Darwyn swalve biography for kids

When Darwyn C Swalve was born on 20 August 1946, in Avery Township, Hancock, Iowa, United States, his father, Clarence Dirk Swalve, was 28 and his mother, Leonore Geraldine Wilkins, was 27. He married Lynette Ann Booth on 12 August 1967, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Riverside, California, United States in 1998. He died on 5 May 1999, in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Olivewood Memorial Park, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States.

Character actor Darwyn Swalve, who appeared in numerous films, TV shows and live theater productions, died May 5 of a heart attack at his home in Riverside. He was 52.

Swalve, an Iowa native who began his film and TV career in 1983, made good use of his physical stature (he was 6 feet, 9 inches tall and weighed 295 pounds) in obtaining roles ranging from Lenny in a legit production of “Of Mice and Men” to a lumberjack in “Tall Tale.”

Additional film credits include “Police Academy 6: City Under Siege” (1989), “Barton Fink” (1991), “Heartbreak Ridge” (1986), “City Heat” (1984) and “Viper” (1994), in which he also performed the stunts.

Swalve also guested on several TV series including “Jake and the Fat Man,” “Moonlighting” and “The A-Team.”

He is survived by his wife Margaret, his father, two sisters and a brother.

Family suggests donations in Swalve’s name be made to Faith Community Church Youth Group in Riverside. For further information, call Kathy Stout at (909) 689-7090.

This article is a list of characters in the Police Academy film and television series.

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Cadet/Off./Sgt. Carey Mahoney

Played by:Steve Guttenberg
Voiced by:Ron Rubin

Cadet/Officer Mahoney is the lead character of the first four movies and the cartoon of the series. He is a troublemaking, womanizing cad with a heart of gold. His worst habit is retaliating against insults in bizarrely effective ways. For instance, the last straw before his police career was when he was a parking-lot attendant and was forced to park a car for an abusive customer in a full parking lot; he put the car into a side-wheelie, crashed it between two cars and proudly proclaimed, "It fits!". Since his father was a decorated police officer, Mahoney was given the choice of the police academy or jail by his father's former boss, Captain Reed, who did not want Mahoney's antics to reflect poorly on his father. Captain Reed told him that they can throw him out, but he cannot quit. If he quits, he will head to jail. When he first came here, he did what he could to get thrown out of here. But he grew to love this place and wants to be a cop when he made friends here. He is best known for protecting Commandant Lassard and playing practical jokes on Capt Harris, Mauser, Proctor, Blankes and Copeland, as the five men view Mahoney to be unworthy of being a police officer due to his carefree attitude about life. Despite his womanizing and his habit of breaking the rules, Mahoney is portrayed as being a good and courageous person willing to help those in need, regardless of the consequences. The fact that he graduates with a decoration for bravery speaks to that personal valor. By the third movie, Mahoney's dedication and love for his job as a police officer comes out, as he continually stands up for his cadets, and even gives a speech highlighting how important the cadets are to the Academy and to his peers which inspires the cadets to work harder an