David Swift
Born: 1919-07-27 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died: 2001-12-31
Known For: Writing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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).
Filmography
2002
- Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece as Self - Director / Writer
- Recreating Pollyanna's America as Self
1998
- The Parent Trap ... (Screenplay)
1988
- The Storyteller as King
1985
- The Hugga Bunch ... (Writer)
1981
- Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years as Professor Lindemann
1980
- Foolin' Around ... (Writer)
1979
- $weepstake$ ... (Director)
- Gossip from the Forest as General Groener
1977
- The Love Boat ... (Writer)
- Eight Is Enough ... (Director)
- Candleshoe ... (Screenplay)
1975
- Barney Miller ... (Director)
1970
- Arnie ... (Director)
1967
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1965
- Camp Runamuck ... (Executive Producer)
- Şeker Gibi Kızlar ... (Writer)
1964
- Good Neighbor Sam as TV Director (uncredited)
- Hamlet at Elsinore as Player King
1963
- Grindl ... (Creator)
- Love is a Ball ... (Director)
- Under the Yum Yum Tree ... (Director)
1962
- The Interns ... (Director)
1961
- The Parent Trap ... (Director)
1960
- Pollyanna as Fireman (Uncredited)
1959
- Rawhide ... (Writer)
- The Third Man ... (Story)
1958
- The Rifleman ... (Writer)
- No Time at All ... (Screenplay)
1957
- Wagon Train ... (Writer)
- Alcoa Theatre ... (Writer)
1956
- Playhouse 90 ... (Director)
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents ... (Director)
- Norby ... (Creator)
1954
- Climax! ... (Director)
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Fireman (uncredited)
1953
- General Electric Theater ... (Teleplay)
1952
- The Ford Television Theatre ... (Teleplay)
- Mister Peepers ... (Producer)
1951
- Goodyear Television Playhouse ... (Writer)
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse
- Studio One ... (Writer)
- So You Want to Be a Gambler ... (Original Story)
- So You Want to Be a Detective ... (Story)
1941
- The Nifty Nineties ... (Animation)
1938
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ... (Animation)