Allen Swift
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-01-16 (86 years old)
Deathday
2010-04-18
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known As
Alan Swift
Ira Stadlen
Allen Swift
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 s...
Acting
1959
as Gaston le Crayon
1967
as Sir Blur / Robin Hood
1976
as Simeon / Soldiers (voice)
1977
as Gadzooks / Newsreel announcer / blue engine / Town guard (voice)
1967
as Felix Flankin / Yetch / Dracula / Invisible Man / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / Additional Voices
1975
as Narrator (voice)
1986
as Maurice Venice
1998
as Sol
1972
as Mufty (voice)
1958
1957
1966
as François / Narrator / King (segment "Many Moons") / Lord High Chamberlain (voice)
1957
as (voice)
1964
as Narrator
1954
as Various Fish (uncredited)
1954
as Audience Members (uncredited)
1954
as Lookout
2015
as Lookout (archive footage)
1965
as English Narrator (voice)
1980
as Fox (voice)
1962
as Francios (voice)
1962
as Narrator (voice)
1974
as Santa Claus (voice)
1962
as (voice)
1962
as (voice)
1957
as Economist / Communications Expert / Sociologist / Museum Curator / Wife / Bartender (voice)
1966
as Sir Blur/King Arthur (voice)
1967
as Voice
1966
as Wickhead/Geronimo/Say-Ah (voice)
1967
as Bee / Moth (voice) (uncredited)
1979
as Santa Claus
1954
as Father / People saying goodbye / Boxer (uncredited)
1961
as Tom / Jerry / Clint (voice)
1976
as Maxi-Fixit (voice)
1958
as Clint Clobber / General / Mr.Lofy (voice)
1972
as Voice
1961
as Tom Cat / Jerry Mouse / Clint Clobber (voice)
1962
as Tom / Jerry (voice)
1962
as (voice)
1972
as Dracula / The Monster / Dr. Jekyll / The Invisible Man (voice)
Production
1962
as Writer
2005
as Theatre Play
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