Swifty Lazar was born on March 28, 1907 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, USA as Irving Paul Lazar. 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.