David Swift
Known for: Writing
Born: July 27, 1919
Died: December 31, 2001
Place of birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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).
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Filmography
21 movies · 25 TV shows, newest first
8.0
Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece
2002
NR
Recreating Pollyanna's America
2002
7.2
The Parent Trap
1998
8.2
The Storyteller
1988
5.3
The Hugga Bunch
1985
6.3
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981
6.2
Foolin' Around
1980
7.0
Gossip from the Forest
1979NR
$weepstake$
1979
6.9
Candleshoe
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
1977
6.1
Eight Is Enough
1977
7.3
Barney Miller
1975
5.3
Arnie
1970
6.7
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
1967
7.3
Camp Runamuck
1965
7.0
Şeker Gibi Kızlar
1965
6.6
Good Neighbor Sam
1964
8.0
Hamlet at Elsinore
1964
6.1
Under the Yum Yum Tree
1963
6.0
Grindl
1963
5.1
Love is a Ball
1963
6.0
The Interns
1962
7.0
The Parent Trap
1961
7.0
Pollyanna
1960
7.2
The Third Man
1959
7.2
Rawhide
1959
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
8.0
No Time at All
1958
7.0
Alcoa Theatre
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
1957
7.5
Playhouse 90
1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
19557.0
Norby
1955
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
3.8
Climax!
1954
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.0
Mister Peepers
1952
6.0
Goodyear Television Playhouse
1951
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.8
So You Want to Be a Detective
1948
5.6
So You Want to Be a Gambler
1948
6.1
The Nifty Nineties
1941
7.1
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1938