SWIFT, HOWARD
 Name and vital stats
    SWIFT, HOWARD [1912-83] (writer; editor) NULL
 Pen names
    SWIFTY NULL
 Education
    Chounard Art School; Otis Art Institute; Walter Byron Currier [tutor] NULL
 Animation
    Animator: Columbia / Screen Gems: [Fox and Crow; Tito] 1943-44/47/49 > 43 44 47 49
    Animator: Disney: Dumbo 1941 [Pink elephants and Ringmaster sequence] > 41
    Animator: Disney: Fantasia 1940 [Ostriches, Hippos and Alligators] > 40
    Animator: Disney: Mickey Mouse short 1941 > 41
    Animator: MGM: Tom and Jerry 1942 > 42
    Animator: Schlesinger / Warner Bros: [Friz Frelend unit: Bugs Bunny; Tweety] 1942 > 42
    Assistant: Disney: 1936/38-39 > 36 38 39
    Assistant: Disney: Pinocchio 1940 [Gideon and J.W. Foulfellow] > 40
    Director: Columbia / Screen Gems: 38 productions 1943-46 > 43 44 45 46
    Director: Columbia / Screen Gems: Flippy 1945-47 > 45 46 47
    Director: Columbia / Screen Gems: Fox and Crow 1945-46 > 45 46
    Director: Columbia / Screen Gems: Li'l Abner 1944 > 44
    Director: Columbia / Screen Gems: Polar Playmates 1943-46 > 43 44 45 46
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Adventures of Gullivar 1968-70 > 68 69 70
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Birdman 1967-68 > 67 68
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Fantastic Four 1967-70 > 67 68 69 70
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Galaxy Trio 1967-68 > 67 68
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Herculoids 1967-69 > 67 68 69
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Jack and the Beanstalk [sequence with Jerry the Mouse and Gene Kelly] 1967 > 67
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Mighty Mightor NULL
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Mighty Mightor 1967-69 > 67 68 69
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: New Adventures of Huck Finn 1968-69 > 68 69
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Perils of Penelope Pitstop 1969-71 > 69 70 71
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Scooby Doo, Where Are You? NULL
    Director: Hanna-Barbera: Super Friends 1973-77 > 73 74 75 76 77
    Producer, Director & Writer: Swift-Chaplin: [Speedy Alka Seltzer; Oscar-Mayer Little Chef; Jolly Green Giant; etc.] 1951-65 > 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
    Producer, Director & Writer: Swift: Oscar Meyer Little Chief commercials NULL
    Studio Owner, Producer, Director & Writer: Swift-Chaplin Productions: 1951-65 Partner: Charlie Chaplin > 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
    Studio Owner, Producer, Director & Writer: Swift-Chaplin: [TV and Theatrical Commercials: Ovaltine's Captain Midnight; Hamms' Bear] 1951-65 > 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
    Studio Owner, Producer, Director & Writer: Swift: [Commercials: S.O.S.; Magic Bunny; MPA of New Orleans] 1946-51 > 46 47 48 49 50 51
    Writer: Disney: 1938 > 38
 Performing Arts
    Retired from commercial film production 1965 only to join Hanna-Barbera the next year > 65
 Other Careers
    Teacher: Animation at Chouinard NULL
    Teacher: Life-drawing at Columbia Studios Animation Dept. NULL
 Honors
    Best Series of 10 Sec. IDs NULL
    Certificate of Merit TV and Motion Picture Film by Art Directors Club of Los Angeles NULL
    Commercial Classic: Hamms Bear and Speedy Alkaseltzer NULL
    First American TV Commercials Festival and Forum NULL
    International Broadcasting Award 1961 > 61
    Scholarship to Otis Art Institute NULL
 Overseas comics
    SUPER GOOF (w) 1975-82 et al > 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82
 BETTER PUBLICATIONS
    COO COO~ (a) 1946 > 46
    PINTO (a) 1946 > 46
    PORTHOLE (a) 1946 > 46
 DC COMICS
    FOX AND THE CROW (w) c1945 > 45
 WESTERN PUBLISHING
    SUPER GOOF (w) 1976-77 > 76 77
 Source (some data)
    HOWARD SWIFT NULL