Allen Swift
Known for Acting · 58 credits
- Born
- 1924-01-16
- Died
- 2010-04-18
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Alan Swift · Ira Stadlen
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (13)
Law & Order
1990
as Abe Pomerance / Jacob Rosen
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Equalizer
1985
as Monty
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Kate & Allie
1984
Crime Story
1986
as Hartman
Underdog
1964
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
1963
Underdog
1964
as Riff Raff (Voice)
Howdy Doody
1947
The Bluffers
1985
Tooter Turtle
1960
as Tooter
King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
1960
as Odie Cologne (voice)
Movies (45)
Crazytown
1954
as Father / People saying goodbye / Boxer (uncredited)
Where the Wild Things Are
1975
as Narrator (voice)
Safe Men
1998
as Sol
High Steaks
1962
as (voice)
Sorry Safari
1962
as Tom / Jerry (voice)
The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
1962
as Narrator (voice)
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
1954
as Audience Members (uncredited)
Alice of Wonderland in Paris
1966
as François / Narrator / King (segment "Many Moons") / Lord High Chamberlain (voice)
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977
as Maxi-Fixit (voice)
Mad Monster Party?
1967
as Felix Flankin / Yetch / Dracula / Invisible Man / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / Additional Voices
It's Greek to Me-ow!
1961
as Tom / Jerry / Clint (voice)
Camp Clobber
1958
as Clint Clobber / General / Mr.Lofy (voice)
It Happened in Hualfin
1965
as English Narrator (voice)
Pinocchio's Christmas
1980
as Fox (voice)
It's a Living
1957
as (voice)
Gaston’s Mama Lisa
1959
as Gaston le Crayon
Seize the Day
1986
as Maurice Venice
A Wedding Knight
1966
as Sir Blur/King Arthur (voice)
The Blacksheep Blacksmith
1967
as Voice
Down and Outing
1961
as Tom Cat / Jerry Mouse / Clint Clobber (voice)
3-D Rarities
2015
as Lookout (archive footage)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
1974
as Santa Claus (voice)
Tall in the Trap
1962
as (voice)
Old Mother Clobber
1958
Anatole
1962
as Francios (voice)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
1972
as Dracula / The Monster / Dr. Jekyll / The Invisible Man (voice)
The Emperor's New Clothes
1972
as Mufty (voice)
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
1977
as Gadzooks / Newsreel announcer / blue engine / Town guard (voice)
Dicky Moe
1962
as (voice)
Gaston's Easel Life
1958
How to Avoid Friendship
1964
Slave Trade in the World Today
1964
as Narrator
Keep the Cool, Baby
1967
as Bee / Moth (voice) (uncredited)
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
1976
as Simeon / Soldiers (voice)
Depth Study
1957
as Economist / Communications Expert / Sociologist / Museum Curator / Wife / Bartender (voice)
Boo Moon
1954
as Lookout
Geronimo and Son
1966
as Wickhead/Geronimo/Say-Ah (voice)
Gaston Is Here
1957
The Mad Magazine TV Special
1974
The Seapreme Court
1954
as Various Fish (uncredited)
A Family Circus Christmas
1979
as Santa Claus
The Red Baron
1972
as Voice
Robin Hoodwinked
1967
as Sir Blur / Robin Hood
Gaston, Go Home
1958
The Tale of a Dog
1959
About Allen Swift
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… With 58 credits spanning from 1947 to 2015, Allen Swift has appeared in 45 films and 13 TV shows.
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- Crazytown (1954) — as Father / People saying goodbye / Boxer (uncredited)
- Where the Wild Things Are (1975) — as Narrator (voice)
- Safe Men (1998) — as Sol
- High Steaks (1962) — as (voice)
- Sorry Safari (1962) — as Tom / Jerry (voice)
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