Bo Svenson

Personal Info

Birthday

February 13, 1941

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

Also Known As

Benjamin Palme

Bo Svensson

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.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Magnum, P.I.

Mission: Impossible

Inglourious Basterds

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Hunter

Daniel Boone

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Filmography

2023
Baboon Bite Maniacs! - "Primal Rage" 35 Years Later
as Himself
2020
Finding Grace
as Dr. Nelson
2015
My Sisters Kids & the Gold Diggers
as John
2014
Jersey Justice
as W.W. Tolliver
The Dependables
as Mick Skinner
2013
Non-Stop
as Dr. Halperin
2011
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
as Reverend Harmony
2010
Angry
as Bill
The 7 Adventures of Sinbad
as Simon Magnusson
Icarus
as Vadim
2009
Stolz der Nation
as Benjamin Palme
Inglourious Basterds
as American Colonel
2008
Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance
as Foreman Bo
2006
Raising Jeffrey Dahmer
as Detective John Amos
2005
Hell to Pay
as Del Shannon
2004
I'll Be Seeing You
as Philip Carter
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
as Reverend Harmony
2001
Outlaw
as Detective Maize
2000
Crackerjack 3
as Jack Thorn
1998
Solitude Point
as Richard
1997
Heartless
as Sheriff Sam
Speed 2: Cruise Control
as Captain Pollard
1996
Cheyenne
as Captain Starrett
1995
Steel Frontier
as Roy Ackett
Private Obsession
as Sam Weston
1994
Savage Land
as Jeb
1992
Three Days to a Kill
as Rick
1991
Steele's Law
as Sheriff Barnes
1990
Soldier of Fortune
as Colonel Preston
Tides of War
as SS Colonel Otto Haber
1989
Beyond the Door III
as Professor Andromolek
Curse II: The Bite
as The Sheriff
Soda Cracker
as Ivan Moss
1988
Primal Rage
as Ethridge
Deep Space
as Captain Robertson
1987
Delta Force Commando
as Col. Keitel
Maniac Killer
as Count Silvano
White Phantom
as The Colonel
Double Target
as Col. Galckin
Thunder II
as Sheriff Roger
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
as Maurice Fronenac
1986
Heartbreak Ridge
as Roy Jennings
Choke Canyon
as Capt. Oliver Parkside
The Delta Force
as Capt. Campbell
1985
Wizards of the Lost Kingdom
as Kor
1984
Man Hunt
as Sheriff
Deadly Impact
as George Ryan
Jealousy
as Jesse Hutton
1983
Thunder
as Sheriff Bill Cook
1981
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
as Detective Joe Carlson
1980
Virus
as Major Carter
1979
North Dallas Forty
as Jo Bob Priddy
Portrait of a Hitman
as Dr. Bob Michaels
Gold of the Amazon Women
as Tom Jensen
The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
as Fabien
1978
The Son of the Sheik
as Hamilton Burger
The Inglorious Bastards
as Lt. Robert Yeager
1977
Final Chapter: Walking Tall
as Buford Pusser
Snowbeast
as Gar Seberg
1976
Special Delivery
as Jack Murdock
Breaking Point
as Michael McBain
1975
Walking Tall Part II
as Buford Pusser
The Great Waldo Pepper
as Axel Olsson
Target Risk
as Lee Driscoll
1973
Maurie
as Jack Twyman
Hitched
as Jay Appleby
You'll Never See Me Again
as Sam (uncredited)
Frankenstein
as Monster
1972
The Bravos
as Raeder
1966
Jan & Dean: On the Run
as Smithsonian Guard