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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
3-D Rarities
Character:Lookout (archive footage)
Release Date:11/06/2015
Safe Men
Character:Sol
Release Date:07/08/1998
Seize the Day
Character:Maurice Venice
Release Date:09/09/1986
Pinocchio's Christmas
Character:Fox (voice)
Release Date:03/12/1980
A Family Circus Christmas
Character:Santa Claus
Release Date:18/12/1979
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
Character:Gadzooks / Newsreel announcer / blue engine / Town guard (voice)
Release Date:06/04/1977
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure!
Character:Maxi-Fixit (voice)
Release Date:01/04/1977
The Little Drummer Boy: Book II
Character:Simeon / Soldiers (voice)
Release Date:13/12/1976
Where the Wild Things Are
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/10/1975
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Character:Santa Claus (voice)
Release Date:08/12/1974
The Mad Magazine TV Special
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1974
The Red Baron
Character:Voice
Release Date:09/12/1972
The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters
Character:Dracula / The Monster / Dr. Jekyll / The Invisible Man (voice)
Release Date:23/09/1972
The Emperor's New Clothes
Character:Mufty (voice)
Release Date:21/02/1972
Keep the Cool, Baby
Character:Bee / Moth (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:09/11/1967
Robin Hoodwinked
Character:Sir Blur / Robin Hood
Release Date:31/05/1967
Mad Monster Party?
Character:Felix Flankin / Yetch / Dracula / Invisible Man / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / Additional Voices
Release Date:08/03/1967
The Blacksheep Blacksmith
Character:Voice
Release Date:09/01/1967
Geronimo and Son
Character:Wickhead/Geronimo/Say-Ah (voice)
Release Date:09/12/1966
A Wedding Knight
Character:Sir Blur/King Arthur (voice)
Release Date:08/08/1966
Alice of Wonderland in Paris
Character:François / Narrator / King (segment "Many Moons") / Lord High Chamberlain (voice)
Release Date:05/02/1966
It Happened in Hualfin
Character:English Narrator (voice)
Release Date:12/03/1965
Slave Trade in the World Today
Character:Narrator
Release Date:27/06/1964
How to Avoid Friendship
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1964
Sorry Safari
Character:Tom / Jerry (voice)
Release Date:12/10/1962
Anatole
Character:Francios (voice)
Release Date:14/09/1962
Tall in the Trap
Character:(voice)
Release Date:14/09/1962
The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/08/1962
Dicky Moe
Character:(voice)
Release Date:20/07/1962
High Steaks
Character:(voice)
Release Date:23/03/1962
It's Greek to Me-ow!
Character:Tom / Jerry / Clint (voice)
Release Date:06/12/1961
Down and Outing
Character:Tom Cat / Jerry Mouse / Clint Clobber (voice)
Release Date:25/10/1961
Gaston’s Mama Lisa
Character:Gaston le Crayon
Release Date:01/06/1959
The Tale of a Dog
Character:
Release Date:01/02/1959
Gaston's Easel Life
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1958
Old Mother Clobber
Character:
Release Date:01/09/1958
Camp Clobber
Character:Clint Clobber / General / Mr.Lofy (voice)
Release Date:22/07/1958
Gaston, Go Home
Character:
Release Date:01/05/1958
It's a Living
Character:(voice)
Release Date:16/11/1957
Depth Study
Character:Economist / Communications Expert / Sociologist / Museum Curator / Wife / Bartender (voice)
Release Date:13/01/1957
Gaston Is Here
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1957
Popeye's 20th Anniversary
Character:Audience Members (uncredited)
Release Date:02/04/1954
Crazytown
Character:Father / People saying goodbye / Boxer (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1954
The Seapreme Court
Character:Various Fish (uncredited)
Release Date:29/01/1954
Boo Moon
Character:Lookout
Release Date:01/01/1954
Television Appearances
Law & Order
Character:Abe Pomerance
Law & Order
Character:Jacob Rosen
Crime Story
Character:Hartman
The Equalizer
Character:Monty
The Bluffers
Character:
Kate & Allie
Character:
Underdog
Character:
Underdog
Character:Riff Raff (Voice)
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
Character:
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
Character:Odie Cologne (voice)
Tooter Turtle
Character:Tooter
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self
Howdy Doody
Character:
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