Biography
Bo Svenson (born February 13, 1941) is a Swedish-born American actor, 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.
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.
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Filmography
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Movies 74
TV Shows 25
self 3
Director 1
Finding Grace (2020)
My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers (2015)
Jersey Justice (2014)
Pride of Lions (2014)
Non-Stop (2013)
Arne Dahl (2011)
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)
Angry (2010)
America's National Treasures (2010)
The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010)
Icarus (2010)
Stolz der Nation (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance (2008)
Raising Jeffrey Dahmer (2006)
Hell to Pay (2005)
I'll Be Seeing You (2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Outlaw (2001)
Crackerjack 3 (2000)
Yukie (1998)
Heartless (1997)
Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Cheyenne (1996)
Steel Frontier (1995)
Private Obsession (1995)
Due South (1994)
Savage Land (1994)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993)
Three Days To A Kill (1992)
The Commish (1991)
Steele's Law (1991)
Soldier of Fortune (1990)
Tides of War (1990)
Beyond the Door III (1989)
Curse II: The Bite (1989)
Soda Cracker (1989)
Primal Rage (1988)
Deep Space (1988)
Delta Force Commando (1987)
Maniac Killer (1987)
White Phantom (1987)
Double Target (1987)
Brothers in Blood (1987)
Thunder II (1987)
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
Movie in Action (1987)
Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Armour of God (1986)
Choke Canyon (1986)
The Delta Force (1986)
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985)
Crazy like a Fox (1984)
The Manhunt (1984)
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
Hunter (1984)
Deadly Impact (1984)
Jealousy (1984)
Thunder (1983)
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981)
Walking Tall (1981)
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Sverige åt svenskarna (1980)
Virus (1980)
North Dallas Forty (1979)
Portrait of a Hitman (1979)
Gold of the Amazon Women (1979)
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight (1979)
The Son of the Sheik (1978)
The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
Final Chapter---Walking Tall (1977)
Snowbeast (1977)
Battle of the Network Stars (1976)
Special Delivery (1976)
Breaking Point (1976)
Walking Tall Part II (1975)
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
Target Risk (1975)
Maurie (1973)
Intertect (1973)
Frankenstein (1973)
Kung Fu (1972)
Banyon (1972)
The Rookies (1972)
The Bravos (1972)
The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971)
Hitched (1971)
McCloud (1970)
Here Come the Brides (1968)
Lancer (1968)
The Mod Squad (1968)
The Name of the Game (1968)
The High Chaparral (1967)
Ironside (1967)
Mission: Impossible (1966)
Jan & Dean: On the Run (1966)
Daniel Boone (1964)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Baboon Bite Maniacs! - "Primal Rage" 35 Years Later
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GenderMale
Birthday1941-02-13 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceGothenburg, Sweden
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Sweden
Also Known AsBenjamin Palme , Bo Svensson
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