Swifty Lazar(1907-1993)

Producer
Production Manager

Chuck Pick with Swifty Lazar at Spago's in Hollywood, California at Swifty Lazar party

Swifty Lazar was born on 28 March 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 30 December 1993 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.

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Known for

Neighbors

5.5

Producer(as Irving Paul Lazar)

1981

The Thorn Birds

7.9

TV Mini Series

Producer(as Irving Lazar)

Robert Kennedy and His Times

7.5

TV Mini Series

Producer(as Irving Paul Lazar)

Playhouse 90

8.3

TV Series

Self(as Irving Paul Lazar)

Credits

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Producer

Robert Kennedy and His Times
7.5
TV Mini Series
- associate producer (as Irving Paul Lazar)
- 1985
The Thorn Birds
7.9
TV Mini Series
- associate producer (as Irving Lazar)
- 1983
Neighbors
5.5
- executive producer (as Irving Paul Lazar)
- 1981

Production Management

Personal details

Alternative names
- Irving 'Swifty' Lazar
Height
- 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
Born
- March 28, 1907
- Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
- December 30, 1993
- Beverly Hills, California, USA(kidney failure)
Spouse
- Mary Van Nuys1962 - January 1993 (her death)
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Did you know

Trivia
Famous inside and outside Hollywood as "Swifty" Lazar - in fact nobody who knew him addressed him as "Swifty", as he hated the nickname.

Quotes
[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.