Bo Svenson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

100

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-02-13 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

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 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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious Basterds

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • The Commish

    The Commish

  • Crazy like a Fox

    Crazy like a Fox

  • Due South

    Due South

  • Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

    Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Thunder

    Thunder

  • Choke Canyon

    Choke Canyon

  • Heartless

    Heartless

  • Deep Space

    Deep Space

  • Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

  • Hitched

    Hitched

  • Icarus

    Icarus

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Battle of the Network Stars

    Battle of the Network Stars

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Private Obsession

    Private Obsession

  • Delta Force Commando

    Delta Force Commando

  • The Inglorious Bastards

    The Inglorious Bastards

  • Intertect

    Intertect

  • Jealousy

    Jealousy

  • Maurie

    Maurie

  • Sverige åt svenskarna

    Sverige åt svenskarna

  • Banyon

    Banyon

  • The Snoop Sisters

    The Snoop Sisters

  • Soda Cracker

    Soda Cracker

  • Speed 2: Cruise Control

    Speed 2: Cruise Control

  • Soldier of Fortune

    Soldier of Fortune

  • The Delta Force

    The Delta Force

  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  • Heartbreak Ridge

    Heartbreak Ridge

  • Hell to Pay

    Hell to Pay

  • Maniac Killer

    Maniac Killer

  • Portrait of a Hitman

    Portrait of a Hitman

  • My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers

    My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers

  • Cobra

    Cobra

  • Virus

    Virus

  • The Chicago Teddy Bears

    The Chicago Teddy Bears

  • Crackerjack 3

    Crackerjack 3

  • Stolz der Nation

    Stolz der Nation

  • Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

    Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

  • North Dallas Forty

    North Dallas Forty

  • America's National Treasures

    America's National Treasures

  • The Great Waldo Pepper

    The Great Waldo Pepper

  • Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

  • Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

  • Movie in Action

    Movie in Action

  • The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

    The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

  • Snowbeast

    Snowbeast

  • The Dependables

    The Dependables

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Non-Stop

    Non-Stop

  • Primal Rage

    Primal Rage

  • Finding Grace

    Finding Grace

  • Angry

    Angry

  • Steel Frontier

    Steel Frontier

  • The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

    The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

  • Curse II: The Bite

    Curse II: The Bite

  • I'll Be Seeing You

    I'll Be Seeing You

  • Gold of the Amazon Women

    Gold of the Amazon Women

  • Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

    Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

  • Special Delivery

    Special Delivery

  • The Bravos

    The Bravos

  • Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

    Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

  • Tides of War

    Tides of War

  • Target Risk

    Target Risk

  • Savage Land

    Savage Land

  • Jan & Dean: On the Run

    Jan & Dean: On the Run

  • Brothers in Blood

    Brothers in Blood

  • Outlaw

    Outlaw

  • Final Chapter: Walking Tall

    Final Chapter: Walking Tall

  • Double Target

    Double Target

  • Walking Tall Part II

    Walking Tall Part II

  • Beyond the Door III

    Beyond the Door III

  • White Phantom

    White Phantom

  • Three Days to a Kill

    Three Days to a Kill

  • Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

  • Thunder II

    Thunder II

  • You'll Never See Me Again

    You'll Never See Me Again

  • Solitude Point

    Solitude Point

  • Jersey Justice

    Jersey Justice

  • Steele's Law

    Steele's Law

  • Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

    Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

  • The Son of the Sheik

    The Son of the Sheik

  • The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight

    The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight

  • Deadly Impact

    Deadly Impact

  • Baboon Bite Maniacs! - "Primal Rage" 35 Years Later

    Baboon Bite Maniacs! - "Primal Rage" 35 Years Later