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'''Ken Swofford''' (born January 2, 1932) is an American actor who portrayed [[General Maxwell]] in the | '''Ken Swofford''' (born January 2, 1932) is an American actor who portrayed [[General Maxwell]] in the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}} episode "[[Experiment in Terra]]". | ||
Born in [[w:DuQuoin, Illinois|DuQuoin, Illinois]]<ref name="imdb">{{cite_web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842855/bio|title=IMDb biography on Ken Swofford|date=|accessdate=24 October 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>, Swofford started his show business career in the early 1960s, quickly finding his niche as playing the "every man".<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.elleryqueenshow.com/cast-swofford.html|title=Ellery Queen Television Series Companion - Ken Swofford bio|date=|accessdate=24 October 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> | Born in [[w:DuQuoin, Illinois|DuQuoin, Illinois]]<ref name="imdb">{{cite_web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842855/bio|title=IMDb biography on Ken Swofford|date=|accessdate=24 October 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>, Swofford started his show business career in the early 1960s, quickly finding his niche as playing the "every man".<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.elleryqueenshow.com/cast-swofford.html|title=Ellery Queen Television Series Companion - Ken Swofford bio|date=|accessdate=24 October 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> | ||
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| Portrays: | General Maxwell | ||||
| Date of Birth: | January 02, 1932 | ||||
| Date of Death: | Missing required parameter 1=month! , | ||||
| Age: | 92 | ||||
| Nationality: |  USA
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Ken Swofford (born January 2, 1932) is an American actor who portrayed General Maxwell in the Original Series episode "Experiment in Terra".
Born in DuQuoin, Illinois[1], Swofford started his show business career in the early 1960s, quickly finding his niche as playing the "every man".[2]
Swofford's appearances in television, spanning from the 1960s to mid-1990s, include such well-known series as The Six Million Dollar Man, Gunsmoke, Mission Impossible, Adam-12 (with Galactica 1980 actor Kent McCord), The A-Team, Knight Rider and Max Headroom.
Swofford had problems with alcoholism, later narrating a video for Mothers Against Drunk Driving in 1983.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 IMDb biography on Ken Swofford (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 24 October 2007.
- ↑ Ellery Queen Television Series Companion - Ken Swofford bio (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). Retrieved on 24 October 2007.