Paul J. Smith
Visual Effects
Born 1906-03-15
Died 1980-11-17
Nahma Township, Michigan, USA
223 credits
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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.
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Filmography
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Directing
48 credits
The Beary Family
The King of Ads
Tragic Magic
Astronut Woody
Hay Rube
Vicious Viking
Shanghai Woody
Lonesome Ranger
Tomcat Combat
Get Lost
Chilly Willy
Careless Caretaker
Phoney Express
Phoney Pony
Little Skeeter
Roamin' Roman
Freeway Fracas
Chiller Dillers
Sissy Sheriff
Lotsa Luck
Woodpecker Wanted
Polar Fright
Phantom of the Horse Opera
Highway Hecklers
Shutter Bug
Real Gone Woody
Woody and the Beanstalk
Symphony Night
Have Gun Can't Travel
Robin Hoody Woody
Bedtime Bedlam
Cool It, Charlie
Half Empty Saddles
Horse Play
How to Trap a Woodpecker
International Woodpecker
Bunco Busters
Box Car Bandit
Practical Yolk
The Tee Bird
The Rude Intruder
The Mouse and the Lion
Chief Charlie Horse
Romp in a Swamp
Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure
St. Moritz Blitz
Janie Get Your Gun
Spook-a-Nanny
Acting
12 credits
Hold That Ghost
Bathing Buddies
Egghead Rides Again
Dangerous Dan McFoo
Chew-Chew Baby
Those Beautiful Dames
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
The Woody Woodpecker Polka
Country Boy
Bosko's Woodland Daze
Congo Jazz
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