Ken Swofford

Biography: Red-headed, ruddy-faced American supporting actor Ken Swofford made his movie debut in 1964's Father Goose. Swofford hit his peak on television in the 1970s and 1980s, playing explosive, loudmouthed, stuffy types. He was brilliant as Winchell-like columnist Frank Flannagan in the weekly 1975 version of Ellery Queen, then went on to essay subtler variations of this character in Switch (1975-78) and The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978-79). He was one of the singular delights of the syndicated version of Fame (1983-87), as the kids' perennial nemesis, vice-principal Morloch. Off camera, the affable Swofford got along famously with his young Fame co-stars, and was one of the series' biggest boosters on the promotional-tour circuit. More recently, Ken Swofford was seen in the recurring role of Lt. Capalano in Murder She Wrote (1984-96).

Ken Swofford's Scores

Average career score: 80
Highest Metascore: 80 The Wonder Years: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 80 The Wonder Years: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
1 tv review
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Murder, She Wrote: Season 9 Sep 20, 1992 Alan Forsythe tbd
tbd Matlock: Season 6 Oct 18, 1991 Ned Salem tbd
tbd Murder, She Wrote: Season 7 Sep 16, 1990 Lt. Catalano / Lt. Catalano / Lt.Perry Catalano tbd
tbd Murder, She Wrote: Season 6 Sep 24, 1989 Lt. Perry Catalano / Lt. Catalano tbd
tbd Dallas: Season 12 Oct 28, 1988 Burnside tbd
tbd Murder, She Wrote: Season 5 Oct 23, 1988 Sheriff Tugman tbd
80 The Wonder Years: Season 1 Jan 31, 1988 Al 8.1
tbd Murder, She Wrote: Season 4 Sep 20, 1987 Actor / Sid Sharkey tbd
tbd Highway to Heaven: Season 4 Sep 16, 1987 Jack Kelly tbd
tbd Murder, She Wrote: Season 3 Sep 28, 1986 Grover Barth tbd
tbd Simon and Simon: Season 6 Sep 25, 1986 Parton tbd
tbd Fame: Season 5 Oct 12, 1985 Quentin Morloch / Ken Swofford / Quentin Morloch tbd
tbd Murder, She Wrote: Season 2 Sep 29, 1985 Leo Kowalski tbd
tbd Remington Steele: Season 4 Sep 25, 1985 Harrigan tbd
tbd Knight Rider (1982): Season 4 Sep 20, 1985 Ken Swofford 7.3
tbd Fame: Season 4 Sep 29, 1984 Quentin Morloch / Ken Swofford / Morloch / Quentin Morloch tbd
tbd The A-Team: Season 3 Sep 18, 1984 Roy tbd
tbd Fame: Season 3 Oct 15, 1983 Quentin Morloch / Ken Swofford / Morloch / Quentin Morloch tbd
tbd Simon and Simon: Season 2 Oct 7, 1982 Gatz tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 6 Sep 28, 1979 `Howling Mad' Smith tbd
tbd Battlestar Galactica (1978): Season 1 Sep 17, 1978 Maxwell 6.5
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 4 Sep 16, 1977 Wronko tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 3 Sep 24, 1976 Al Jollett / Al Jollett tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 2 Sep 12, 1975 Floyd Ross / Federal Agent Patrick tbd
tbd Gunsmoke: Season 20 Sep 9, 1974 Dunbar / Dunbar tbd
tbd The Rockford Files (1974): Season 1 Mar 27, 1974 Al Jollett / Floyd Ross / Floyd Ross tbd
tbd Kung Fu: Season 2 Sep 27, 1973 Frazer tbd
tbd The Waltons: Season 2 Sep 13, 1973 Red Turner tbd
tbd The Streets of San Francisco (1972): Season 1 Sep 16, 1972 Lediker tbd
tbd Gunsmoke: Season 17 Sep 13, 1971 Dirk / Dirk / Speer tbd