Bo Svenson
Highest Rated: 100% The Inglorious Bastards (1978)
Lowest Rated: 4% Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
Birthday: Feb 13, 1941
Birthplace: Gothenburg, Sweden
At 6'5," with broad shoulders and blond hair, Bo Svenson is the American image of the big, lumbering Swede, a part he played in his first American series, "Here Come the Brides" (ABC, 1968-70). Svenson left his native Sweden at age 17 and moved to Wisconsin where he worked on a cousin's farm before joining the US Marines (1959-65). After his military service, Svenson settled in Florida, where he earned his living in various jobs, including professional race car driver. A role in the chorus of a production of "South Pacific" and a guest stint on an episode of "Flipper" convinced Svenson to relocate to NYC to pursue an acting career. After making minor appearances in off-off-Broadway productions, he landed a role in "Pigeons Don't Cry" which led him to Hollywood.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 62% | Finding Grace | Dr. Nelson (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Canadian Adventure - The Quest for the Lost Gold | John (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 0% | A Pride of Lions | Mick Skinner (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jersey Justice | WW Tolliver (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 23% | Icarus | Vadim (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 5% | The 7 Adventures of Sinbad | Simon Magnusson (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angry | Bill (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Raising Jeffrey Dahmer | Detective John Amos (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 51% | I'll Be Seeing You | Philip Carter (Character) | - | 2004 |
84% | 89% | Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | Reverend Harmony (Character) | $66.2M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crackerjack 3 | Jack Thorn (Character) | - | 2000 |
4% | 16% | Speed 2: Cruise Control | Captain Pollard (Character) | $48.1M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heartless | Sheriff Sam (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Solitude Point |
Richard (Character), Co-Producer |
- | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 46% | Steel Frontier | Roy Ackett (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Private Obsession | Sam Weston (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Savage Land | Jeb (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Three Days to a Kill | Rick (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Steele's Law | Sheriff Barnes (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 13% | Beyond the Door III | Professor Andromolek (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tides of War | SS Colonel (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 14% | Soda Cracker | Ivan Moss (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Delta Force Commando | Col. Keitel (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bite | The Sheriff (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 21% | Curse II: The Bite | The Sheriff (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 30% | Primal Rage | Ethridge (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mania Killer | Unknown (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Target | Colonel Galckin (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brothers in Blood |
Steven Elliott Logan / |
- | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 29% | The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission | Maurice Fontenac (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 19% | Deep Space | Capt. Robertson (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Thunder Warrior 2 | Sheriff Roger (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Choke Canyon | Capt. Oliver Parkside (Character) | - | 1986 |
15% | 50% | The Delta Force | Capt. Campbell (Character) | $15.9M | 1986 |
68% | 74% | Heartbreak Ridge | Roy Jennings (Character) | $41.0M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 21% | Wizards of the Lost Kingdom | Kor (Character) | - | 1985 |
60% | No Score Yet | White Phantom | The Colonel (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 10% | Deadly Impact | George Ryan (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jealousy | Ho Hutton (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Manhunt | Sheriff (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Thunder Warrior | Sheriff Bill Cook (Character) | - | 1983 |
92% | 65% | Night Warning | Detective Joe Carlson (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Virus | Maj. Carter (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 8% | Gold of the Amazon Women | Tom Jensen (Character) | - | 1979 |
85% | 71% | North Dallas Forty | Jo Bob Priddy (Character) | - | 1979 |
100% | 69% | The Inglorious Bastards | Lt. Robert Yeager (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | 68% | Final Chapter: Walking Tall | Buford Pusser (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 24% | Snowbeast | Gar Seberg (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portrait of a Hitman | Dr. Bob Michaels (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Breaking Point | Michael McBain (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 23% | Special Delivery | Jack Murdock (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Part 2, Walking Tall | Buford Pusser (Character) | - | 1975 |
67% | 57% | The Great Waldo Pepper | Axel Olsson (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Target Risk | Lee Driscoll (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frankenstein | Monster (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You'll Never See Me Again | Sam (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hitched | Jay Appleby (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Mo | Jack Twyman (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bravos | Raeder (Character) | - | 1972 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Man's Gun | Colonel Horace Buckthorn (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Due South | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Karl Anderson (Guest Star) | 1988 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Commish | George Hayes (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Sheriff Jake Cutter (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Ivan (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Snoop Sisters | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Bubba (Guest Star) | 1970 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McCloud | Bubba White (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here Come the Brides | Big Swede (Guest Star) | 1968-1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flipper | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |