David Swift

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

10

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-07-27

Deathday

2001-12-31 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As

  • Dave Swift
  • Bud Swift

David Swift

Biography

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David "Dave" Swift (July 27, 1919 – December 31, 2001) was an American screenwriter, animator, director, and producer. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 1967 film How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Swift also worked as an animator and filmmaker at The Walt Disney Studios where he adapted the story of Pollyanna for the screen and wrote and directed The Parent Trap (1961).

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Acting

2002
Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece as Self - Director / Writer
2002
Recreating Pollyanna's America as Self
1981
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years as Professor Lindemann
1979
Gossip from the Forest as General Groener
1972
War & Peace
1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1964
Good Neighbor Sam as TV Director (uncredited)
1964
Hamlet at Elsinore as Player King
1960
Pollyanna as Fireman (Uncredited)
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse

Creator

1970
Arnie as Creator
1965
Camp Runamuck as Creator
1963
Grindl as Creator
1955
Norby as Creator
1952
Mister Peepers as Creator

Directing

1979
Sweepstakes as Director
1977
Eight Is Enough as Director
1975
Barney Miller as Director
1970
Arnie as Director
1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Director
1965
Camp Runamuck as Director
1964
Good Neighbor Sam as Director
1963
Under the Yum-Yum Tree as Director
1963
Love Is a Ball as Director
1962
The Interns as Director
1961
The Parent Trap as Director
1960
Pollyanna as Director
1958
The Rifleman as Director
1958
No Time at All as Director
1957
Alcoa Theatre as Director
1956
Playhouse 90 as Director
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Director
1954
Climax! as Director
1953
General Electric Theater as Director

Production

1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Producer
1965
Camp Runamuck as Executive Producer
1964
Good Neighbor Sam as Producer
1952
Mister Peepers as Producer

Visual Effects

1941
The Nifty Nineties as Animation
1938
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as Animation

Writing

1998
The Parent Trap as Screenplay
1985
The Hugga Bunch as Writer
1980
Foolin' Around as Writer
1977
Candleshoe as Screenplay
1977
The Love Boat as Writer
1970
Arnie as Writer
1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Writer
1965
Camp Runamuck as Writer
1965
Şeker Gibi Kızlar as Writer
1964
Good Neighbor Sam as Screenplay
1963
Under the Yum-Yum Tree as Screenplay
1963
Love Is a Ball as Screenplay
1962
The Interns as Writer
1961
The Parent Trap as Screenplay
1960
Pollyanna as Screenplay
1959
The Third Man as Story
1959
The Third Man as Teleplay
1959
Rawhide as Writer
1958
The Rifleman as Writer
1958
No Time at All as Screenplay
1957
Alcoa Theatre as Writer
1957
Alcoa Theatre as Teleplay
1957
Wagon Train as Writer
1956
Playhouse 90 as Screenplay
1953
General Electric Theater as Teleplay
1952
The Ford Television Theatre as Teleplay
1951
Goodyear Television Playhouse as Writer
1948
Studio One as Writer
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Writer
1948
So You Want to Be a Detective as Story
1948
So You Want to Be a Gambler as Original Story
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