Swift was the first host/performer of WPIX TV Ch. ll NYC's "Popeye Show"
weekday evenings from Monday, September 10, 1956, to Friday, September
23, 1960. He hosted the show as "Captain Allen".
Son is comic, character actor, mimic and singer, Lewis J. Stadlen.
Supplied the voices for many of the characters in the 1970s Hostess
dessert cake commercials. Voices included Twinkie The Kid, Captain
Cupcake and Chief Big Wheel.
Took his professional name from the last names of two of his favorite
satirists, Fred Allen and Jonathan Swift.
Swift was married to actress Lenore Loveman, and was the father of character actor, mimic and singer Lewis J. Stadlen.
Voice Over Actor in New York City (July 1999)
Swift was cremated. His ashes were given to his family.