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.
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finding Grace (2020) | Dr. Nelson | - |
| 2 | Non-Stop (2013) | Dr. Halperin | - |
| 3 | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) | Reverend Harmony | 9.4 |
| 4 | Icarus (2010) | Vadim | 3.3 |
| 5 | The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010) | Simon Magnusson | 3 |
| 6 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) Top 100 by FilmGator | American Colonel | 8.3 |
| 7 | Stolz der Nation (2009) | Benjamin Palme | - |
| 8 | Raising Jeffrey Dahmer (2006) | Detective John Amos | 5 |
| 9 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) | Reverend Harmony | 8 |
| 10 | I'll Be Seeing You (2004) | Philip Carter | - |
| 11 | Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) | Captain Pollard | 4.9 |
| 12 | Private Obsession (1995) | Sam Weston | - |
| 13 | Three Days to a Kill (1992) | Rick | - |
| 14 | Curse II: The Bite (1989) | The Sheriff | - |
| 15 | Deep Space (1988) | Captain Robertson | - |
| 16 | White Phantom (1987) | The Colonel | - |
| 17 | Double Target (1987) | Col. Galckin | - |
| 18 | Armour of God (1986) | Monk (uncredited) | 7.3 |
| 19 | Heartbreak Ridge (1986) | Roy Jennings | 7.3 |
| 20 | The Delta Force (1986) | Capt. Campbell | 4.9 |
| 21 | Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985) | Kor | 3.5 |
| 22 | Jealousy (1984) | Jesse Hutton | 6 |
| 23 | Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (1981) | Detective Joe Carlson | 6 |
| 24 | Virus (1980) | Major Carter | 6 |
| 25 | Portrait of a Hitman (1979) | Dr. Bob Michaels | 5 |
| 26 | The Inglorious Bastards (1978) | Lt. Robert Yeager | 7 |
| 27 | The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) | Axel Olsson | 5 |
