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

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Magnum, P.I.

    Magnum, P.I.

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Daniel Boone

    Daniel Boone

  • Inglourious Basterds

    Inglourious Basterds

  • Due South

    Due South

  • The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • The Name of the Game

    The Name of the Game

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

    Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

  • The Commish

    The Commish

  • The Mod Squad

    The Mod Squad

  • Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

  • Crazy like a Fox

    Crazy like a Fox

  • The Delta Force

    The Delta Force

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Heartbreak Ridge

    Heartbreak Ridge

  • The Inglorious Bastards

    The Inglorious Bastards

  • Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

  • Battle of the Network Stars

    Battle of the Network Stars

  • Finding Grace

    Finding Grace

  • The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

    The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission

  • Snowbeast

    Snowbeast

  • Curse II: The Bite

    Curse II: The Bite

  • The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

    The 7 Adventures of Sinbad

  • Banyon

    Banyon

  • Final Chapter: Walking Tall

    Final Chapter: Walking Tall

  • Speed 2: Cruise Control

    Speed 2: Cruise Control

  • Beyond the Door III

    Beyond the Door III

  • Virus

    Virus

  • The Dependables

    The Dependables

  • Maniac Killer

    Maniac Killer

  • Brothers in Blood

    Brothers in Blood

  • The Chicago Teddy Bears

    The Chicago Teddy Bears

  • Double Target

    Double Target

  • Breaking Point

    Breaking Point

  • Jan & Dean: On the Run

    Jan & Dean: On the Run

  • Hell to Pay

    Hell to Pay

  • Deadly Impact

    Deadly Impact

  • Portrait of a Hitman

    Portrait of a Hitman

  • Target Risk

    Target Risk

  • Walking Tall Part II

    Walking Tall Part II

  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein

  • Deep Space

    Deep Space

  • Soda Cracker

    Soda Cracker

  • Solitude Point

    Solitude Point

  • Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

    Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

  • Jersey Justice

    Jersey Justice

  • The Snoop Sisters

    The Snoop Sisters

  • Thunder II

    Thunder II

  • I'll Be Seeing You

    I'll Be Seeing You

  • White Phantom

    White Phantom

  • Cobra

    Cobra

  • Maurie

    Maurie

  • Jealousy

    Jealousy

  • Crackerjack 3

    Crackerjack 3

  • Sverige åt svenskarna

    Sverige åt svenskarna

  • Choke Canyon

    Choke Canyon

  • Steel Frontier

    Steel Frontier

  • The Bravos

    The Bravos

  • Thunder

    Thunder

  • Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

    Wizards of the Lost Kingdom

  • Private Obsession

    Private Obsession

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Delta Force Commando

    Delta Force Commando

  • Hitched

    Hitched

  • Heartless

    Heartless

  • Walking Tall

    Walking Tall

  • Non-Stop

    Non-Stop

  • Icarus

    Icarus

  • Stolz der Nation

    Stolz der Nation

  • Primal Rage

    Primal Rage

  • The Son of the Sheik

    The Son of the Sheik

  • My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers

    My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers

  • The Great Waldo Pepper

    The Great Waldo Pepper

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

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

  • Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

    Raising Jeffrey Dahmer

  • Tides of War

    Tides of War

  • Special Delivery

    Special Delivery

  • Intertect

    Intertect

  • Three Days to a Kill

    Three Days to a Kill

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • North Dallas Forty

    North Dallas Forty

  • Outlaw

    Outlaw

  • Soldier of Fortune

    Soldier of Fortune

  • Gold of the Amazon Women

    Gold of the Amazon Women

  • America's National Treasures

    America's National Treasures

  • You'll Never See Me Again

    You'll Never See Me Again

  • Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

  • Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

    Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

  • Savage Land

    Savage Land

  • Angry

    Angry

  • Steele's Law

    Steele's Law

  • Movie in Action

    Movie in Action

  • The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight

    The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight