Swifty Lazar was born on March 28, 1907 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a producer and production manager, known for Neighbors (1981), The Thorn Birds (1983) and Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985). He was married to Mary Van Nuys. He died on December 30, 1993 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
Famous inside and outside Hollywood as "Swifty" Lazar - in fact nobody
who knew him addressed him as "Swifty", as he hated the nickname.
Obtained his famous monicker "Swifty" from Humphrey Bogart, having
successfully made three deals for Bogie within a single day, in
accordance with a bet they had.
[on Walter Winchell] He had a great way of not reaching for a check. He'd feign a move toward it, but if someone made the slightest protest he'd redirect his hand and pick up his water glass. In all the years I knew him I never saw him pay for a meal.
[on the decline of some major film studios in the 1970s] Tinseltown is disasterville!