Paul "Buddy" Swan (October 24, 1929 – March 21, 1993) (also credited as Buddy Swann) was an American

child actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage, television, or in film, movies. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associa ...

, best known for playing the

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of the 1941 film ''

Citizen Kane ''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American Drama (film and television), drama film directed by, produced by and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz. It was Welles's List of directorial debuts, first feature film. ...

'' as a child. He also appeared in the horror film '' The Ape'', the horror comedy '' Scared Stiff'', and the Academy-Award nominated film ''

The Fighting Sullivans ''The Fighting Sullivans'', originally released as ''The Sullivans'', is a 1944 American biographical war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Edward Doherty, Mary C. McCall Jr., and Jules Schermer. It was nominated for a now-discontinue ...

'', playing one of the Sullivan brothers in their youth. Swan also appeared as a young actor in Broadway plays in 1942, including '' Mr. Sycamore''.

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Buddy Swan filmography
1929 births 1993 deaths American male child actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1920s-stub