Howard Swift

Birthday: 1912-08-29
Deathday: 1983-01-13
Birthplace: Little Rock - Arkansas - USA
Gender: Male

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

Credits

Year Title
1948-09-02 Pickled Puss
1947-06-05 Tooth or Consequences
1947-05-15 Leave Us Chase It
1947-03-06 Big House Blues
1947-01-19 Fowl Brawl
1947-01-09 Loco Lobo
1946-07-18 Cagey Bird
1946-07-04 The Schooner the Better
1946-05-15 Unsure Runts
1946-04-25 Polar Playmates
1946-04-17 Kongo-Roo
1945-09-06 Carnival Courage
1945-08-30 Treasure Jest
1945-08-02 Hot Footlights
1945-07-12 Booby Socks
1945-01-05 Dog, Cat, and Canary
1944-12-01 Kickapoo Juice
1944-11-17 As the Fly Flies
1944-08-04 The Case of the Screaming Bishop
1944-06-15 The Disillusioned Bluebird
1944-06-07 Mr. Fore by Fore
1944-04-06 Giddy-Yapping
1944-01-05 Polly Wants a Doctor