Jul 27, 1919 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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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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| Movie | 1967 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Elevator Operator (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2002 | Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece | Self - Director / Writer | |
| Movie | 2002 | Recreating Pollyanna's America | Self | |
| Movie | 1979 | Gossip from the Forest | General Groener | |
| Movie | 1960 | Pollyanna | Fireman (Uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1964 | Good Neighbor Sam | TV Director (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1964 | Hamlet at Elsinore | Player King | |
| TV Show | 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | 1 | |
| TV Show | 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Professor Lindemann | 1 |
| TV Show | 1988 | The Storyteller | King | 1 |
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| Movie | 1964 | Good Neighbor Sam | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1964 | Good Neighbor Sam | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1964 | Good Neighbor Sam | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1967 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1960 | Pollyanna | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1960 | Pollyanna | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1998 | The Parent Trap | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1977 | Candleshoe | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1941 | The Nifty Nineties | Animation | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1961 | The Parent Trap | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1985 | The Hugga Bunch | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1962 | The Interns | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1967 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1963 | Under the Yum-Yum Tree | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1963 | Under the Yum-Yum Tree | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1938 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Animation | Visual Effects |
| Movie | 1965 | Şeker Gibi Kızlar | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1961 | The Parent Trap | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1958 | No Time at All | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1958 | No Time at All | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1967 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1980 | Foolin' Around | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1962 | The Interns | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1963 | Love Is a Ball | Screenplay | Writing |
| Movie | 1963 | Love Is a Ball | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1948 | So You Want to Be a Detective | Story | Writing |
| Movie | 1948 | So You Want to Be a Gambler | Original Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 1970 | Arnie | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1970 | Arnie | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1975 | Barney Miller | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1952 | Mister Peepers | Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1965 | Camp Runamuck | Executive Producer | Production |
| TV Show | 1965 | Camp Runamuck | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1965 | Camp Runamuck | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1948 | Studio One | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1959 | Rawhide | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1977 | Eight Is Enough | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1954 | Climax! | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1958 | The Rifleman | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1958 | The Rifleman | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1979 | $weepstake$ | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Teleplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 1957 | Wagon Train | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Teleplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 1977 | The Love Boat | Writer | Writing |
| TV Show | 1957 | Alcoa Theatre | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1953 | General Electric Theater | Teleplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 1953 | General Electric Theater | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Director | Directing |
| TV Show | 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Screenplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Third Man | Story | Writing |
| TV Show | 1959 | The Third Man | Teleplay | Writing |
| TV Show | 1970 | Arnie | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1965 | Camp Runamuck | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1952 | Mister Peepers | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1963 | Grindl | Creator | Creator |
| TV Show | 1955 | Norby | Creator | Creator |
