Paul J. Smith
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]
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Films (223)
The King of Ads
1991 · Director
Bye, Bye, Blackboard
1972 · Director
Gold Diggin' Woodpecker
1972 · Director
Show Biz Beagle
1972 · Director
Indian Corn
1972 · Director
The Rude Intruder
1972 · Director
The Genie with the Light Touch
1972 · Director
Pecking Holes in Poles
1972 · Director
Chili Con Corny
1972 · Director
For the Love of Pizza
1972 · Director
Rain Rain, Go Away
1972 · Director
Unlucky Potluck
1972 · Director
A Fish Story
1972 · Director
Let Charlie Do It
1972 · Director
Kitty from the City
1971 · Director
Airlift a la Carte
1971 · Director
How to Trap a Woodpecker
1971 · Director
Shanghai Woody
1971 · Director
The Snoozin' Bruin'
1971 · Director
The Bungling Builder
1971 · Director
Moochin' Pooch
1971 · Director
Chilly's Hide-a-Way
1971 · Director
The Reluctant Recruit
1971 · Director
Charlie the Rainmaker
1971 · Director
Woody's Magic Touch
1971 · Director
Sleepy Time Chimes
1971 · Director
Flim Flam Fountain
1971 · Director
All Hams on Deck
1970 · Director
Chilly's Cold War
1970 · Director
Buster's Last Stand
1970 · Director
Hi-Rise Wise Guys
1970 · Director
Coo Coo Nuts
1970 · Director
Chilly's Ice Folly
1970 · Director
Wild Bill Hiccup
1970 · Director
Seal on the Loose
1970 · Director
Gooney's Goofy Landings
1970 · Director
Charlie in Hot Water
1970 · Director
The Unhandy Man
1970 · Director
Charlie's Golf Classic
1970 · Director
A Gooney Is Born
1970 · Director
Sleepy Time Bear
1969 · Director
Phoney Pony
1969 · Director
Prehistoric Super Salesman
1969 · Director
Ship a-Hoy Woody
1969 · Director
Chilly and the Looney Gooney
1969 · Director
Cool It, Charlie
1969 · Director
Charlie's Campout
1969 · Director
Little Skeeter
1969 · Director
Tumble Weed Greed
1969 · Director
Project Reject
1969 · Director
Woody's Knight Mare
1969 · Director
Gopher Broke
1969 · Director
One Horse Town
1968 · Director
Highway Hecklers
1968 · Director
A Lad in Bagdad
1968 · Director
A Peck of Trouble
1968 · Director
Jerky Turkey
1968 · Director
Paste Makes Waste
1968 · Director
Under Sea Dogs
1968 · Director
Lotsa Luck
1968 · Director
Fat in the Saddle
1968 · Director
Feudin Fightin-N-Fussin
1968 · Director
Woody the Freeloader
1968 · Director
Hook, Line, and Stinker
1968 · Director
Bugged in a Rug
1968 · Director
Chiller Dillers
1967 · Director
Chilly Chums
1967 · Director
Secret Agent Woody Woodpecker
1967 · Director
Chilly and the Woodchopper
1967 · Director
Horse Play
1967 · Director
Hot Time on Ice
1967 · Director
Hot Diggity Dog
1967 · Director
The Nautical Nut
1967 · Director
Have Gun Can't Travel
1967 · Director
Vicious Viking
1967 · Director
Mouse in the House
1967 · Director
Sissy Sheriff
1967 · Director
Window Pains
1967 · Director
Polar Fright
1966 · Director
Monster of Ceremonies
1966 · Director
Practical Yolk
1966 · Director
South Pole Pals
1966 · Director
The Big Bite
1966 · Director
Astronut Woody
1966 · Director
Woody and the Beanstalk
1966 · Director
Hassle in a Castle
1966 · Director
Lonesome Ranger
1966 · Director
Snow Place Like Home
1966 · Director
Foot Brawl
1966 · Director
Canned Dog Feud
1965 · Director
What's Peckin'
1965 · Director
Davey Cricket
1965 · Director
Janie Get Your Gun
1965 · Director
Woodpecker Wanted
1965 · Director
Guest Who?
1965 · Director
Case of the Elephant's Trunk
1965 · Director
Roamin' Roman
1964 · Director
Spook-a-Nanny
1964 · Director
Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle
1964 · Director
Freeway Fracas
1964 · Director
Rah Rah Ruckus
1964 · Director
Saddle-Sore Woody
1964 · Director
The Case of the Maltese Chicken
1964 · Director
The Goose Is Wild
1963 · Director
Hi-Seas Hi-Jacker
1963 · Director
Goose in the Rough
1963 · Director
Case of the Cold Storage Yegg
1963 · Director
Shutter Bug
1963 · Director
Charlie's Mother-in-Law
1963 · Director
Coming Out Party
1963 · Director
The Secret Weapon
1963 · Director
Calling Dr. Woodpecker
1962 · Director
Crowin' Pains
1962 · Director
Short in the Saddle
1962 · Director
Little Woody Riding Hood
1962 · Director
Hyde and Sneak
1962 · Director
Tragic Magic
1962 · Director
Careless Caretaker
1962 · Director
Phoney Express
1962 · Director
Room and Bored
1962 · Director
Robin Hoody Woody
1962 · Director
Home Sweet Homewrecker
1962 · Director
Case of the Red-Eyed Ruby
1961 · Director
Phantom of the Horse Opera
1961 · Director
Mississippi Slow Boat
1961 · Director
Busman's Holiday
1961 · Director
Sufferin' Cats
1961 · Director
St. Moritz Blitz
1961 · Director
Papoose on the Loose
1961 · Director
The Bird Who Came to Dinner
1961 · Director
Rough and Tumbleweed
1961 · Director
Fowled Up Falcon
1960 · Director
Ozark Lark
1960 · Director
Fish Hooked
1960 · Director
Bats in the Belfry
1960 · Director
How to Stuff a Woodpecker
1960 · Director
Pistol Packin' Woodpecker
1960 · Director
Heap Big Hepcat
1960 · Director
Kiddie League
1959 · Director
Romp in a Swamp
1959 · Director
The Tee Bird
1959 · Director
Bee Bopped
1959 · Director
Log Jammed
1959 · Director
Truant Student
1959 · Director
Tomcat Combat
1959 · Director
Jittery Jester
1958 · Director
Three-Ring Fling
1958 · Director
Tree's a Crowd
1958 · Director
Everglade Raid
1958 · Director
Half Empty Saddles
1958 · Director
Salmon Yeggs
1958 · Director
Misguided Missile
1958 · Director
His Better Elf
1958 · Director
Dopey Dick, the Pink Whale
1957 · Director
Fodder and Son
1957 · Director
Round Trip to Mars
1957 · Director
International Woodpecker
1957 · Director
The Unbearable Salesman
1957 · Director
Box Car Bandit
1957 · Director
Red Riding Hoodlum
1957 · Director
Arts and Flowers
1956 · Director
Niagara Fools
1956 · Director
Calling All Cuckoos
1956 · Director
Woodpecker from Mars
1956 · Director
Chief Charlie Horse
1956 · Director
Get Lost
1956 · Director
After the Ball
1956 · Director
Bunco Busters
1955 · Director
Square Shootin' Square
1955 · Director
Bedtime Bedlam
1955 · Director
Private Eye Pooch
1955 · Director
Witch Crafty
1955 · Director
Helter Shelter
1955 · Director
Real Gone Woody
1954 · Director
Pig in a Pickle
1954 · Director
Paw's Night Out
1954 · Director
Hot Rod Huckster
1954 · Director
Hay Rube
1954 · Director
A Horse's Tale
1954 · Director
Chilly Willy
1953 · Director
Symphony Night
1953 · Director
The Hound and the Rabbit
1953 · Director
Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure
1953 · Director
Plywood Panic
1953 · Director
Maw and Paw
1953 · Director
The Flying Turtle
1953 · Director
The Mouse and the Lion
1953 · Director
The Dog That Cried Wolf
1953 · Director
Little Red Riding Hood
1953 · Writer
Ali Baba and the Thieves
1953 · Director
Termites from Mars
1952 · Animation
Born to Peck
1952 · Animation
The Woody Woodpecker Polka
1951 · Animation
Wicket Wacky
1951 · Animation
It's a Grand Old Nag
1947 · Animation
Bathing Buddies
1946 · Animation
Mousie Come Home
1946 · Animation
Chew-Chew Baby
1945 · Animation
The Beach Nut
1944 · Animation
The Barber of Seville
1944 · Animation
Hold That Ghost
1941 · Animation
Dangerous Dan McFoo
1939 · Animation
Egghead Rides Again
1937 · Animation
Pigs Is Pigs
1937 · Animation
Flowers for Madame
1935 · Animation
Little Dutch Plate
1935 · Animation
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
1935 · Animation
Country Boy
1935 · Animation
Those Beautiful Dames
1934 · Animation
Bosko's Woodland Daze
1932 · Animation
I Wish I Had Wings
1932 · Animation
The Queen Was in the Parlor
1932 · Animation
Bosko and Bruno
1932 · Animation
Freddy the Freshman
1932 · Animation
Battling Bosko
1932 · Animation
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
1931 · Animation
One More Time
1931 · Animation
Bosko's Holiday
1931 · Animation
Ups 'n Downs
1931 · Animation
The Booze Hangs High
1930 · Animation
Congo Jazz
1930 · Animation
Sinkin' in the Bathtub
1930 · Animation
The Ocean Hop
1927 · Animation
