17. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
18. Due South (1994) — Holloway Muldoon
19. North Dallas Forty (1979) — Jo Bob Priddy
20. Virus (1980) — Major Carter
21. Ironside (1967)
22. Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985) — Kor
23. Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993) — Ben Kinasay
24. McCloud (1970)
25. Curse II: The Bite (1989) — The Sheriff
26. Primal Rage (1988) — Ethridge
27. Deep Space (1988) — Captain Robertson
28. Snowbeast (1977) — Gar Seberg
29. The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987) — Maurice Fronenac
30. Stolz der Nation (2009) — Benjamin Palme
31. The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010) — Simon Magnusson
32. Walking Tall Part II (1975) — Buford Pusser
33. Non-Stop (2013) — Dr. Halperin
34. Beyond the Door III (1989) — Professor Andromolek
35. Daniel Boone (1964) — Warren Haskins
36. Finding Grace (2020) — Dr. Nelson
37. Thunder (1983) — Sheriff Bill Cook
38. The Commish (1991)
39. The Mod Squad (1968)
40. The High Chaparral (1967) — Bennett

Directed

1. Outlaw (2001) — Director