Howard Swift

Born 29 August 1912, Little Rock, Arkansas; died 13 March 1983, Ojai, California.

Born as: Howard Swifty
Also known as: HSw, V. L. Swift
Script: 74 stories
Plot: 74 stories
Subject: 1 story

Stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
A Clean Sweep	1983	Howard Swift, Jaime Diaz Studio	plot, script	Story	8	Disney Studio (foreign market stories)	19
Strong Steel Stars	1983	Howard Swift, Jaime Diaz Studio	plot, script	Story	9	Disney Studio (foreign market stories)	18
The Great Gouge City Bank Robbery	1983	Howard Swift, Jaime Diaz Studio	plot, script	Story	9	Disney Studio (foreign market stories)	16

Life and work

Howard's wife Virginia Lee Swift is consistently credited after 1978, so we think that's just a financial thing

Comics. 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.

Animation. 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).

Also. Left the Disney Studios after the big strike in 1941. - Drawing teacher at Chouinard Art School.

Education. Chounard Art School, Los Angeles - Otis Art institute, Los Angeles

Characters most often

Mickey Mouse721976–1984, 1989
Goofy561976–1984
Peg-Leg Pete361977–1984
Minnie Mouse181977–1984, 1989
Clarabelle Cow171977, 1979–1984
Chief O'Hara141977–1980, 1982, 1984
Gyro Gearloose91980, 1982–1984
Pluto51977, 1980–1981, 1984, 1989
Horace Horsecollar51977, 1980, 1983–1984
Morty and Ferdie31980
Super Goof11980
Mortimer11980

Works most with

Jaime Diaz Studio551977–1984, 1989
Steve Steere51977–1978
Owen Fitzgerald51977–1978
Cliff Voorhees31976, 1978, 1980
Unknown Olivares1
Rowan1
De Bernardi1