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Allen Swift‌

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Allen Swift

New York City, New York, USA

Allen Swift

New York City, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1924-01-16

Popularity

star1.0

Biography

Ira Stadlen (January 16, 1924 – April 18, 2010 ), known professionally as Allen Swift, was an American voice actor,  known for playing characters including Simon Bar Sinister and Riff-Raff on the Underdog cartoon show. He provided the voices of many of the characters in The Bluffers, most of the voices for the 1960s underwater puppet show Diver Dan, and the voices in Gene Deitch's 1960–1962 group of Tom and Jerry cartoons. Swift was a children's television show host on WPIX in New York City as "Captain Allen". He took his professional name from radio comedian Fred Allen and 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift. Swift was an early television star who hosted The Popeye Show from September 10, 1956 to September 23, 1960, until he was forced to leave the program. The reason for his dismissal from "The Popeye Show" was creative differences with station management.(Info can be found in"The Popeye Show"aticle in The NYC Kids Shows Round Up"section of"TV Party.Com") Swift did the majority of the voices in Rankin/Bass's Mad Monster Party?, credited as Alan (sic) Swift in the movie's credits.  He supplied most of the character voices for the NBC Howdy Doody Show, and when Buffalo Bob Smith, who himself did the voice of the lead puppet character Howdy Doody and had many times proclaimed that "nobody else could do Howdy" suffered a heart attack, Swift took home some recordings over the weekend, came back on Monday and did Howdy's voice for more than a year.(Info can be found in Tv Bloq section of TV Party.Com) Swift also served as the second comedy writer for "Howdy Doody." He took on the job, following the abrupt departure of the series' first comedy writer and songwriter, Edward Kean.(info at "TV Bloq"/Past entry #168 at "TV Party.Com") He also wrote the play Checking Out. Swift was married to actress Lenore Loveman, and is the father of character actor, mimic and singer Lewis J. Stadlen, holistic health practitioner, Maxime Stadlen and psychotherapist, Clare A. Stadlen. He lived in Manhattan. Allen had been "suffering with a series of health calamities for several years, since he fell and broke his hip while walking his dog. From that moment, one thing led to another," said personal friend and director Gene Deitch. "Even though [I've been] here for 50 years, hardly a year went by without a visit to his 57th Street apartment, nor a day go by without e-mail and most recently Skype visits," added Deitch, an American expatriate living in the Czech Republic. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Movie Credits

Gaston’s Mama Lisa

Gaston’s Mama Lisa‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Robin Hoodwinked

Robin Hoodwinked‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

The Little Drummer Boy Book II

The Little Drummer Boy Book II‌
star6.1
calendar 1976

The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town

The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town‌
star4.7
calendar 1977

Mad Monster Party?

Mad Monster Party?‌
star6.4
calendar 1967

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are‌
star6.1
calendar 1975

Seize the Day

Seize the Day‌
star5.0
calendar 1986

Old Mother Clobber

Old Mother Clobber‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Safe Men

Safe Men‌
star5.6
calendar 1998

The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes

The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes‌
star5.0
calendar 1972

Gaston Is Here

Gaston Is Here‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

Gaston, Go Home

Gaston, Go Home‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

Gaston's Easel Life

Gaston's Easel Life‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The Tale of a Dog

The Tale of a Dog‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Alice of Wonderland in Paris

Alice of Wonderland in Paris‌
star5.7
calendar 1966

It's a Living

It's a Living‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

How to Avoid Friendship

How to Avoid Friendship‌
star6.0
calendar 1964

Slave Trade in the World Today

Slave Trade in the World Today‌
star4.4
calendar 1964

The Seapreme Court

The Seapreme Court‌
star5.0
calendar 1954

Popeye's 20th Anniversary

Popeye's 20th Anniversary‌
star5.5
calendar 1954

The Mad Magazine TV Special

The Mad Magazine TV Special‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Boo Moon

Boo Moon‌
star5.2
calendar 1954

3-D Rarities

3-D Rarities‌
star6.0
calendar 2015

It Happened in Hualfin

It Happened in Hualfin‌
star7.2
calendar 1965

Pinocchio's Christmas

Pinocchio's Christmas‌
star6.8
calendar 1980

Anatole

Anatole‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit

The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit‌
star5.3
calendar 1962

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

'Twas the Night Before Christmas‌
star6.8
calendar 1974

High Steaks

High Steaks‌
star4.8
calendar 1962

Dicky Moe

Dicky Moe‌
star5.2
calendar 1962

Depth Study

Depth Study‌
star0.0
calendar 1957

A Wedding Knight

A Wedding Knight‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Geronimo and Son

Geronimo and Son‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

The Blacksheep Blacksmith

The Blacksheep Blacksmith‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Keep the Cool, Baby

Keep the Cool, Baby‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

A Family Circus Christmas

A Family Circus Christmas‌
star4.0
calendar 1979

Crazytown

Crazytown‌
star7.0
calendar 1954

It's Greek to Me-ow!

It's Greek to Me-ow!‌
star6.7
calendar 1961

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure‌
star6.7
calendar 1977

Camp Clobber

Camp Clobber‌
star0.0
calendar 1958

The Red Baron

The Red Baron‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

Down and Outing

Down and Outing‌
star6.0
calendar 1961

Sorry Safari

Sorry Safari‌
star5.0
calendar 1962

Tall in the Trap

Tall in the Trap‌
star5.2
calendar 1962

The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters

The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters‌
star9.0
calendar 1972

Tv Credits

Kate & Allie

Kate & Allie‌
star5.8
calendar 1984

The Equalizer

The Equalizer‌
star7.1
calendar 1985

Underdog

Underdog‌
star6.2
calendar 1964

The Bluffers

The Bluffers‌
star7.0
calendar 1985

Howdy Doody

Howdy Doody‌
star8.0
calendar 1947

Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales

Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

King Leonardo and His Short Subjects

King Leonardo and His Short Subjects‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990

Crime Story

Crime Story‌
star7.9
calendar 1986

Tooter Turtle

Tooter Turtle‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show‌
star4.8
calendar 1961