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 Storyteller

as King

Pollyanna

as Fireman (Uncredited)

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Good Neighbor Sam

as TV Director (uncredited)

War & Peace

The Philco Television Playhouse

Hamlet at Elsinore

as Player King

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

as Professor Lindemann

Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece

as Self - Director / Writer

Recreating Pollyanna's America

as Self