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

  • Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious Basterds

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • Due South

    Due South

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

    Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

  • The Commish

    The Commish

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Thunder

    Thunder

  • Crazy like a Fox

    Crazy like a Fox

  • Maniac Killer

    Maniac Killer

  • Target Risk

    Target Risk

  • Finding Grace

    Finding Grace

  • Double Target

    Double Target

  • The Dependables

    The Dependables

  • Thunder II

    Thunder II

  • Crackerjack 3

    Crackerjack 3

  • Maurie

    Maurie

  • Battle of the Network Stars

    Battle of the Network Stars

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Jealousy

    Jealousy

  • Deep Space

    Deep Space

  • Speed 2: Cruise Control

    Speed 2: Cruise Control

  • The Delta Force

    The Delta Force

  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  • Choke Canyon

    Choke Canyon

  • Intertect

    Intertect

  • Non-Stop

    Non-Stop

  • Jersey Justice

    Jersey Justice

  • Heartbreak Ridge

    Heartbreak Ridge

  • Private Obsession

    Private Obsession

  • Heartless

    Heartless

  • Hitched

    Hitched

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

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

  • White Phantom

    White Phantom

  • Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

  • The Bravos

    The Bravos

  • Virus

    Virus

  • Steel Frontier

    Steel Frontier

  • Cobra

    Cobra

  • Banyon

    Banyon

  • The Inglorious Bastards

    The Inglorious Bastards

  • Final Chapter: Walking Tall

    Final Chapter: Walking Tall

  • Primal Rage

    Primal Rage

  • Icarus

    Icarus

  • Curse II: The Bite

    Curse II: The Bite

  • The Snoop Sisters

    The Snoop Sisters

  • Walking Tall Part II

    Walking Tall Part II

  • Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

    Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

  • Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

    Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

  • Jan & Dean: On the Run

    Jan & Dean: On the Run

  • Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

    Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

  • North Dallas Forty

    North Dallas Forty

  • The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

    The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

  • Beyond the Door III

    Beyond the Door III

  • Stolz der Nation

    Stolz der Nation

  • The Son of the Sheik

    The Son of the Sheik

  • The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

    The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

  • Sverige åt svenskarna

    Sverige åt svenskarna

  • My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers

    My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers

  • Delta Force Commando

    Delta Force Commando

  • I'll Be Seeing You

    I'll Be Seeing You

  • The Chicago Teddy Bears

    The Chicago Teddy Bears

  • Brothers in Blood

    Brothers in Blood

  • Solitude Point

    Solitude Point

  • Portrait of a Hitman

    Portrait of a Hitman

  • Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

  • Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

  • Gold of the Amazon Women

    Gold of the Amazon Women

  • You'll Never See Me Again

    You'll Never See Me Again

  • Soda Cracker

    Soda Cracker

  • The Great Waldo Pepper

    The Great Waldo Pepper

  • Movie in Action

    Movie in Action

  • Three Days to a Kill

    Three Days to a Kill

  • Hell to Pay

    Hell to Pay

  • Tides of War

    Tides of War

  • Snowbeast

    Snowbeast

  • Steele's Law

    Steele's Law

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Special Delivery

    Special Delivery

  • Soldier of Fortune

    Soldier of Fortune

  • America's National Treasures

    America's National Treasures

  • Savage Land

    Savage Land

  • Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

    Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

  • Outlaw

    Outlaw

  • Deadly Impact

    Deadly Impact

  • The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight

    The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight

  • Angry

    Angry