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Allen Swift
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Acting
Birthday
1924-01-16,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
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

Filmography

Gaston’s Mama Lisa

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Gaston’s Mama Lisa
1959-06-01

Robin Hoodwinked

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Robin Hoodwinked
1967-05-31

The Little Drummer Boy Book II

6.1

The Little Drummer Boy Book II
1976-12-13

The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town

5.2

The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
1977-04-06

Mad Monster Party?

6.5

Mad Monster Party?
1967-03-08

Where the Wild Things Are

6.1

Where the Wild Things Are
1975-10-01

5

Seize the Day
1986-09-09

Old Mother Clobber

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Old Mother Clobber
1958-09-01

5.6

Safe Men
1998-08-07

Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes

5

Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes
1972-02-21

Gaston, Go Home

0

Gaston, Go Home
1958-05-01

0

Gaston Is Here
1957-01-01

Gaston's Easel Life

0

Gaston's Easel Life
1958-10-01

The Tale of a Dog

0

The Tale of a Dog
1959-02-01

Alice of Wonderland in Paris

5

Alice of Wonderland in Paris
1966-02-05

0

It's a Living
1957-11-16

How to Avoid Friendship

6

How to Avoid Friendship
1964-01-01

Slave Trade in the World Today

4.4

Slave Trade in the World Today
1964-06-27

The Seapreme Court

5

The Seapreme Court
1954-01-29

Popeye's 20th Anniversary

5.5

Popeye's 20th Anniversary
1954-04-02

The Mad Magazine TV Special

6

The Mad Magazine TV Special
1974-01-01

5.2

Boo Moon
1954-01-01

6

3-D Rarities
2015-06-11

It Happened in Hualfin

7.2

It Happened in Hualfin
1965-03-12

Pinocchio's Christmas

6.8

Pinocchio's Christmas
1980-12-03

0

Anatole
1962-09-14

The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit

5.3

The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
1962-08-01

'Twas the Night Before Christmas

6.754

'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1974-12-08

4.8

High Steaks
1962-03-23

5.2

Dicky Moe
1962-07-20

0

Depth Study
1957-01-13

A Wedding Knight

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A Wedding Knight
1966-08-08

The Blacksheep Blacksmith

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The Blacksheep Blacksmith
1967-01-09

Geronimo and Son

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Geronimo and Son
1966-12-09

Keep the Cool, Baby

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Keep the Cool, Baby
1967-11-09

A Family Circus Christmas

4

A Family Circus Christmas
1979-12-18

7

Crazytown
1954-02-25

It's Greek to Me-ow!

6.7

It's Greek to Me-ow!
1961-12-06

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

6.7

Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977-04-01

0

Camp Clobber
1958-07-22

0

The Red Baron
1972-12-09

Down and Outing

6

Down and Outing
1961-10-25

5

Sorry Safari
1962-10-12

Tall in the Trap

5.2

Tall in the Trap
1962-09-14

The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters

9

The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
1972-09-23

5.8

Kate & Allie
1984-03-19

7.1

The Equalizer
1985-09-18

6.2

Underdog
1964-10-03

7

The Bluffers
1985-01-01

8

Howdy Doody
1947-12-27

Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales

7

Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
1963-09-28

King Leonardo and His Short Subjects

6

King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
1960-10-15

7.4

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.4

Law & Order
1990-09-13

8

Crime Story
1986-09-19

5

Tooter Turtle
1960-10-15

The Mike Douglas Show

4.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11