
Karl Swenson
Oyuncu · 1908 – 1978 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Karl Swenson (July 23, 1908 – October 8, 1978) was an American theatre, radio, film, and television actor. Swenson is remembered for his role as the doomsayer in the diner in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963) and as the voice of Merlin in Disney's The Sword in the Stone (1963). On television, he had numerous credits in guest roles on various shows, especially Westerns, including episodes of Bonanza, The Virginian, and Gunsmoke. He had a major recurring role as Walnut Grove founder Lars Hanson on Little House on the Prairie (1974 - 1978). Swenson also had roles in The Prize (1963), Major Dundee (1965), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Seconds (1966), Hour of the Gun (1967), ...tick...tick...tick... (1970), The Wild Country (1970), Vanishing Point (1971) and Ulzana's Raid (1972). Born in Brooklyn, New York of Swedish parentage, he originally planned to be a doctor and studied at Marietta College before pursuing acting. Swenson appeared extensively on the radio from the 1930s through the 1950s. He entered the film industry in 1943 with two wartime documentary shorts, December 7 and The Sikorsky Helicopter. Swenson was married to actress Joan Tompkins. He died of a heart attack at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, Connecticut on October 8, 1978, shortly after filming the Little House on the Prairie episode in which his character dies. The episode aired on October 16, 1978, eight days after Swenson's death. He was interred at Center Cemetery in New Milford, Connecticut.
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Film7.2AnimasyonAileKral Arthur efsanesinin doğuşuna tanık olun! Efsaneye göre onurlu, ahlaklı ve güçlü ve cesur bir adam sihirli kılıcı saplı olduğu kayadan çekerek İngiltere'nin başına geçecektir. Pek çok cesur şövalye bunu dener ama hiçbiri başarılı olamaz. Hiç kimse Wart adındaki küçük bir çocuğun bunu başarabileceğine inanmaz. Büyücü Merlin'in rehberliğinde Wart bu zorlu görevi başarır ve İngiltere kralı olur.
Film7.5KorkuGerilimFilmde Bodega sahiline saldıran farklı türlerden kuşların yol açtığı dehşet konu ediliyor. San Francisco’da bir evcil hayvan dükkanında başlayan ve bir aşk üçgeniyle ilerleyen film, bir doğumgünü esnasında kuşların saldırıya geçmesiyle devam eder. Yönetmen Alfred Hitchcock Kuzey Kalifoniya’da tatil yaparken gazetede gördüğü bir haberden oldukça etkilenir. Haberde kıyı evlerine doğru saldırıya geçen deniz kuşlarından bahsedilmektedir. Bu olay ile Daphne du Maurier’in kısa bir öyküsü yönetmenin kafasında birleşince, Kuşlar filminin temelleri de atılmış olur.
Film7.0Western19. yüzyılda Batı'ya doğru genişlemenin birkaç on yılını kapsayan bir aile destanı; Altına Hücum, İç Savaş ve demiryollarının inşasını da kapsıyor.
Film8.0DramTarihSoğuk savaş sürmektedir ve birçok insan II. Dünya Savaşı'nda yaşanan acı olayları unutmak istemektedir. Suçları hakkında hiçbir şüphe olmamasına rağmen politik baskılar nedeniyle tereddüt geçiren yargıç Haywood, II. Dünya Savaşı'nda Nazi eylemlerini yasal hale getiren dört yargıç hakkında en doğru kararı vermek zorundadır.
Film7.1AksiyonSuçEski bir savaş gazisi, eski polis, eski yarışçı Kowalski (Barry Newman) 1970 model modifiye beyaz Dodge Challenger marka arabayı Denver'dan alıp 15 saat içinde San Francisco'ya teslim etmek üzere yola koyulur. Hız sınırlarını zorlayan bu yolculukta trafik kurallarını çiğneyince 3 eyaletin polisi birden peşine düşerken polis telsizlerini dinleyen bir radyo DJ'i radyo programı aracılığı ile ona yardım eder
Film7.0WesternÇiftlik sahibi Katie Elder'ın dört oğlu, babalarının öldürülmesinin ve annelerinin dolandırılmasının intikamını almaya karar verirler.
Film6.7WesternSavaşSivil savaşın son kışında Texas'ın bir ucunda, bir kalede mahkumlara gardiyanlık yapan Albay Dundee, ordunun nizami askerleri, güneyli savaş esirleri ve gözcülerden oluşan kavgacı bir birliği yönetmektedir. Bu görevde harcandığını düşünen Albay sert ve hırslı biridir. Amacı, Teksas'taki Birleşik Devletler üssünü basan bir grup Apaçi'yi yok etmek için Meksika'ya bir keşif seferi yapmaktır. Bir kaçırma olayını bahane ederek apaçilerin peşine adamlarıyla takılır.
Film7.4WesternA fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
Lonely are the Brave
1962 · 175 votes
Film7.4Bilim KurguGerilimRock Hudson'ın orta yaşlı bir adamken yeni bir hayata kavuşarak genç bir adamın bedeninde yaşamaya başlayan birini canlandırdığı 1966 yapımı sanat filmi Seconds, insanın ne yaparsa yapsın kendinden kaçamayacağını yüzümüze vuruyor. Yönetmen John Frankenheimer'a bir Oscar adaylığı getiren unutulmaz film, sizi derin düşüncelere sürükleyecek.
Film6.9WesternAfter fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.
Ulzana's Raid
1972 · 166 votes
Film7.0DramProfesyonel bir poker oyuncusu olan ve The Cincinatti Kid lâkabıyla tanınan Eric Stoner, ülkedeki en iyi pokerci olduğunu kanıtlamak için, büyük poker ustası Lancey Howard'ı yenmek üzere New Orleans'a gelir. Burada, eski arkadaşı Shooter'ın yardımıyla, poker dünyasının en büyük isimlerinin kapıştığı masaya oturma fırsatını yakalar.
Film6.5WesternMareşal Wyatt Earp, bir kavgada Clanton çetesinden birkaç kişiyi öldürür. İntikam almak için Clanton'ın haydutları, mareşalin erkek kardeşini öldürür. Böylece Wyatt Earp, arkadaşı Doc Holliday ile birlikte katillerin peşine düşmeye başlar.
Film6.5WesternTexas'ın batısında, İç Savaş'ın bitmesinden yıllar sonra bile, beyaz yerleşimciler ile Kızılderililer arasında kanlı çatışmalar devam etmektedir. Pacer Burton, beyaz bir çiftçi ile bir Kiyova Kızılderilisi kadınının melez oğlu olarak, iki taraf arasında köprü kurmaya çalışır. Ancak nefret ve şiddet sarmalı onu da içine çeker. Pacer, hem babasının çiftliğini korumak hem de annesinin halkına ihanet etmemek arasında sıkışır. Öfke, intikam ve adalet arasındaki bu mücadelede, taraf seçmek zorunda kalır.
Film6.6DramAt a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick sweetheart from three years ago, disrupts the normal and triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young woman he travelled with, who is now the Doll House's newest employee.
Walk on the Wild Side
1962 · 72 votes
Film6.6AksiyonGerilimWhen hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
No Name on the Bullet
1959 · 91 votes
Film6.7WesternJoseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.
The Hanging Tree
1959 · 131 votes
Film6.5WesternKomedi1900'lerin başında binlerce maceraperesti yollara döken Altına Hücum döneminde geçen film, iki altın arayıcısının maceralarını konu alıyor. Altın madenlerini bulmakta ustalaşan iki arkadaşın, kadınlar konusunda aynı beceriyi gösterememelerini de anlatan filmde ‘‘melek’’ takma adlı güzel Michelle'i, Capucine canlandırıyor...
Film6.7GizemGerilimA group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.
The Prize
1963 · 119 votes
Film5.6WesternCircuit-riding Texas lawyer Timothy Higgins defends a former girlfriend against a murder charge stemming from an extortionist's threat to reveal her shady past. Through adroit courtroom work, Higgins is able to acquit her and reveal who actually shot the fatal bullet.
The Man from Galveston
1963 · 5 votes
Film5.2KorkuGizemA disillusioned housewife on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home and, more ominously, a mysterious howling at night.
A Howling in the Woods
1971 · 16 votes
Film5.3WesternMitch Barrett becomes embittered because his wife is allowed to die when he can't pay for the medicine she needs. The remorseful townspeople hire Mitch to be a deputy sheriff, thereby enabling him to plot an elaborate bank robbery with the help of an artist, a pickpocket, a gunslinger and a bar-girl.
One Foot in Hell
1960 · 21 votes
Film5.5MaceraDramA selfish and prideful young Dutch doctor, through a series of circumstances, comes to learn that he does indeed "need" a higher spiritual being and other people.
The Spiral Road
1962 · 12 votes
Film6.1DramRomantikWhen Harris applies for the position of a radioman in Loggins' army unit, he is hired immediately. While on a mission together in France, they both fall in love with Monique.
Kings Go Forth
1958 · 22 votes
Film6.0WesternTV MovieIn the days of the "Wild West," a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity.
The Gun and the Pulpit
1974 · 15 votes
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Dizi7.7GizemDramThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Perry Mason
1957 · 140 votes
Dizi6.8SuçDramWhen an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.
Ironside
1967 · 71 votes
Dizi7.5WesternAksiyon ve MaceraThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Bonanza
1959 · 500 votes
Dizi7.6KomediAileAndy Taylor is the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life.
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · 175 votes
Dizi7.2Aksiyon ve MaceraDramHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · 164 votes
Dizi7.6Aksiyon ve MaceraSuçMission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
Mission: Impossible
1966 · 322 votes
Dizi7.3Aksiyon ve MaceraDramRichard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.
The Fugitive
1963 · 63 votes
Dizi7.9SuçGizemA continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · 85 votes
Dizi7.0KomediWesternThe Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.
Maverick
1957 · 43 votes
Dizi8.0WesternDramBonanza'daki Küçük Co Michael Landon büyüyüp Ingalls ailesinin babası olmuştu. Küçük Ev 19. yüzyılda Minnesota'da dağbaşında ilkel bir kasabada yaşayan Laura Ingalls ve ailesinin meceralarını anlatıyor.
Dizi8.0Aksiyon ve MaceraDramThe crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
Emergency!
1972 · 53 votes
Dizi7.1Aksiyon ve MaceraWesternThe Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
The Rifleman
1958 · 54 votes
Dizi7.3WesternAksiyon ve MaceraHave Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · 44 votes
Dizi6.5WesternDramThe Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.
The Virginian
1962 · 35 votes
Dizi5.7DramThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
Dr. Kildare
1961 · 19 votes
Dizi6.2WesternDramDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American Western anthology series which ran on CBS from 1956 to 1961.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · 10 votes
Dizi6.3Aksiyon ve MaceraDramLassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.
Lassie
1954 · 74 votes
Dizi6.0DramRobert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · 8 votes
Dizi7.6KomediIn 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
Happy Days
1974 · 320 votes
Dizi6.7DramAksiyon ve MaceraCannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the title character, private detective Frank Cannon, played by William Conrad. He also appeared on two episodes of Barnaby Jones. Cannon is the first Quinn Martin-produced series to be aired on a network other than ABC. A "revival" television film, The Return of Frank Cannon, was aired on November 1, 1980. In total, there were 124 episodes.
Cannon
1971 · 42 votes
Dizi7.5Savaş ve PolitikaKomediFrom a German prisoner of war camp during World War II, Colonel Robert E. Hogan coordinates an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group.
Hogan's Heroes
1965 · 193 votes
Dizi5.9DramBen Casey
1961 · 15 votes
Dizi6.2WesternDramThe Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
The Big Valley
1965 · 59 votes
Dizi7.3WesternDramThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
Rawhide
1959 · 50 votes