Paul Terry

Directing

Paul Terry

Born — Died

1887-02-19 — 1971-10-25

Place of birth

San Mateo, California, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

43 titles

Paul Houlton Terry was an American pioneering animator and founder of Terrytoons, cartoonist, screenwriter, film director and producer. He produced over 1,300 cartoons between 1915 and 1955 including the many Terrytoons cartoons. His studio's most famous character is Mighty Mouse, and also created Heckle and Jeckle, Gandy Goose and Dinky Duck.

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Cat Trouble poster
8.0

Heckle and Jeckle see a seemingly helpless baby bird (who keeps saying he is only three years old) in danger as a cat is trying to capture it.

Cat Trouble

1947

No artwork available
10.0

A Aesop's Fables cartoon from Paul Terry.

Jail Breakers

1929

No artwork available
10.0

Heckle and Jeckle, the talking magpies, take over a timid lion who is working as an auto mechanic in a garage, and play several mean tricks on him, as that is what they were created to do. An ill-tempered dog arrives in his autogyro (helicopter car)to have it overhauled, and H & J lock the lion in the fuselage. When the autogryist takes off, the lion burned-up lion goes with him.

Happy Landing

1949

No artwork available
8.0

Heckle and Jeckle, despite the animals falling in love all around, swear they won't. Of course, immediately after they say this, a pretty girl drops a hanky, and they fight over her. Jeckle hides in a gift box; Heckle nails Jeckle into a rocket, then mails him to Mexico. Jeckle returns with a bull. They both swear off dames, until, of course, another one walks by.

Rival Romeos

1950

No artwork available
7.0

An Aesop’s Film Fables short.

Cabaret

1929

No artwork available
7.0

Entrepreneurs Heckle & Jeckle are pursued throughout a building construction site by the bulldog watchman...

Steeple Jacks

1951

No artwork available
9.0

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Lumber Jacks

1924

No artwork available
7.7

After a rainstorm ruins their picnic, Heckle & Jeckle make a wish on a wishbone that it will never rain again. Their wish only leads to a massive drought that dries up all of the water in the world. Realizing their mistake, the pair invent a makeshift helicopter and head for the clouds. They cause the clouds fight amongst themselves and rain is finally produced. The magpies return home to a hero's well-deserved- and wet- parade.

The Rainmakers

1951

Fishing by the Sea poster
8.0

Dimwit the hound is going fishing. Heckle and Jeckle are roommates in this one, sharing a single large birdhouse. They taunt Dimwit for no particular reason, then try to steal his catch of fish.

Fishing by the Sea

1947

The Electronic Mouse Trap poster
8.0

A perverted and merciless Cat-professor takes scientific progress to his own selfish ends by perfecting an electronically-operated mouse trap. He catches and imprisons millions of little mice until the Big Red Cheese, Mighty Mouse, comes to their rescue.

The Electronic Mouse Trap

1946

No artwork available
4.0

A series of animated short subjects created by Paul Terry and actor-turned-writer Howard Estabrook.

Skating Hounds

1929

No artwork available
7.0

Cartoon short.

City Slickers

1928

No artwork available
7.0

Cartoon short.

City Slickers

1928

No artwork available
7.0

A Terrytoons cartoon involving bullfighting.

Bull-ero

1932

No artwork available
9.0

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Black Magic

1924

No artwork available
NR

A Silent cartoon.

Magic Boots

1922

Dinner Time poster
5.4

Dinner Time is noted as the first sound cartoon short made after Warner Bros.' success with The Jazz Singer and produced even before Walt Disney's first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie (though released after).

Dinner Time

1928

Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat poster
5.5

Mice, seeking shelter from a storm, enter Dr. Jekyll's house. His cat chases them, ultimately crashing into the lab, where he mixes up some of the potion. He transforms, then rounds up the mice. Mighty Mouse comes to the rescue; in the fight, the lab catches fire. The mice escape, but the house rockets into the sky.

Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat

1944

No artwork available
9.0

A Terrytoons short.

Amateur Night

1935

No artwork available
NR

An Aesop Fables animation.

Derby Day

1923

Barnyard Amateurs poster
10.0

A Terrytoons cartoon released 6 March 1936.

Barnyard Amateurs

1936

No artwork available
10.0

A Terrytoons short.

Southern Rhythm

1932

No artwork available
10.0

When the old toymaker goes home, the toys in his shop come to life. Tin soldiers, a jack-in-the-box and wind-up dolls dance and cavort. A mean spider enters the shop, causing chaos which leads to a thrilling battle royale.

Ye Olde Toy Shop

1935

No artwork available
8.5

Heckel and Jeckel are in Mexico and selling real-hot hot-tamales at the bullfight arena. When their customers are burned up after eating the tamales, the arena manager tries to throw the talking-magpies out but, in attempting to escape the wrath of the manager, the find themselves trapped in the ring with a ferocious bull. The only recourse is to fight the bull, albeit in many unorthodox ways.

Bulldozing the Bull

1951

Mighty Mouse and the Kilkenny Cats poster
7.0

Mighty Mouse" cartoon. Cat and gang are ousted by Mighty Mouse. The mice in a big city are being ravaged by a vicious gang of cats led by notorious gang leader Kilkenny. The mice create assembled military units (tanks and planes and infantry... it's World War II, after all) to take on the cats... but they fail, and Mighty Mouse must rescue them! What? You were expecting they could win without him?

Mighty Mouse and the Kilkenny Cats

1945

No artwork available
7.0

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Gun Shy

1926

Down on the Phoney Farm poster
9.0

An animated short about a farmer and his cow

Down on the Phoney Farm

1915

Down on the Phoney Farm poster
9.0

An animated short about a farmer and his cow

Down on the Phoney Farm

1915

Down on the Phoney Farm poster
9.0

An animated short about a farmer and his cow

Down on the Phoney Farm

1915

The Big Burg poster
6.0

an early Aesop's Fable cartoon produced by Paul Terry and Frank Moser. The story follows honest mice fighting cat gangsters in New York City, featuring creative gags like the Statue of Liberty coming to life.

The Big Burg

1929

Taming the Cat poster
7.7

We see a house cat next to an unoccupied birdcage as he pulls a canary feather out of his mouth. Hmm, I wonder what happened? Now he hangs up a sign: 'Songbirds Wanted'.

Taming the Cat

1948

King Tut's Tomb poster
8.0

Heckle and Jeckle, wearing pith helmets, are riding their flying carpet over Egypt. They come in for a landing near a likely pyramid, and decide to investigate.

King Tut's Tomb

1950

No artwork available
10.0

Farmer Alfa goes hunting big game.

Big Game

1928

The Happy Cobblers poster
10.0

In a little village in a far-away mythical country lives an old cobble and his dog. The old man can no longer make good shoes and they have fallen upon hard times until, one night, the dog hears noise in the workshop. He finds a band of merry elves making a beautiful pair of shoes. The cobbler believes his dog made them and spreads the news. The King hears about it and orders the cobble to have the dog make 500 pairs of shoes, as the King is as fond of shoes as a former first lady of the Philippines was. The elves come to the rescue, make the shoes, and the shoe-loving King is highly pleased and makes the old cobbler a rich man.

The Happy Cobblers

1952

The Happy Cobblers poster
10.0

In a little village in a far-away mythical country lives an old cobble and his dog. The old man can no longer make good shoes and they have fallen upon hard times until, one night, the dog hears noise in the workshop. He finds a band of merry elves making a beautiful pair of shoes. The cobbler believes his dog made them and spreads the news. The King hears about it and orders the cobble to have the dog make 500 pairs of shoes, as the King is as fond of shoes as a former first lady of the Philippines was. The elves come to the rescue, make the shoes, and the shoe-loving King is highly pleased and makes the old cobbler a rich man.

The Happy Cobblers

1952

Hot Turkey poster
7.0

A villainous sultan (a cat) captures a female mouse who must then be rescued by the hero, Milton Mouse. Produced by Terrytoons.

Hot Turkey

1930

When The Snow Flies poster
10.0

A group of anthropomorphic animals are having fun in the snow, and steal Farmer Al Falfa's door. After fighting with his water pump and later his hand, Al Falfa wakes up from a drunken dream and has trouble getting inside his house. The animals invite the farmer to have fun with them.

When The Snow Flies

1927

Frankenstein's Cat poster
8.0

In this one, a community of mice and birds are living and playing peacefully until the arrival of the title character: a mechanical cat who wants to eat so he picks a bird to take to his castle.

Frankenstein's Cat

1942

No artwork available
10.0

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Why Mice Leave Home

1924

The Green Line poster
5.0

In the town of Nowhere, the main street is divided by a broad green line. The mice live on one side. The cats live on the other, and never cross over the line, until an evil spirit convinces one of the cats to cross the line. Chaos ensues until Mighty Mouse arrives to defeat the evil spirit cat in a battle in the sky. The evil spirit cat crashes to the ground and burns up in a flaming pile!

The Green Line

1944