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David Swift

David Swift

Writing1919Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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).

Acting History

1998
The Parent Trap
Screenplay
1988
The Storyteller
TVas King1 eps
1985
1981
1980
1979
Gossip from the Forest
as General Groener
$weepstake$
TVDirector
1977
Candleshoe
Screenplay
Barney Miller
TVDirector3 eps
Eight Is Enough
TVDirector2 eps
1970
Arnie
TVDirector
Arnie
TVWriter
1965
Camp Runamuck
TVDirector
Camp Runamuck
TVExecutive Producer
1964
Good Neighbor Sam
as TV Director (uncredited)
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Player King
1962
1961
1960
Pollyanna
as Fireman (Uncredited)
Pollyanna
Director
Pollyanna
Screenplay
The Third Man
TVStory1 eps
The Third Man
TVTeleplay1 eps
1959
Rawhide
TVWriter1 eps
Wagon Train
TVWriter1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
TVDirector1 eps
1958
No Time at All
Screenplay
Alcoa Theatre
TVWriter1 eps
Climax!
TVDirector1 eps
The Rifleman
TVDirector1 eps
The Rifleman
TVWriter1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
TVTeleplay1 eps
Playhouse 90
TVDirector1 eps
Playhouse 90
TVScreenplay1 eps
1952
Mister Peepers
TVProducer
1941

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Personal Info

Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/27/1919
Day of Death
12/31/2001
Place of Birth
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA