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David Swift

Writer, Director, Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born July 27, 1919Died December 31, 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).

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Rifleman
  • Jim Henson's The Storyteller

Known For

  • The Parent Trap
  • The Parent Trap
  • Pollyanna
  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • Candleshoe
  • Good Neighbor Sam
  • Under the Yum Yum Tree
  • Barney Miller
  • Love Is a Ball
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  • Eight is Enough
  • The Rifleman
  • Foolin' Around
  • Wagon Train
  • Rawhide
  • Mister Peepers
  • The Love Boat

David Swift Filmography

1998
The Parent Trap · as Screenplay
1985
1980
1977
Candleshoe · as Screenplay
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series)
1970
Arnie (TV Series)
1967
1965
Camp Runamuck (TV Series)
1964
Good Neighbor Sam · as Screenplay
1963
Under the Yum Yum Tree · as Screenplay
1963
Vacation Playhouse (TV Series)
1963
Love Is a Ball · as Screenplay
1962
1961
The Parent Trap · as Screenplay
1960
Pollyanna · as Screenplay
1959
Rawhide (TV Series)
1958
1957
Wagon Train (TV Series)
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Screenplay
1956
1955
Playwrights '56 (TV Series)
1954
Disneyland (TV Series)
1951
1948
Studio One (TV Series)
1948

1977
Eight is Enough (TV Series)
1975
Barney Miller (TV Series)
1970
Arnie (TV Series)
1967
1965
Camp Runamuck (TV Series)
1964
1963
1963
Grindl (TV Series)
1963
1962
1961
1960
1958
1957
Alcoa Theatre (TV Series)
1957
Wagon Train (TV Series)
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
1955
1954
Disneyland (TV Series)
1954
Climax! (TV Series)
1953
1952
Omnibus (TV Series)

1987
1981
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (TV Series) · 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)
1948

1967
1965
Camp Runamuck (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
1964
1952
Mister Peepers (TV Series)

2002

1984
Cover Up (TV Series) · as Executive Story Consultant
1975
Hot L Baltimore (TV Series) · as Written By
1970
The Interns (TV Series) · as Adapted From The Motion Picture Screenplay By
1963
Grindl (TV Series) · as Written By
1959
The Third Man (TV Series) · as Teleplay
1957
Alcoa Theatre (TV Series) · as Teleplay
1957
Goodyear Theatre (TV Series) · as Teleplay
1954
Climax! (TV Series) · as Adaptation
1953
General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Teleplay
1952
Omnibus (TV Series) · as Adapted By
1952
Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Teleplay
1952
Mister Peepers (TV Series) · as Creator
1950
The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Adaptation
1949
Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Adaptation
1941
The Nifty Nineties · as Animation
1937

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