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 Long before he turned to the cinema, he was employed in radio.  Starting as an announcer and effects producer, he joined [[I.W. Schlesinger]]’s original [[African Broadcasting Company]] in 1931, first in Johannesburg and then for a short period in Grahamstown.  As early as 1937 he worked with [[André Huguenet]], producing the sound effects for the radio play ''[[Tamboere in die Nag]]'' for the [[SABC]], based on the novel ''Die Skerpioen'' by [[Hendrik Brand.]]  He joined Huguenet on the stage in 1941 when he toured with the play ''[[As Mure Kan Praat]]''.   In his autobiography ''Applous!'' Huguenet refers to Swemmer as a radio personality and, in fact, he worked for both [[Springbok Radio]] and [[LM Radio]] before turning to films.  On an internet blog music archivist Rob Allingham wonders whether the actor who appears in the film ''[[Stop Exchange]]'' was the same person who recorded as an Afrikaans vocalist in the late 30s and 40s.  During World War II, Lt. Swemmer was a member of the [[UDF Entertainment Unit]].
-His film career started with small roles in three films by [[Gordon Vorster]], but he subsequently he worked at least once with a number of the directors who were active at the time - [[Jan Perold]], [[David Millin]], [[Elmo de Witt]], [[Richard Daneel]] and [[Mario Schiess]].  Slight of stature, he had a flair for comedy, brought out best when he worked with [[Jamie Uys]] and [[Emil Nofal]], notably as the English lawyer who brings Uys the unwelcome news that he is now ''[[Lord Oom Piet]]'' and in the title role of Nofal’s ''[[King Hendrik]]''
+His film career started with small roles in three films by [[Gordon Vorster]], but he subsequently he worked at least once with a number of the directors who were active at the time - [[Jan Perold]], [[David Millin]], [[Elmo de Witt]], [[Richard Daneel]] and [[Mario Schiess]].  Slight of stature, he had a flair for comedy, brought out best when he worked with [[Jamie Uys]] and [[Emil Nofal]], notably as the English lawyer who brings Uys the unwelcome news that he is now ''[[Lord Oom Piet]]'' and in the title role of Nofal’s ''[[King Hendrik]]''.
 He was married twice, first to Nora Isobel Henderson (divorced 1961) and then to Cora Sygun Heidrun Schaefer (1964), who as [[Cora Swemmer]] co-wrote the screenplay of his last film, ''[[Stop Exchange]]'', with director [[Howard Rennie]].

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 Long before he turned to the cinema, he was employed in radio.  Starting as an announcer and effects producer, he joined [[I.W. Schlesinger]]’s original [[African Broadcasting Company]] in 1931, first in Johannesburg and then for a short period in Grahamstown.  As early as 1937 he worked with [[André Huguenet]], producing the sound effects for the radio play ''[[Tamboere in die Nag]]'' for the [[SABC]], based on the novel ''Die Skerpioen'' by [[Hendrik Brand.]]  He joined Huguenet on the stage in 1941 when he toured with the play ''[[As Mure Kan Praat]]''.   In his autobiography ''Applous!'' Huguenet refers to Swemmer as a radio personality and, in fact, he worked for both [[Springbok Radio]] and [[LM Radio]] before turning to films.  On an internet blog music archivist Rob Allingham wonders whether the actor who appears in the film ''[[Stop Exchange]]'' was the same person who recorded as an Afrikaans vocalist in the late 30s and 40s.  During World War II, Lt. Swemmer was a member of the [[UDF Entertainment Unit]].
-His film career started with small roles in three films by [[Gordon Vorster]], but he subsequently he worked at least once with a number of the directors who were active at the time - [[Jan Perold]], [[David Millin]], [[Elmo de Witt]], [[Richard Daneel]] and [[Mario Schiess]].  Slight of stature, he had a flair for comedy, brought out best when he worked with [[Jamie Uys]] and [[Emil Nofal]], notably as the English lawyer who brings Uys the unwelcome news that he is now ''[[Lord Oom Piet]]'' and in the title role of Nofal’s ''[[King Hendrik]]'']]
+His film career started with small roles in three films by [[Gordon Vorster]], but he subsequently he worked at least once with a number of the directors who were active at the time - [[Jan Perold]], [[David Millin]], [[Elmo de Witt]], [[Richard Daneel]] and [[Mario Schiess]].  Slight of stature, he had a flair for comedy, brought out best when he worked with [[Jamie Uys]] and [[Emil Nofal]], notably as the English lawyer who brings Uys the unwelcome news that he is now ''[[Lord Oom Piet]]'' and in the title role of Nofal’s ''[[King Hendrik]]''
 He was married twice, first to Nora Isobel Henderson (divorced 1961) and then to Cora Sygun Heidrun Schaefer (1964), who as [[Cora Swemmer]] co-wrote the screenplay of his last film, ''[[Stop Exchange]]'', with director [[Howard Rennie]].

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 == Filmography ==
-Die Jagters ([[Gordon Vorster]]/1960), Basie ([[Gordon Vorster]]/1961), Die Tweede Slaapkamer ([[Gordon Vorster]]/1961), As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is! ([[Jan Perold]]/1962), Lord Oom Piet ([[Jamie Uys]]/1962), Kimberley Jim ([[Emil Nofal]]/1963), Seven Against the Sun ([[David Millin]]/1964), Tokoloshe ([[Peter Prowse]]/1965), King Hendrik ([[Emil Nofal]]/1965), All the Way to Paris ([[Jamie Uys]]/1966), Kavaliers ([[Elmo de Witt]]/1966), The Second Sin ([[David Millin]]/1966), Die Professor en die Prikkelpop / The Professor and the Beauty Queen ([[Jamie Uys]]/1967), Oupa for Sale ([[Richard Daneel]]/1967), Vrolike Vrydag 13de ([[Richard Daneel]]/1969), Die Vervlakste Tweeling ([[Mario Schiess]]/1969), Stop Exchange ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970)
+''[[Die Jagters]]'' ([[Gordon Vorster]]/1960), ''[[Basie]]'' ([[Gordon Vorster]]/1961), ''[[Die Tweede Slaapkamer]]'' ([[Gordon Vorster]]/1961), ''[[As Ons Twee Eers Getroud Is!]]'' ([[Jan Perold]]/1962), ''[[Lord Oom Piet]]'' ([[Jamie Uys]]/1962), ''[[Kimberley Jim]]'' ([[Emil Nofal]]/1963), ''[[Seven Against the Sun]]'' ([[David Millin]]/1964), ''[[Tokoloshe]]'' ([[Peter Prowse]]/1965), ''[[King Hendrik]]'' ([[Emil Nofal]]/1965), ''[[All the Way to Paris]]'' ([[Jamie Uys]]/1966), ''[[Kavaliers]]'' ([[Elmo de Witt]]/1966), ''[[The Second Sin]]'' ([[David Millin]]/1966), ''[[Die Professor en die Prikkelpop]]'' / ''[[The Professor and the Beauty Queen]]'' ([[Jamie Uys]]/1967), ''[[Oupa for Sale]]'' ([[Richard Daneel]]/1967), ''[[Vrolike Vrydag 13de]]'' ([[Richard Daneel]]/1969), ''[[Die Vervlakste Tweeling]]'' ([[Mario Schiess]]/1969), ''[[Stop Exchange]]'' ([[Howard Rennie]]/1970)
 == German Television ==
-Finden Sie Livingstone!: - die Suche nach dem verschollenen Forscher und Missionar (Theodor Grädler/1966), Diamantendetektiv Dick Donald (Episodes: Mac Bannister's Witwe & Aussteigen verboten)(Directors: Erich Neureuther & Jürgen Goslar/1971)
+''Finden Sie Livingstone!: - die Suche nach dem verschollenen Forscher und Missionar'' (Theodor Grädler/1966), ''Diamantendetektiv Dick Donald'' (Episodes: ''Mac Bannister's Witwe'' & ''Aussteigen verboten'') (Directors: Erich Neureuther & Jürgen Goslar/1971)
 == Sources ==

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 == German Television ==
-Finden Sie Livingstone!: - die Suche nach dem verschollenen Forscher und Missionar (Theodor Grädler/1966), Diamantendetektiv Dick Donald (Directors: Erich Neureuther & Jürgen Goslar/1971)
+Finden Sie Livingstone!: - die Suche nach dem verschollenen Forscher und Missionar (Theodor Grädler/1966), Diamantendetektiv Dick Donald (Episodes: Mac Bannister's Witwe & Aussteigen verboten)(Directors: Erich Neureuther & Jürgen Goslar/1971)
 == Sources ==

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-Born Arthur Wilfred Swemmer in Johannesburg on 9th August, 1912, he became a radio performer and an advertising copy writer, did a stint as film actor, and a journalist and for approximately a year before his death he wrote and edited the monthly magazine of the Standard Bank.
+'''Arthur Swemmer''' (b. Johannesburg, 09/08/1912 – d. Johannesburg, 28/06/1971) was an actor.
-As early as 1937 he worked with [[André Huguenet]], producing the sound effects for the radio play ''[[Tamboere in die Nag]]'' for the [[SABC]], based on the novel ''Die Skerpioen'' by [[Hendrik Brand]].  He joined Huguenet in 1940 when he toured with the play ''[[As  Mure Kan Praat]]''.   In his autobiography ''[[Applous!]]'' Huguenet refers to Swemmer as a radio personality and, in fact, he worked for both [[Springbok Radio]] and [[LM Radio]] before turning to films.
+== Biography ==
-On an internet blog music archivist Rob Allingham wonders whether the actor who appears in the film ''[[Stop Exchange]]'' was the same person who recorded as an [[Afrikaans]] vocalist in the late 30s and 40s.
+Though Arthur Wilfred Swemmer is closely identified with the South African film industry, especially because of his appearances in the films of [[Jamie Uys]] and [[Emil Nofal]], his film career was relatively short, stretching over little more than a decade.  Before that he was an advertising copy writer, a journalist and for approximately a year before his death he wrote and edited the monthly magazine of the Standard Bank.
-During World War II, a Lt. [[A. Swemmer]] was listed as a member of the original [[UDF Entertainment Unit]]. One assumes that this is the same person.
+Long before he turned to the cinema, he was employed in radio.  Starting as an announcer and effects producer, he joined [[I.W. Schlesinger]]’s original [[African Broadcasting Company]] in 1931, first in Johannesburg and then for a short period in Grahamstown.  As early as 1937 he worked with [[André Huguenet]], producing the sound effects for the radio play ''[[Tamboere in die Nag]]'' for the [[SABC]], based on the novel ''Die Skerpioen'' by [[Hendrik Brand.]]  He joined Huguenet on the stage in 1941 when he toured with the play ''[[As Mure Kan Praat]]''.   In his autobiography ''Applous!'' Huguenet refers to Swemmer as a radio personality and, in fact, he worked for both [[Springbok Radio]] and [[LM Radio]] before turning to films.  On an internet blog music archivist Rob Allingham wonders whether the actor who appears in the film ''[[Stop Exchange]]'' was the same person who recorded as an Afrikaans vocalist in the late 30s and 40s.  During World War II, Lt. Swemmer was a member of the [[UDF Entertainment Unit]].
-His film career started with small roles in three films by [[Gordon Vorster]], but he subsequently he worked at least once with a number of the directors who were active at the time - [[Jan Perold]], [[David Millin]], [[Elmo de Witt]], [[Richard Daneel]] and [[Mario Schiess]].  Slight of stature, he had a flair for comedy, brought out best when he worked with [[Jamie Uys]] and [[Emil Nofal]], notably as the English lawyer who brings [[Jamie Uys]] the unwelcome news that he is now ''[[Lord Oom Piet]]'' and in the title role of Nofal’s ''[[King Hendrik]]''.
+His film career started with small roles in three films by [[Gordon Vorster]], but he subsequently he worked at least once with a number of the directors who were active at the time - [[Jan Perold]], [[David Millin]], [[Elmo de Witt]], [[Richard Daneel]] and [[Mario Schiess]].  Slight of stature, he had a flair for comedy, brought out best when he worked with [[Jamie Uys]] and [[Emil Nofal]], notably as the English lawyer who brings Uys the unwelcome news that he is now ''[[Lord Oom Piet]]'' and in the title role of Nofal’s ''[[King Hendrik]]'']]
-He was married twice, first to Nora Isobel Henderson (divorced 1961) and then to Cora Sygun Heidrun Schaefer (1964), who as [[Cora Swemmer]] co-wrote the screenplay of his last film, ''[[Stop Exchange]]'', with director [[Howard Rennie]]. (FO)
+He was married twice, first to Nora Isobel Henderson (divorced 1961) and then to Cora Sygun Heidrun Schaefer (1964), who as [[Cora Swemmer]] co-wrote the screenplay of his last film, ''[[Stop Exchange]]'', with director [[Howard Rennie]].
 == Filmography ==
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 == Sources ==
 Scientia Militaria, Vol. 4 No. 2, 1974

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 Le Roux, André I. and Fourie, Lilla – ''Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm''
-http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842380/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1
+Arthur Swemmer, IMDb[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842380/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1]
 https://samusicheritage.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/stop-exchange/

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-As early as 1937 he worked with [[André Huguenet]], producing the sound effects for the radio play ''[[Tamboere in die Nag]]'' for the [[SABC]], based on the novel ''Die Skerpioen'' by [[Hendrik Brand]].  He joined Huguenet in 1940 when he toured with the play ''[[As  Mure Kan Praat]]''.   In his autobiography ''[[Applous!]]'' Huguenet refers to Swemmer as a radio personality and, in fact, he worked for both [[Springbok Radio]] and [[LM Radio]] before turning to films.  On an internet blog music archivist Rob Allingham wonders whether the actor who appears in the film ''[[Stop Exchange]]'' was the same person who recorded as an Afrikaans vocalist in the late 30s and 40s.  During World War II, Lt. Swemmer was a member of the [[UDF Entertainment Unit]].
+Born Arthur Wilfred Swemmer in Johannesburg on 9th August, 1912, he became a radio performer and an advertising copy writer, did a stint as film actor, and a journalist and for approximately a year before his death he wrote and edited the monthly magazine of the Standard Bank.
 His film career started with small roles in three films by [[Gordon Vorster]], but he subsequently he worked at least once with a number of the directors who were active at the time - [[Jan Perold]], [[David Millin]], [[Elmo de Witt]], [[Richard Daneel]] and [[Mario Schiess]].  Slight of stature, he had a flair for comedy, brought out best when he worked with [[Jamie Uys]] and [[Emil Nofal]], notably as the English lawyer who brings [[Jamie Uys]] the unwelcome news that he is now ''[[Lord Oom Piet]]'' and in the title role of Nofal’s ''[[King Hendrik]]''.
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 Scientia Militaria, Vol. 4 No. 2, 1974
-Botha, Danie - Voetligte en applous!: die beginjare van die Afrikaanse broepstoneel
+Botha, Danie - ''Voetligte en applous!: die beginjare van die Afrikaanse broepstoneel''
-Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm
+Huguenet, André - ''Applous!''
 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842380/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1