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

Hamlet at Elsinore

Acting

1967

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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Elevator Operator (uncredited)

2002

Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece

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Self - Director / Writer

2002

Recreating Pollyanna's America

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Self

1979

Gossip from the Forest

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General Groener

1960

Pollyanna

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Fireman (Uncredited)

1964

Good Neighbor Sam

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TV Director (uncredited)

1964

Hamlet at Elsinore

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Player King

War & Peace

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The Philco Television Playhouse

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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

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Professor Lindemann

Production

1964

Good Neighbor Sam

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1967

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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Mister Peepers

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Camp Runamuck

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Crew

Directing

1964

Good Neighbor Sam

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1967

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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1960

Pollyanna

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1961

The Parent Trap

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1962

The Interns

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1963

Under the Yum-Yum Tree

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1958

No Time at All

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1963

Love Is a Ball

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Arnie

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Barney Miller

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Camp Runamuck

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Eight Is Enough

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Climax!

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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The Rifleman

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Sweepstakes

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Alcoa Theatre

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General Electric Theater

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Playhouse 90

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