
David Swift
Writer
Born: July 27, 1919 (82 years old)
Died: December 31, 2001
Place of birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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 (30)
- The Storyteller (1988, ★ 8.2)
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967, ★ 6.7)
- Pollyanna (1960, ★ 7)
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954, ★ 7.8)
- Good Neighbor Sam (1964, ★ 6.5)
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948, ★ 6.3)
- The Parent Trap (1998, ★ 7.2)
- Candleshoe (1977, ★ 6.9)
- The Parent Trap (1961, ★ 7)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938, ★ 7.1)
- So You Want to Be a Detective (1948, ★ 6.8)
- Barney Miller (1975, ★ 7.3)
- Rawhide (1959, ★ 7.2)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955, ★ 7.8)
- Alcoa Theatre (1957, ★ 6.5)
- The Rifleman (1958, ★ 7.1)
- Playhouse 90 (1956, ★ 7.6)
- The Nifty Nineties (1941, ★ 6)
- Foolin' Around (1980, ★ 6)
- Eight Is Enough (1977, ★ 6.1)
- Wagon Train (1957, ★ 6.6)
- The Love Boat (1977, ★ 6.3)
- General Electric Theater (1953, ★ 6.4)
- The Third Man (1959, ★ 6.9)
- The Hugga Bunch (1985, ★ 5)
- The Interns (1962, ★ 5.4)
- Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963, ★ 5.9)
- Love is a Ball (1963, ★ 4.6)
- Studio One (1948, ★ 5)
- Climax! (1954, ★ 3.3)