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).
Interviews with cast and crew members detail the making of the Disney classic.
Release Date: 2002-05-07
Character: Self - Director / Writer
Members of the cast and crew of Disney's Pollyanna, look back on location shooting in Santa Rosa.
Release Date: 2002-05-07
Character: Self
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins separated at a young age because of their parents' divorce. Unknowingly to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp where they meet, discover the truth about themselves, and then plot with each other to switch places.
Release Date: 1998-07-28
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 4222
A puppet film about a young girl on a quest to save her grandmother from being put in a home. She gets visited by Huggins from Huggaland. She travels through the mirror and visits the bookworm. The bookworm tells of a tree the produced Young Berries that will help keep her grandmother young. These berries are protected by a wicked queen. She'll need all the friends she can gather to get the berries back to her grandmother in time!
Release Date: 1985-06-08
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 7
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and Churchill was played by Robert Hardy. Hardy's brilliant performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award in 1982. He reprised the role in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.
Release Date: 1981-09-06
Character: Professor Lindemann
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 3
A working-class boy falls for a girl from a wealthy family, and must compete for her with a rich boy who also wants her.
Release Date: 1980-10-17
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 4
The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.
Release Date: 1979-07-28
Character: General Groener
Release Date: 1979-01-26
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
When ex-con artist Harry claims that a secret treasure is hidden inside Candleshoe, an English estate, he creates an elaborate plan to find and steal the prize. By convincing a girl named Casey to impersonate the estate owner's long-lost granddaughter, Harry hopes to uncover the treasure's location. But when Casey has a change of heart, she must follow the clues and find the treasure, in order to save Candleshoe and stop Harry before it is too late.
Release Date: 1977-12-16
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 112
Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or mysterious countries, decide to pass their vacation aboard the "Love Boat", where Gopher, Dr. Bricker, Isaac, Julie, and Captain Stubing try their best to please them, and sometimes help them fall in love. Things are not always so easy, but in the end, love wins.
Release Date: 1977-09-24
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 182
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name.
Release Date: 1977-03-15
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 31
Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
Release Date: 1975-01-23
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 48
The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezuhov (a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA); Morag Hood is the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova; Alan Dobie is the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky; and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for Pierre and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families. The twenty-part serial was the vision of producer David Conroy whose principle aim was to transfer the rich characterisation and incident from Tolstoy's greatest novel to a television drama. Scripted by Jack Pulman and directed by John Davies, Conroy's War And Peace boasts superb acting, award-winning design (1972 Best Design BAFTA) and breathtaking battle sequences which were filmed in former Yugoslavia.
Release Date: 1972-09-29
Vote Count: 8
Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime blue collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The storylines mainly focused on this fish out of water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr.. Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on nouveau riche, and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon, cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Richard and Andrea; Elaine Shore as Arnie's secretary, Felicia; and Herb Voland as sour-tempered executive Neil Ogilvie. In its first season, despite being the lead-in to The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights and winning an Emmy nomination as best comedy series, Arnie received only fair Nielsen ratings. For its second season, in order to increase its viewership, CBS made a major cast change in the show's format. Charles Nelson Reilly joined the cast as Randy Robinson, a TV chef who called himself "The Giddyap Gourmet," apparently a reference to The Galloping Gourmet.
Release Date: 1970-09-19
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Release Date: 1967-03-09
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Character: Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Vote Count: 56
Camp Runamuck is an American sitcom which aired on NBC during the 1965-1966 television season. The series was created and executive produced by David Swift, and aired for 26 episodes.
Release Date: 1965-09-17
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 26
Vote Count: 2
Release Date: 1965-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 1
To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral appearance.
Release Date: 1964-07-22
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Character: TV Director (uncredited)
Vote Count: 45
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.
Release Date: 1964-04-15
Character: Player King
Vote Count: 4
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
Release Date: 1963-10-23
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 27
Grindl is an American situation comedy that began in the fall of 1963 on NBC, originally sponsored by Procter & Gamble. The show, starring Imogene Coca in the title role, lasted for one season.
Release Date: 1963-09-15
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Vote Count: 2
Etienne makes a good living out of marrying off poor but titled young men to rich but untitled young ladies. Millicent is now in his sights on the Riviera, and Grand Duke Gaspar is the bait. But what if Millicent starts to fancy planted chauffeur John instead, and Gaspar takes a shine to Etienne's secretary Janine?
Release Date: 1963-04-24
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 7
During their first year of internship at New North Hospital, a group of aspiring doctors undergo both personal and professional upheavals.
Release Date: 1962-08-08
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 7
Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.
Release Date: 1961-05-13
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Vote Count: 380
A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.
Release Date: 1960-05-19
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Character: Fireman (Uncredited)
Vote Count: 192
Release Date: 1959-10-02
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 6
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
Release Date: 1959-01-09
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 44
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
Release Date: 1958-09-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 46
An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people on the ground.
Release Date: 1958-02-13
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Alcoa Theatre is a half-hour American anthology series telecast on NBC at 9:30 pm on alternate Monday nights from October 7, 1957 to September 16, 1960. The program also aired under the title Turn of Fate, with the stories depicting the difficulties faced by individuals who are suddenly thrust into unexpected and perilous dangers. Alcoa Theatre was syndicated together with Goodyear Theatre as Award Theatre. In 1955, The Alcoa Hour premiered in a one-hour format aired on Sunday nights, but it was reduced to 30 minutes, retitled Alcoa Theatre, and moved to Monday evening in 1957. The show employed an alternating rotating company of actors: David Niven, Robert Ryan, Jane Powell, Jack Lemmon and Charles Boyer. Each appeared in dramatic and light comedic roles through the first season.
Release Date: 1957-09-30
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 5
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.
Release Date: 1957-09-18
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 26
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.
Release Date: 1956-10-04
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 6
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Release Date: 1955-10-02
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 224
Norby is an American sitcom television series that aired from January 5 until April 6, 1955 on NBC in color. RCA's color system wasn't used until the fall of 1954. This is the first color show that I'm aware of.
Release Date: 1955-01-05
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.
Release Date: 1954-10-07
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 10
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Release Date: 1953-02-01
Department: Writing
Job: Teleplay
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 3
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Release Date: 1952-10-02
Department: Writing
Job: Teleplay
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
Mr. Peepers is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from July 3, 1952 to June 12, 1955.
Release Date: 1952-07-03
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Episode Count: 48
Vote Count: 2
The Goodyear Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was telecast live on NBC from 1951 to 1957 during the "Golden Age of Television". Sponsored by Goodyear, Goodyear alternated sponsorship with Philco, and the Philco Television Playhouse was seen on alternate weeks. In 1955, the title was shortened to The Goodyear Playhouse and it aired on alternate weeks with The Alcoa Hour. The three series were essentially the same, with the only real difference being the name of the sponsor. Producer Fred Coe nurtured and encouraged a group of young, mostly unknown writers that included Robert Alan Aurthur, George Baxt, Paddy Chayefsky, Horton Foote, Howard Richardson, Tad Mosel and Gore Vidal. Notable productions included Chayefsky's Marty starring Rod Steiger, Chayefsky's The Bachelor Party, Vidal's Visit to a Small Planet, Richardson's Ark of Safety and Foote's The Trip to Bountiful. From 1957 to 1960, it became a taped, half-hour series titled Goodyear Theater, seen on Mondays at 9:30pm.
Release Date: 1951-10-14
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 3
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.
Release Date: 1948-11-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 11
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
Release Date: 1948-10-03
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character:
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 6
Joe McDoakes imagines himself as a private detective on a murder case. Throughout the film, he spars verbally with narrator Art Gilmore.
Release Date: 1948-06-26
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Vote Count: 18
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes experiences the pitfalls of gambling.
Release Date: 1948-02-14
Department: Writing
Job: Original Story
Vote Count: 3
Mickey courts Minnie in the Gay Nineties: they take in a vaudeville show and go for a drive in his horseless carriage, to the strains of "While Strolling Through the Park" and "In the Good Old Summertime". Goofy rides by on a penny-farthing bicycle, and the whole Duck family rides by on a bicycle built for five.
Release Date: 1941-06-20
Department: Visual Effects
Job: Animation
Vote Count: 22
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
Release Date: 1938-01-14
Department: Visual Effects
Job: Animation
Vote Count: 7491