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Allen Swift Biography (1924-)

Original name, Ira Stadlen; born January 16, 1924, in New York, NY; son of Max (an attorney) and Sallie (maiden name, Jacobson) Stadlen; married VivienneChassler, June 22, 1943 (divorced, 1958); married Lenore Cohen (an actress),November 11, 1961; children: Lewis J. Stadlen (an actor, comic, singer).

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, writer

Birth Details

January 16, 1924

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Voice, Gaston's Baby, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
• Clint Clobber, Springtime (also known as Springtime for Clobber), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
• Clint Clobber, Camp Clobber, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
• Voice of Clint Clobber, Signed, Sealed, and Clobbered, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
• Voice of Clint Clobber, The Flamboyant Arms, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• Voice, It's Greek to Me-Ow!, 1961
• Voice, Down and Outing, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1961
• Voice of General Eisenhower, The Longest Day, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1962
• Narrator, The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit (animated), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
• Voice, Tall in the Trap, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
• Voice, Sorry Safari, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
• Voice, High Steaks, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
• Voice, Dicky Moe, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
• Narrator, Le schiave esistono ancora (also known as Les esclaves existent toujours and Slave Trade in the World Today), Continental Distributing, 1964
• How to Avoid Friendship, 1964
• Voice, Alice of Wonderland in Paris (also known as Alice in a New Wonderland), Childhood Productions, Inc., 1966
• Voices of Felix Flankin, Yetch, Dracula, Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll, and Mr. Hyde, Mad Monster Party? (animated; also known as Mad Monsters Party?), AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1967
• Voice, Raggedy Ann & Andy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
• Maurice Venice, Seize the Day, HBO/Cannon Video, 1986
• Mr. Fishbein, A Price above Rubies, Miramax, 1998
• Sol, Safe Men, October Films, 1998
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Robert Q. Lewis TV Show, c. 1950-1953
• Voices of Howdy Doody, Mr. Bluster, Dilly Dally, and Flub-a-dub, HowdyDoody Show (also known as Puppet Playhouse, The Buffalo Bob Show, and Howdy Doody), 1953-1956
• Captain Allen Swift (host), Popeye, WPIX-TV (New York City), 1956-1960
• Voices of Odie Colognie, Itchy Brother, and Tooter Turtle, King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (also known as King Leonardo and TheKing and Odie), NBC, 1960
• Voices of Baron Barracuda and Trigger, Diver Dan, 1961
• Voice of Tooter the Turtle, Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales, 1963
• Various voices, The New Casper Cartoon Show (animated), ABC, 1963
• Voices of Simon Bar-Sinister, Riff-Raff, Google the Zok Man, Odie, ItchyBrother, and others, Underdog (animated), 1964
• Voice, Tom and Jerry (animated), 1965
• Voices of Tubby and Scotty, The Beagles, 1966
• The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (also known as The New Saturday Superstar Movie), ABC, 1972
• Narrator, Barpappa, syndicated, 1990
• Also appeared as puppeteer, The Adventures of Blinky.
• Movies
• Musty, The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes, 1972
• Voice, Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters (also known as The Freaky MonsterShow), ABC, 1972
• Pilots
• Manny/R&J, On Seventh Avenue, NBC, 1996
• Specials
• Voice, 'Twas the Night before Christmas, CBS, 1974
• Voice of Melchoir, The Little Drummer Boy Book, Book II, NBC, 1976
• Voice, The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town, ABC, 1977
• Santa Claus, A Family Circus Christmas, 1979
• Voice, Pinocchio's Christmas, ABC, 1980
• Additional narrator, James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times (documentary), PBS, 2000
• Voiceover, Top Hat & Tales: Harold Ross and the Making of the NewYorker (documentary), Metro Network, 2001
• Episodic
• Monty, "Back Home," The Equalizer, CBS, 1985
• Sam Finster, "Grand Central Station," Kate and Allie, CBS, 1986
• Hartman, "The St. Louis Book of Blues," Crime Story, NBC, 1986
• (Uncredited) Hartman, "Crime Pays," Crime Story, NBC, 1986
• Abe Pomerance, "Humiliation," Law & Order, NBC, 1995
• Jacob Rosen, "Faccia a Faccia," Law & Order, NBC, 1998
• Also appeared in The Tonight Show, NBC; Mike Douglas Show; Bob Hope; Eddie Cantor; as voice, Courage the Cowardly Dog (animated), Cartoon Network.
• Stage Appearances
• Television commentator, How to Make a Man, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1961
• Papa Glockenspiel, The Student Gypsy or the Prince of Liederkrantz, 54th Street Theatre, New York City, 1963
• Ponce Packard, A Month of Sundays, Theatre de Lys, New York City,1968
• Morris Applebaum, Checking Out, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1976
• Catlan, My Old Friends, 22 Steps Theatre, New York City, 1979
• Ed Mosher, The Iceman Cometh, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1985-1986
• Nunzio Cristano, Over the River and through the Woods, John Houseman Theatre, New York City, 1998-2000
• Also appeared as the drunk, The Bar Room Monks, and president of the university, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, both MartiniqueTheatre, New York City; Max Silverman, The Goodbye People, PAF Playhouse, Huntington, Long Island, New York City; Ed Mosher, The Iceman Cometh, American National Theatre, Washington, DC; in The Price; The Sunshine Boys; You Can't Take It With You; Glengarry Glen Ross; Meshugah; The Matchmaker; Three Sisters; Light UPthe Sky.
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• Popeye's Favorite Sea Shanties, RCA Camden Children's Records, 1960
• Also recorded another album as Captain Allen.
• WRITINGS
• Television Series
• Howdy Doody Show (also known as Puppet Playhouse, The Buffalo Bob Show, and Howdy Doody), 1953-1956