Swift, Allen
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Name (Latin)
Swift, Allen
Other forms of name
Stadlen, Ira
Date of birth
1924-01-16
Date of death
2010-04-18
Field of activity
Acting Comedy Writing
Occupation
Actors Voice actors and actresses Comedians Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Richards, N. A thousand miles of mountains [SR] 1964:container (Allen Swift, vocals)
- New York times WWW site, Apr. 28, 2010(in obituary published Apr. 27: Allen Swift; b. Ira Stadlen, Jan. 16, 1924, Washington Heights; changed his name when he started out in show business, combining the names of two of his favorite satirists, Fred Allen and Jonathan Swift; d. Apr. 18, Manhattan, aged 87; the voice of Mighty Mouse, Dinky Duck, and, for a brief period, Howdy Doody, not to mention an Eveready battery, a toilet plunger for Drano, Vita's Beloved Herring Maven, and other characters both human and inanimate in more than 30,000 television and radio commercials)
- Chutzpah!, 2015, ©2015:title page (Allen Swift) page 4 of cover (actor, voice actor, comedian, magician, painter and writer, "The man of a thousand voices")
Wikipedia description:
Ira J. Stadlen (January 16, 1924 – April 18, 2010), known professionally as Allen Swift, was an American actor, writer and magician, best known as a voiceover artist who voiced cartoon characters Simon Bar Sinister and Riff-Raff on the Underdog cartoon show. He took his professional name from radio comedian Fred Allen and 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift.
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