Acting credits
11
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
David Swift
Writing
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Movies: 21Series: 22Crew credits: 37
TMDB ID: 29715
IMDb ID: nm0842582
Known for: Writing
Born: July 27, 1919
Died: December 31, 2001
Age: 82
Place of birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1938 - 2002
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.93
Wikidata: Q3018855
Also known as
Dave Swift • Bud Swift
Other jobs
Director (13)Writer (12)Screenplay (4)Animation (2)Producer (2)Story (2)Original Story (1)Teleplay (1)
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).
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with David Swift.
Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece
as Self - Director / Writer
2002 Movie
Recreating Pollyanna's America
as Self
2002 Movie
7.2
The Parent Trap
Screenplay
1998 Movie
5.0
The Hugga Bunch
Writer
1985 Movie
6.0
Foolin' Around
Writer
1980 Movie
Gossip from the Forest
as General Groener
1979 Movie
6.9
Candleshoe
Screenplay
1977 Movie
6.7
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1967 Movie
5.0
Şeker Gibi Kızlar
Writer
1965 Movie
6.5
Good Neighbor Sam
as TV Director (uncredited)
1964 Movie
7.8
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Player King
1964 Movie
5.9
Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Director
1963 Movie
4.6
Love Is a Ball
Director
1963 Movie
5.4
The Interns
Director
1962 Movie
7.0
The Parent Trap
Director
1961 Movie
7.0
Pollyanna
as Fireman (Uncredited)
1960 Movie
No Time at All
Screenplay
1958 Movie
6.8
So You Want to Be a Detective
Story
1948 Movie
4.7
So You Want to Be a Gambler
Original Story
1948 Movie
6.0
The Nifty Nineties
Animation
1941 Movie
7.1
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Animation
1938 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with David Swift.
8.2
The Storyteller
as King • 1 eps
1988 Series
5.0
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Professor Lindemann • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.3
The Love Boat
Writer • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.1
Eight Is Enough
Director • 2 eps
1977 Series
7.3
Barney Miller
Director • 3 eps
1975 Series
3.0
Arnie
Writer • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.0
Camp Runamuck
Writer • 10 eps
1965 Series
6.9
The Third Man
Story • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.2
Rawhide
Writer • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.1
The Rifleman
Director • 1 eps
1958 Series
6.5
Alcoa Theatre
Writer • 1 eps
1957 Series
6.6
Wagon Train
Writer • 1 eps
1957 Series
7.6
Playhouse 90
Director • 1 eps
1956 Series
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director • 1 eps
1955 Series
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Fireman (uncredited) • 3 eps
1954 Series
3.3
Climax!
Director • 1 eps
1954 Series
6.4
General Electric Theater
Director • 1 eps
1953 Series
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
Teleplay • 1 eps
1952 Series
6.0
Mister Peepers
Producer • 48 eps
1952 Series
5.2
Goodyear Television Playhouse
Writer • 3 eps
1951 Series
5.0
Studio One
Writer • 2 eps
1948 Series
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
1948 Series