David Swift
Writer, Director, Actor, Producer
27 July 1919 — 31 December 2001 (82 years)
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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).
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).
Known For
Filmography
| 1998 | The Parent Trap · as Screenplay |
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| 1980 | |
| 1977 | Candleshoe · as Screenplay |
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| 1967 | |
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| 1964 | Good Neighbor Sam · as Screenplay |
| 1963 | Under the Yum Yum Tree · as Screenplay |
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| 1963 | Love Is a Ball · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | The Parent Trap · as Screenplay |
| 1960 | Pollyanna · as Screenplay |
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| 1958 | The RiflemanOn Plex |
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| 1956 | Playhouse 90 · as Screenplay |
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| 1958 | The RiflemanOn Plex |
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| 1987 | Jim Henson's The Storyteller · as KingOn Plex |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years · as Professor Lindemann |
| 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) |
| 1954 | Disneyland · as Fireman (uncredited) |
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| 1967 | |
| 1965 | Camp Runamuck · as Executive Producer |
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| 1952 |
| 2002 | The Parent Trap: Caught in the Act · as Self - Director |
| 1984 | Cover Up · as Executive Story Consultant |
| 1975 | Hot L Baltimore · as Written By |
| 1970 | The Interns · as Adapted From The Motion Picture Screenplay By |
| 1963 | Grindl · as Written By |
| 1959 | The Third Man · as Teleplay |
| 1957 | Goodyear Theatre · as Teleplay |
| 1954 | Climax! · as Adaptation |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater · as Teleplay |
| 1952 | Omnibus · as Adapted By |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre · as Teleplay |
| 1952 | Mister Peepers · as Creator |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse · as Adaptation |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre · as Adaptation |
| 1941 | The Nifty Nineties · as Animation |
| 1937 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs · as Animation |