
Bo Svenson
Born
1941-02-13
Place of birth
Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden
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. Army Air Service pilots who are now employed in the h...
Known for

Inglourious Basterds
American Colonel

Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Reverend Harmony

Speed 2: Cruise Control
Captain Pollard

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Reverend Harmony

Heartbreak Ridge
Roy Jennings

Armour of God
Monk (uncredited)

The Delta Force
Capt. Campbell

Magnum, P.I.
Ivan

Murder, She Wrote
Karl Anderson

Murder, She Wrote
Cal Harding

Mission: Impossible
Karl

The Inglorious Bastards
Lt. Robert Yeager

Kung Fu
Pike

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Detective Joe Carlson

Icarus
Vadim