Ken Swofford

Actor Jul 25 (died age 85) DuQuoin - Illinois - USA 1963–2004 (41 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ken Swofford (July 25, 1933 - November 1, 2018) was an American film and television actor noted for his red hair and ruddy complexion. He was often cast as "everyman", villains, or policemen. Between 1962 and 1995, Swofford's film credits included The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson, Thelma and Louise, Black Roses and The Andromeda Strain, while his TV career during the same period was prolific. Appearing repeatedly as a guest and/or in recurring rol…

Known For

Film

Thelma & Louise

Major

Film

The Andromeda Strain

Toby (technician)

Film

Annie

Weasel

Film

Recess: School's Out

Coach (voice)

Film

Father Goose

Helmsman, Submarine USS Sailfin

Film

Fame

Principal Morloch

Film

S.O.B.

Harold Harrigan

Film

The Domino Principle

Warden Ditcher

Filmography

Acting (66)

Movies (43)

Teacher's Pet

2004

as Officer White (voice)

Recess: School's Out

as Coach (voice)

Cops n Roberts

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man

as Charlie Tewksbury

Thelma & Louise

as Major

The Taking of Beverly Hills

1991

as Coach

5.2

Murder in High Places

1991

as Van Stamp

3.0

Rewrite for Murder

1991

as Al Barbar

Black Roses

1988

as Mayor Farnsworth

5.1

The Stepford Children

as Frank Gregson

Hunter's Blood

as Al Coleman

Terror at London Bridge

1985

as Ed Nebel

5.1

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues

1983

as Witchita Pike

6.8

M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

as Sergeant Wagner

Annie

as Weasel

S.O.B.

as Harold Harrigan

All God's Children

as Capt. Sam Pierce

Sultan and the Rock Star

1980

as George Mackenzie

4.0

Captain America II: Death Too Soon

1979

as Everett Bliss

3.8

To Kill a Cop

1978

as Lt. Fitzgerald

Crisis in Sun Valley

1978

as Thorndike

Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy

1977

as Greenway

The Domino Principle

1977

as Warden Ditcher

5.9

Scott Free

1976

as Ed McGraw

Sky Hei$t

1975

as Deputy Pat Connelly

4.9

Man on the Outside

1975

as Lt. Matthews

A Cry for Help

1975

as Paul Church

7.2

Switch

1975

as Capt. Griffin

A Case of Rape

1974

as Det. Riley

5.9

Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita

1974

One Little Indian

1973

as Pvt. Dixon

6.3

The Boy and the Bronc Buster

1973

as Gentry

Skyjacked

as John Bimonte

The Andromeda Strain

as Toby (technician)

Bless the Beasts & Children

as Wheaties

The Intruders

as Pomerantz

Cutter's Trail

as Clay Wooten

The Lawyer

as Charlie O'Keefe

Shadow on the Land

as Private

Common Law Cabin

as Barney Rickert

First to Fight

as O'Brien

Father Goose

as Helmsman, Submarine USS Sailfin

7.0

Captain Newman, M.D.

1963

as Patient (uncredited)

6.6

Television (23)

Diagnosis: Murder

as Rupert Leverton

The Wonder Years

as Al

Matlock

as Ned Salem

Murder, She Wrote

as Leo Kowalski

The Gambler: The Adventure Continues

as Witchita Pike

The Rousters

Fame

as Principal Morloch

Falcon Crest

as March Ridley

Knots Landing

as Sheriff Pickett

Battlestar Galactica

as General Maxwell

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

1978

as J.J. Devlin

5.0

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

as Al Barber

Ellery Queen

as Frank Flannigan

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Roy Palmer

The Rockford Files

as P.I. Floyd Ross

Police Story

as Lieutenant

Kung Fu

as Max Frazer

Columbo

as Harry Stone

The Odd Couple

as Cop

The Partridge Family

as Monty

Adam-12

as Floyd Delman

Mission: Impossible

as Florian Vaclav

I Spy

as Clay