Howard Swift

Personal Info

Known For Director

Birthday 1912-08-29

Deathday 1983-01-13 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Little Rock - Arkansas - USA

Howard Swift

Biography

Walt Disney Studios 1938-1941: Animator 1938-1941 (Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo. - MGM: Animator on Tom & Jerry 1942. - Warner Bros.: Animator 1942 (Bugs Bunny). - Columbia: Director and animator 1942-1949 (Color Rhapsodies, The Fox and the Crow, Li'l Abner, Phantasy Cartoons). - Leader of his own studio 1946-1965 (TV commercials). - Hanna-Barbera Story director 1966-1981 (Penelope Pitstop, The Cattanooga Cats, Motormouse and Autocat, The Harlem Globetrotters, Josie and the Pussycats, Scooby-Doo, Super Friends, Popeye, Dinky Dog, The Kwicky Koala Show). Editorial Art Syndicate/Sangor Shop: Scripts for various publishers 1940s (e.g. The Fox and the Crow 1945-1948). - Script for the newspaper strip Capt. Knot 1968-1969 (artist unknown). - Disney Studios: Scripts for foreign-market comic-book stories 1970s (Mickey Mouse, Goofy). Left the Disney Studios after the big strike in 1941. - Drawing teacher at Chouinard Art School. -https://coa.inducks.org/creator.php?c=HSw&redirected=1

Known For

Director

1948
Pickled Puss

as Director

1947
Loco Lobo

as Director

1947
Leave Us Chase It

as Director

1947
Fowl Brawl

as Director

1947
Big House Blues

as Director

1947
1946
Kongo-Roo

as Director

1946
Unsure Runts

as Director

1946
1946
Polar Playmates

as Director

1946
Cagey Bird

as Director

1945
Booby Socks

as Director

1945
1945
Carnival Courage

as Director

1945
Hot Footlights

as Director

1945
Treasure Jest

as Director

1944
Giddy-Yapping

as Director

1944
1944
Kickapoo Juice

as Director

1944
Mr. Fore by Fore

as Director

1944
As the Fly Flies

as Director

Visual Effects

1953
The Lost Planet

as Animation

1950
1948
Superman

as Animation

Writer

2000
Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers

as Story Supervisor