---
name: "Gary Swanson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-swanson"
fi1m_id: "gary-swanson"
imdb_id: "nm0841795"
tmdb_id: 129421
wikidata_id: "Q27909375"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 September 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:04:34.332392+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gary Swanson

## Identity

Gary Swanson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-swanson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-swanson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0841795
- **TMDB ID:** 129421
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27909375
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Swanson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27909375, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0841795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129421

Actor. Born 1 September 1948 in Queens.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 September 1948, Queens
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Swanson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27909375, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0841795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/129421

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Vice Squad*](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md) (64)

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## Biography

Gary Swanson is an American actor. Born in Queens, New York, on 1 September 1948, he graduated with a degree in English literature from C.W. Post College and trained with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, where he is a lifetime member.

He began his career in the 1970s with a role in the NBC soap opera *Somerset* and made his feature film debut in *Vice Squad* (1982) as Tom Walsh. Subsequent credits include *Making Love* (1982), *Sniper* (1993), *The Bone Collector* (1999) and appearances in television series such as *Quantum Leap* and *Kojak*.

Swanson has also worked as a producer and acting teacher.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Vice Squad* (1982), Fi1m 64, as Tom Walsh — [page](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Heather* (2024), as George
- *Retina* (2017), as Dr. Green
- *Whiskey School* (2005), as Leopold De Angeli
- *Nursie* (2004), as Doctor Eli
- *Pâté* (2001), as Mister Griswald
- *The Bone Collector* (1999), as Alan Rubin
- *Sniper* (1993), as NSC Officer in Washington
- *Double Threat* (1992), as Coleman
- *The Bulkin Trail* (1992), as Jesse Bulkin
- *Convicts* (1991), as Billy
- *After the Shock* (1990), as Lt. Pete Cornyn
- *The Guardian* (1990), as Allan Sheridan
- *In the Spirit* (1990), as Detective #1
- *Blood Red* (1989), as Senator Willard Endicott
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Dr. Frank Winger
- *Ransom* (1988), as Brad Hansen Jr
- *Stranded* (1987), as Sergeant
- *Triplecross* (1986), as Cole Donovan
- *Witchfire* (1986), as The hunter
- *Shadows on the Wall* (1986), as Clay Toten
- *Making Love* (1982), as Ken
- *Vice Squad* (1982), as Tom Walsh — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/vice-squad.md)
- *From Here to Eternity* (1979), series, as Cpl. Herbert
- *A Family Upside Down* (1978), as Instructor
- *Logan's Run* (1977), series, as Peter
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Bobby — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/gary-swanson