Allen Swift
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 16, 1924
- Died
- April 18, 2010 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Known For
Filmography
3-D Rarities
Movie · as Lookout (archive footage)
Safe Men
Movie · as Sol
Law & Order
TV · as Abe Pomerance, Jacob Rosen · 1 ep
Seize the Day
Movie · as Maurice Venice
Crime Story
TV · as Hartman · 1 ep
The Equalizer
TV · as Monty · 1 ep
The Bluffers
TV · 13 eps
Kate & Allie
TV · 1 ep
Pinocchio's Christmas
Movie · as Fox (voice)
A Family Circus Christmas
Movie · as Santa Claus
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
Movie · as Gadzooks / Newsreel Announcer / Blue Engine / Town Guard (voice)
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
Movie · as Maxi-Fixit (voice)
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
Movie · as Simeon / Soldiers (voice)
Where the Wild Things Are
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Mad Magazine TV Special
Movie
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Movie · as Santa Claus (voice)
The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie · as Mufty (voice)
The Red Baron
Movie · as Voice
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
Movie · as Dracula / The Monster / Dr. Jekyll / The Invisible Man (voice)
Robin Hoodwinked
Movie · as Sir Blur / Robin Hood
Mad Monster Party?
Movie · as Felix Flankin / Yetch / Dracula / Invisible Man / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / Additional Voices
The Blacksheep Blacksmith
Movie · as Voice
Keep the Cool, Baby
Movie · as Bee / Moth (voice) (uncredited)
Alice of Wonderland in Paris
Movie · as François / Narrator / King (segment "Many Moons") / Lord High Chamberlain (voice)
A Wedding Knight
Movie · as Sir Blur/King Arthur (voice)
Geronimo and Son
Movie · as Wickhead/Geronimo/Say-Ah (voice)
It Happened in Hualfin
Movie · as English Narrator (voice)
How to Avoid Friendship
Movie
Slave Trade in the World Today
Movie · as Narrator
Underdog
TV · 129 eps
Underdog
TV · as Riff Raff (Voice) · 62 eps
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
TV · 70 eps
Anatole
Movie · as Francios (voice)
The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
High Steaks
Movie · as (voice)
Dicky Moe
Movie · as (voice)
Sorry Safari
Movie · as Tom / Jerry (voice)
Tall in the Trap
Movie · as (voice)
It's Greek to Me-ow!
Movie · as Tom / Jerry / Clint (voice)
Down and Outing
Movie · as Tom Cat / Jerry Mouse / Clint Clobber (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
TV · as Odie Cologne (voice) · 1 ep
Tooter Turtle
TV · as Tooter · 1 ep
Gaston’s Mama Lisa
Movie · as Gaston le Crayon
The Tale of a Dog
Movie
Katnip's Big Day
Movie · as Herman (voice)
Old Mother Clobber
Movie
Gaston, Go Home
Movie
Gaston's Easel Life
Movie
Camp Clobber
Movie · as Clint Clobber / General / Mr.Lofy (voice)
Gaston Is Here
Movie
It's a Living
Movie · as (voice)
Depth Study
Movie · as Economist / Communications Expert / Sociologist / Museum Curator / Wife / Bartender (voice)
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Seapreme Court
Movie · as Various Fish (uncredited)
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
Movie · as Audience Members (uncredited)
Boo Moon
Movie · as Lookout
Crazytown
Movie · as Father / People saying goodbye / Boxer (uncredited)
Howdy Doody
TV · 1 ep