Ken Swofford
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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 roles, he is best remembered as Quentin Morlock in Fame, Lt. Griffin in Switch, Cutler in The Oregon Trail, Al Barber in Rich Man, Poor Man Book II, Lt. Catalano in Murder, She Wrote and columnist Frank Flanagan in Ellery Queen.
Movies
Teacher's Pet
Officer White (voice)
Recess: School's Out
Coach (voice)
Cops n Roberts
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
Charlie Tewksbury
The Taking of Beverly Hills
Coach
Rewrite for Murder
Al Barbar
Murder in High Places
Van Stamp
Thelma & Louise
Major
Black Roses
Mayor Farnsworth
The Stepford Children
Frank Gregson
Hunter's Blood
Al Coleman
Terror at London Bridge
Ed Nebel
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Witchita Pike
M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
Sergeant Wagner
Annie
Weasel
S.O.B.
Harold Harrigan
All God's Children
Capt. Sam Pierce
Sultan and the Rock Star
George Mackenzie
Captain America II: Death Too Soon
Everett Bliss
To Kill a Cop
Lt. Fitzgerald
Crisis in Sun Valley
Thorndike
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
Greenway
The Domino Principle
Warden Ditcher
Scott Free
Ed McGraw
Man on the Outside
Lt. Matthews
Sky Hei$t
Deputy Pat Connelly
Switch
Capt. Griffin
A Cry for Help
Paul Church
Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
A Case of Rape
Det. Riley
One Little Indian
Pvt. Dixon
The Boy and the Bronc Buster
Gentry
Skyjacked
John Bimonte
Bless the Beasts & Children
Wheaties
The Andromeda Strain
Toby (technician)
The Intruders
Pomerantz
The Lawyer
Charlie O'Keefe
Cutter's Trail
Clay Wooten
Shadow on the Land
Private
Common Law Cabin
Barney Rickert
First to Fight
O'Brien
Father Goose
Helmsman, Submarine USS Sailfin
Captain Newman, M.D.
Patient (uncredited)
TV Series
Diagnosis: Murder
Rupert Leverton
1 Episode
The Wonder Years
Al
1 Episode
Matlock
Ned Salem
1 Episode
Murder, She Wrote
Sid Sharkey
1 Episode
The Gambler: The Adventure Continues
Witchita Pike
2 Episodes
Fame
Principal Morloch
73 Episodes
Falcon Crest
March Ridley
2 Episodes
Knots Landing
Sheriff Pickett
1 Episode
Battlestar Galactica
General Maxwell
1 Episode
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
J.J. Devlin
13 Episodes
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Al Barber
6 Episodes
Ellery Queen
Frank Flannigan
1 Episode
The Rockford Files
P.I. Floyd Ross
1 Episode
The Six Million Dollar Man
Roy Palmer
1 Episode
Police Story
Lieutenant
1 Episode
Kung Fu
Max Frazer
1 Episode
Columbo
Harry Stone
1 Episode
The Partridge Family
Monty
1 Episode
The Odd Couple
Cop
1 Episode
Adam-12
Floyd Delman
1 Episode
Mission: Impossible
Florian Vaclav
1 Episode
I Spy
Clay
1 Episode