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David Swift

David Swift

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).

On screen

  • The Storyteller
  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
  • The Wonderful World of Disney
  • The Philco Television Playhouse

Behind the camera

  • Eight Is Enough
  • The Love Boat
  • Barney Miller
  • Arnie
  • Camp Runamuck
  • Rawhide
  • The Third Man
  • The Rifleman
  • Alcoa Theatre
  • Wagon Train
  • Playhouse 90
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  • Climax!
  • The Wonderful World of Disney
  • General Electric Theater
  • The Ford Television Theatre
  • Mister Peepers
  • Goodyear Television Playhouse
  • Studio One
  • The Philco Television Playhouse

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