Allen Swift voice for hire shapes 55,000 ads and film roles
Hal Boyle profiles Allen Swift the famed voice actor known as the man of a thousand voices. Swift credits a large career in 55,000 TV commercials, a Ike voice in The Longest Day, and a prior life as a Borscht Belt comic. He tours midtown studios by bicycle, earning over six figures yearly and delivering about 25 commercials weekly.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Allen Swift
Swift
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allen
Catskill Mountain
Bernard Slade Aims New Projects Despite Past Hits
Comedy creator Bernard Slade, at 43, has produced nine years of work with fourteen pieces, seven turned into series including The Partridge Family and Bridget Loves Bernie. He stays inventive, contracts three pilots per year, and treats writing as a gamble between fresh directions and the weekly grind.
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Channel 4 Listings Tonight for Cable Subscribers
TV guide for Channel 4 lists 7 30 to 11 30 performances across channels with comedies dramas and movies. Programs include Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour Young Dr Kildare Truth or Consequences Gilligan's Island Police Surgeon Sanford and Son 60 Minutes Festival of Family Classics Wild Wild West The Brady Bunch and more. Movies feature Climb an Angry Mountain The Sheep Man Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The Informers and For the First Time.
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