David Swift

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).

Known For

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Storyteller

The Wonderful World of Disney

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Pollyanna

Good Neighbor Sam

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Hamlet at Elsinore

All Movies (7)

• Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece2002 · as Self - Director / Writer
• Recreating Pollyanna's America2002 · as Self
• Gossip from the Forest1979 · as General Groener
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying1967 · as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• Good Neighbor Sam1964 · as TV Director (uncredited)
• Hamlet at Elsinore1964 · as Player King
• Pollyanna1960 · as Fireman (Uncredited)

All TV Shows (4)

• The Storyteller1988 · as King
• Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years1981 · as Professor Lindemann
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Fireman (uncredited)
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948