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Paul J. Smith

Known for: Visual Effects

Biography: 1906-03-15

Deathday: 1980-11-17 (74 years old)

Biography

Paul J. Smith (March 15, 1906 – November 17, 1980) was an American animator and director.

Smith began as a cel painter for Walt Disney Animation in 1926, then moved up to an animator. In 1928, when all the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons for Charles Mintz were completed, Smith left the payroll.

Smith worked for the Walter Lantz studio for much of his career, first as an animator, and then as a director. He also animated at Warner Bros. Cartoons.

By 1955, Smith had taken over as primary director of the Woody Woodpecker cartoon shorts. With Smith in the director's chair, the Woody Woodpecker series maintained its trademark frenetic energy, while the animation itself was simplified, due to budget constraints. By the late 1960s, Smith became the sole director of the Lantz studio's output: the cartoon series Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy, and The Beary Family. Smith stayed with Lantz until the studio was closed in 1972.

Smith died in Van Nuys, California on November 17, 1980. He was the brother of animators Frank Smith and Hank Smith and the uncle of actor and film director Charles Martin Smith.

[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Filmography

all 226

Movies 225

Director 191

Writer 2

TV Shows 1

Director

Paul J. Smith

Biography

Filmography

all 226

Movies 225

Director 191

Writer 2

TV Shows 1

The King of Ads (1991)

Bye, Bye, Blackboard (1972)

Show Biz Beagle (1972)

For the Love of Pizza (1972)

The Rude Intruder (1972)

Indian Corn (1972)

Pecking Holes in Poles (1972)

Chili Con Corny (1972)

Gold Diggin' Woodpecker (1972)

The Genie with the Light Touch (1972)

Rain Rain, Go Away (1972)

Unlucky Potluck (1972)

Let Charlie Do It (1972)

A Fish Story (1972)

Kitty from the City (1971)

Airlift a la Carte (1971)

Charlie the Rainmaker (1971)

Chilly's Hide-a-Way (1971)

The Snoozin' Bruin' (1971)

How to Trap a Woodpecker (1971)

The Reluctant Recruit (1971)

Shanghai Woody (1971)

The Bungling Builder (1971)

Moochin' Pooch (1971)

Woody's Magic Touch (1971)

Sleepy Time Chimes (1971)

Flim Flam Fountain (1971)

All Hams on Deck (1970)

Chilly's Cold War (1970)

Buster's Last Stand (1970)

Hi-Rise Wise Guys (1970)

Coo Coo Nuts (1970)

Chilly's Ice Folly (1970)

Wild Bill Hiccup (1970)

Seal on the Loose (1970)

Gooney's Goofy Landings (1970)

The Unhandy Man (1970)

Charlie's Golf Classic (1970)

Charlie in Hot Water (1970)

A Gooney Is Born (1970)

Sleepy Time Bear (1969)

Phoney Pony (1969)

Prehistoric Super Salesman (1969)

Ship a-Hoy Woody (1969)

Chilly and the Looney Gooney (1969)

Little Skeeter (1969)

Cool It, Charlie (1969)

Charlie's Campout (1969)

Tumble Weed Greed (1969)

Woody's Knight Mare (1969)

Project Reject (1969)

Gopher Broke (1969)

One Horse Town (1968)

Highway Hecklers (1968)

A Lad in Bagdad (1968)

A Peck of Trouble (1968)

Lotsa Luck (1968)

Under Sea Dogs (1968)

Paste Makes Waste (1968)

Jerky Turkey (1968)

Fat in the Saddle (1968)

Feudin Fightin-N-Fussin (1968)

Woody the Freeloader (1968)

Hook, Line, and Stinker (1968)

Bugged in a Rug (1968)

Chiller Dillers (1967)

Chilly Chums (1967)

Chilly and the Woodchopper (1967)

Secret Agent Woody Woodpecker (1967)

Horse Play (1967)

Hot Diggity Dog (1967)

The Nautical Nut (1967)