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 Love Boat
1982
Wagon Train
1959
Climax!
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Barney Miller
1977
Studio One
1951
The Philco Television Playhouse
1951
Rawhide
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1958
The Ford Television Theatre
1954
Eight Is Enough
1977
The Parent Trap
1998

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
11
Directing
20
Writing
32
Producing
4
Visual Effects
2
2002
Pollyanna: The Making of a Masterpiece
as Self - Director / Writer
2002
Recreating Pollyanna's America
as Self
1988
The Storyteller
as King
1981
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Professor Lindemann
1979
Gossip from the Forest
as General Groener
1967
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1964
Good Neighbor Sam
as TV Director (uncredited)
1964
Hamlet at Elsinore
as Player King
1963
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Fireman (uncredited)
1960
Pollyanna
as Fireman (Uncredited)
1951
The Philco Television Playhouse