---
name: "Roger Swaybill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roger-swaybill"
fi1m_id: "roger-swaybill"
imdb_id: "nm0842011"
tmdb_id: 1039384
wikidata_id: "Q110878366"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1943"
died: "1 January 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T18:25:05.854860+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."
---

# Roger Swaybill

## Identity

Roger Swaybill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roger-swaybill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roger-swaybill
- **IMDb ID:** nm0842011
- **TMDB ID:** 1039384
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110878366
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110878366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1039384

Writer. Born 1 January 1943 in New York, New York, USA. Died 1 January 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1943, New York, New York, USA
- **Died:** 1 January 1991
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110878366, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842011/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1039384

## Biography

Roger Swaybill was an American screenwriter and novelist. Born in New York City, he wrote the screenplay for the 1981 film *Porky's* and co-wrote its 1983 sequel *Porky's II: The Next Day*. He also wrote the teleplay for the 1980 PBS television film *The Lathe of Heaven*, which received a Writers Guild of America nomination, and contributed to the 1976 film *Breaking Point*.

Swaybill graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and Yale University in 1964. He began his career in film as an assistant to director Stanley Kramer on *Ship of Fools* (1965) and later worked at United Artists. He published two novels, *Threads* and *Final Witness*, and wrote for television series including *Salty*.

Swaybill was married to Marion Lear Swaybill. He died in New York City in 1991 at the age of 47.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com, yale64.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), Fi1m 61, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/porkys-ii-the-next-day.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Porky's II: The Next Day* (1983), Writer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/porkys-ii-the-next-day.md)
- *The Lathe of Heaven* (1980), Writer
- *Breaking Point* (1976), Screenplay, Story
- *Salty* (1974), series, Writer

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