
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 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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Credits
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3-D Rarities 2015Lookout (archive footage)★ 6
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Safe Men 1998Sol★ 5.5
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Law & Order 1990Abe Pomerance★ 7.4
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Crime Story 1986Hartman★ 7.9
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Seize the Day 1986Maurice Venice★ 5
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The Equalizer 1985Monty★ 7.2
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The Bluffers 1985★ 8
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Kate & Allie 1984★ 5.9
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Fox (voice)★ 6.4
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Santa Claus★ 4
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Gadzooks / Newsreel announcer / blue engine / Town guard (voice)★ 5.5
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Maxi-Fixit (voice)★ 6.8
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Simeon / Soldiers (voice)★ 5.8
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Narrator (voice)★ 6.1
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Santa Claus (voice)★ 6.7
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★ 5.8
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The Red Baron 1972Voice★ NR
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Dracula / The Monster / Dr. Jekyll / The Invisible Man (voice)★ 9
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Mufty (voice)★ 5
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Keep the Cool, Baby 1967Bee / Moth (voice) (uncredited)★ NR
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Robin Hoodwinked 1967Sir Blur / Robin Hood★ NR
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Mad Monster Party? 1967Felix Flankin / Yetch / Dracula / Invisible Man / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / Additional Voices★ 6.5
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Voice★ NR
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Geronimo and Son 1966Wickhead/Geronimo/Say-Ah (voice)★ NR
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A Wedding Knight 1966Sir Blur/King Arthur (voice)★ NR
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François / Narrator / King (segment "Many Moons") / Lord High Chamberlain (voice)★ 4.8
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English Narrator (voice)★ 7.2
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Underdog 1964★ 6.2
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Narrator★ 4.4
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★ 6.5
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★ 5
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Sorry Safari 1962Tom / Jerry (voice)★ 5
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Anatole 1962Francios (voice)★ NR
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Tall in the Trap 1962(voice)★ 5.1
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Narrator (voice)★ 5.3
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Dicky Moe 1962(voice)★ 5.2
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High Steaks 1962(voice)★ 4.7
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It's Greek to Me-ow! 1961Tom / Jerry / Clint (voice)★ 6.5
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Down and Outing 1961Tom Cat / Jerry Mouse / Clint Clobber (voice)★ 5.6
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Odie Cologne (voice)★ 6
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Tooter Turtle 1960Tooter★ 5
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Gaston’s Mama Lisa 1959Gaston le Crayon★ NR
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The Tale of a Dog 1959★ NR
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Gaston's Easel Life 1958★ NR
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Old Mother Clobber 1958★ NR
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Camp Clobber 1958Clint Clobber / General / Mr.Lofy (voice)★ NR
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Gaston, Go Home 1958★ NR
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It's a Living 1957(voice)★ NR
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Depth Study 1957Economist / Communications Expert / Sociologist / Museum Curator / Wife / Bartender (voice)★ NR
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Gaston Is Here 1957★ NR
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Audience Members (uncredited)★ 5.7
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Crazytown 1954Father / People saying goodbye / Boxer (uncredited)★ 7
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The Seapreme Court 1954Various Fish (uncredited)★ 5
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Boo Moon 1954Lookout★ 5.2
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Howdy Doody 1947★ 8