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Bo Svenson ( born 13 February 1941 ) is a Swedish - born American actor , known for his roles in American genre films of the 1970s and 1980s . He is a naturalized United States citizen . Early life . Born in ___MASK53___ , to a Russian Jewish mother and a Swedish father . Lola Iris Viola , a big band leader , actress , and singer , and Birger Ragnar Svenson , a personal driver , athlete , and bodyguard for the King of ___MASK53___ . He emigrated to the United States and then , when he was 17 , joined the United States Marine Corps , serving until his honorable discharge six years later . His first state of residence in the United States was Georgia , where he became familiar with the rural Southern accent he later employed in some of his roles . McNairy County is a county located in the U . S . state of ___MASK14___ . As of the 2010 census , the population was 26 , 075 . Its county seat is Selmer . McNairy County is located along ___MASK14___ ' s border with the state of Mississippi . ___MASK14___ (" Tanasi ") is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States . ___MASK14___ is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States . ___MASK14___ is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north , North Carolina to the east , Georgia , Alabama , and Mississippi to the south , and Arkansas and Missouri to the west . The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state , and the Mississippi River forms the state ' s western border . ___MASK14___ ' s capital and second largest city is Nashville , which has a population of 654 , 610 . Memphis is the state ' s largest city , with a population of 655 , 770 . A sheriff is a government official , with varying duties , existing in some countries with historical ties to ___MASK98___ , where the office originated . There is an analogous although independently developed office in Iceland that is commonly translated to English as " sheriff ," and this is discussed below . Walking Tall Part 2 is the sequel to the crime / action film , Walking Tall . Walking Tall Part 2 was directed by Earl Bellamy , and produced by Charles A . Pratt . the film starred Bo Svenson as Buford Pusser , replacing Joe Don Baker who played Pusser in the first Walking Tall film . The on - screen title of the movie is Part 2 Walking Tall : The Legend of Buford Pusser . Joe Don Baker ( born February 12 , 1936 ) is an American character actor and a life member of the Actors Studio , He established himself as an action star with supporting roles in as a mysterious cowboy drifter in " Guns of the Magnificent Seven " ( 1969 ), and as a deputy sheriff in the western " Wild Rovers " ( 1971 ), before receiving worldwide fame for his iconic roles as a mafia hitman in " Charley Varrick " ( 1973 ), real - life ___MASK14___ Sheriff Buford Pusser in the classic action film " Walking Tall " ( 1973 ), brute force detective Mitchell in " Mitchell " ( 1975 ), deputy sheriff Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III in " Final Justice " ( 1985 ), and as chief Jerry Karlin in the action - comedy " Fletch " ( 1985 ). In a modern sense , comedy ( from the , " kmidía ") refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter , especially in theatre , television , film , and stand - up comedy . The origins of the term are found in Ancient ___MASK81___ . In the Athenian democracy , the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters . The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict . Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a " Society of Youth " and a " Society of the Old ". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes . In this struggle , the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority , and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter . ___MASK53___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK53___ ( Swedish : ), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe . It borders ___MASK10___ to the west and Finland to the east , and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge - tunnel across the Öresund . At , ___MASK53___ is the third - largest country in the European Union by area , with a total population of 10 . 0 million . ___MASK53___ consequently has a low population density of , with the highest concentration in the southern half of the country . Approximately 85 % of the population lives in urban areas . Charley Varrick ( aka The Last of the Independents and Kill Charley Varrick ) is a 1973 crime film directed by Don Siegel and starring Walter Matthau , Andrew Robinson , Joe Don Baker and John Vernon . The film was based on the novel " The Looters " by John H . Reese . Plot . Charley Varrick ( Walter Matthau ) is a crop - duster and former stunt pilot . In league with his wife Nadine ( Jacqueline Scott ) and accomplices Al Dutcher ( Fred Scheiwiller ) and Harman Sullivan ( Andrew Robinson ), Charley robs a bank in the sleepy rural community of Tres Cruces , ___MASK70___ , but a series of mishaps turn what was planned as a straightforward robbery into a life - and - death drama . Buford Hayse Pusser ( December 12 , 1937  August 21 , 1974 ) was the Sheriff of McNairy County , ___MASK14___ , from 1964 to 1970 . Pusser is known for his virtual one - man war on moonshining , prostitution , gambling , and other vices along the Mississippi  ___MASK14___ state line . His efforts have inspired several books , songs , movies , and a TV series . He was a wrestler known as " Buford the Bull " in the Mid - South .