---
name: "Paul Swift"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-swift"
fi1m_id: "paul-swift"
imdb_id: "nm0842622"
tmdb_id: 76516
wikidata_id: "Q7153885"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 August 1934"
died: "7 October 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:41:33.030617+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Swift

## Identity

Paul Swift

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-swift
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-swift
- **IMDb ID:** nm0842622
- **TMDB ID:** 76516
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7153885
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Swift, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7153885, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842622/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76516

Actor. Born 18 August 1934 in Baltimore. Died 7 October 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 August 1934, Baltimore
- **Died:** 7 October 1994
- **Also known as:** 保罗·斯威夫特
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Swift, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7153885, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842622/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/76516

## Biography

Paul Swift (1934–1994) was an American actor best known for his roles in the early films of director John Waters. He appeared in four of Waters' feature films between 1970 and 1977, playing Steve (Cookie's boyfriend) in *Multiple Maniacs* (1970), The Egg Man in *Pink Flamingos* (1972), Butterfly in *Female Trouble* (1974), and Mr Paul in *Desperate Living* (1977). He was a member of Waters' regular ensemble, the Dreamlanders.

Swift was born and died in Baltimore, Maryland. He also appeared as himself in the documentary *Edith's Shopping Bag* (1976) and in archive footage in *Divine Trash* (1998). According to contemporary reports, he was openly gay and died of AIDS-related complications.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, baltimoresun.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Pink Flamingos* (1972), Fi1m 64, as The Egg Man — [page](https://film.one/film/pink-flamingos.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Desperate Living* (1977), as Mr. Paul
- *Female Trouble* (1976), as Butterfly
- *Pink Flamingos* (1972), as The Egg Man — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/pink-flamingos.md)
- *Multiple Maniacs* (1970), as Steve (Cookie's Boyfriend)

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