Editing Allen Swift (section)

==Personal life==
Swift was married to actress Lenore Loveman, and is the father of [[character actor]], mimic and singer [[Lewis J. Stadlen]], holistic health practitioner Maxime Zahra, and eating disorder specialist/entrepreneur Clare A. Stadlen.  He resided in [[Manhattan]]. He was also a figurative painter, creating and exhibiting landscapes and figures reminiscent of those of artists [[Leland Bell]] and [[Fairfield Porter]].

===Death===
Swift died in his home of at the age of 86 on April 18, 2010.<ref name=nytobit /><ref>"[http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Allen_Swift_86_was_voice_of_Simon_Bar-Sinister_P108339/ Allen Swift, 86, was voice of Simon Bar-Sinister ] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120721185819/http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Allen_Swift_86_was_voice_of_Simon_Bar-Sinister_P108339/ |date=July 21, 2012}}". ''forum.bcdb.com'', April 19, 2010</ref> He 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]].