
Actor
David Swift
Born 1919 · 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).
Directed

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director · 1955

The Parent Trap
Director · 1961

Pollyanna
Director · 1960

Barney Miller
Director · 1975

The Wonderful World of Disney
Director · 1954

The Rifleman
Director · 1958

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Director · 1967

Good Neighbor Sam
Director · 1964

Eight Is Enough
Director · 1977

Under the Yum Yum Tree
Director · 1963

Playhouse 90
Director · 1956

Alcoa Theatre
Director · 1957

No Time at All
Director · 1958

General Electric Theater
Director · 1953

Camp Runamuck
Director · 1965

The Interns
Director · 1962

Love is a Ball
Director · 1963

Arnie
Director · 1970
Acting

The Storyteller
King · 1988

Pollyanna
Fireman (Uncredited) · 1960

The Wonderful World of Disney
Fireman (uncredited) · 1954

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Elevator Operator (uncredited) · 1967

Good Neighbor Sam
TV Director (uncredited) · 1964

Hamlet at Elsinore
Player King · 1964

Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece
Self - Director / Writer · 2002

Gossip from the Forest
General Groener · 1979

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Professor Lindemann · 1981

Recreating Pollyanna's America
Self · 2002
Writing

The Parent Trap
Screenplay · 1998

The Parent Trap
Screenplay · 1961

Pollyanna
Screenplay · 1960

Candleshoe
Screenplay · 1977

The Love Boat
Writer · 1977

The Wonderful World of Disney
Writer · 1954

Rawhide
Writer · 1959

The Rifleman
Writer · 1958

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Writer · 1967

Good Neighbor Sam
Screenplay · 1964

Wagon Train
Writer · 1957

So You Want to Be a Detective
Story · 1948