Paul J. Smith

Visual Effects

Paul J. Smith

Born — Died

1906-03-15 — 1980-11-17

Place of birth

Nahma Township, Michigan, USA

Known for

Visual Effects

Credits

40 titles

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 …

Known for

The King of Ads poster
4.3

A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.

The King of Ads

1991

Tomcat Combat poster
7.5

Woody Woodpecker is engaged in combat with a big tomcat and after several break-even escapades, Woody finally tricks the cat into a dogcatcher's truck which is filled with dogs with a sour disposition, especially regarding cats. Woody finally shoots the cat off into outer space using a giant rocket (not from Acme).

Tomcat Combat

1959

Chiller Dillers poster
7.0

Chilly Willy and his friend the polar bear play rock music, which disturbs a ship's captain.

Chiller Dillers

1967

Hay Rube poster
9.0

The Jingling Bros. Circus is performing in the town that farm horse Sugarfoot lives in. Sugarfoot falls for one of the stars, a pretty horse named Starbrite.

Hay Rube

1954

Astronut Woody poster
8.3

Woody mistakes an about-to-be-launched rocket for a high-rise luxury treehouse. He becomes a space traveler and causes havoc along the way.

Astronut Woody

1966

Tragic Magic poster
6.6

Woody goes to a magic show. He chomps popcorn and continually ribs the magician about his "easy" tricks, finally driving most of the audience away. Then the magician calls Woody on stage to "assist" him in a few "tricks," which enables him to get back at Woody for some of his taunts. Then Woody turns the tables, putting the magician under a magic spell. As the magician comes out of the spell, he tries to get rid of Woody by shooting him out of a cannon. But after the shot is fired, Woody's still there. In desperation, the magician climbs into the cannon and fires himself off the stage!

Tragic Magic

1962

Behind the camera

The King of Ads poster
4.3

A collection of European T.V. commercials directed by a variety of well-known directors from across Europe and the U.S. Compiled and produced by Jean-Marie Boursicot.

The King of Ads

1991

Tomcat Combat poster
7.5

Woody Woodpecker is engaged in combat with a big tomcat and after several break-even escapades, Woody finally tricks the cat into a dogcatcher's truck which is filled with dogs with a sour disposition, especially regarding cats. Woody finally shoots the cat off into outer space using a giant rocket (not from Acme).

Tomcat Combat

1959

Chiller Dillers poster
7.0

Chilly Willy and his friend the polar bear play rock music, which disturbs a ship's captain.

Chiller Dillers

1967

Hay Rube poster
9.0

The Jingling Bros. Circus is performing in the town that farm horse Sugarfoot lives in. Sugarfoot falls for one of the stars, a pretty horse named Starbrite.

Hay Rube

1954

Astronut Woody poster
8.3

Woody mistakes an about-to-be-launched rocket for a high-rise luxury treehouse. He becomes a space traveler and causes havoc along the way.

Astronut Woody

1966

Tragic Magic poster
6.6

Woody goes to a magic show. He chomps popcorn and continually ribs the magician about his "easy" tricks, finally driving most of the audience away. Then the magician calls Woody on stage to "assist" him in a few "tricks," which enables him to get back at Woody for some of his taunts. Then Woody turns the tables, putting the magician under a magic spell. As the magician comes out of the spell, he tries to get rid of Woody by shooting him out of a cannon. But after the shot is fired, Woody's still there. In desperation, the magician climbs into the cannon and fires himself off the stage!

Tragic Magic

1962

Chilly Willy poster
6.9

A schooner anchors at the South Pole, and the skipper goes ashore and leaves the ship's mascot, a St. Bernard dog, to stand watch and guard the ship. A small penguin, Chilly Willy (the only penguin not equipped for cold weather...anywhere), sees the ship and tries to get warm by its stove. The watchdog attempts to get rid of him, but Willy manages to get the dog drunk from the rum in its own cask. The captain returns to find Willy saving the ship from sinking, while the dog is found sleeping it off. Willy is made mascot and the dog is tossed in the ship's brig.

Chilly Willy

1953

Roamin' Roman poster
7.5

Woody is in Rome and is upsetting the Emperor, so he has his guard chase him down.

Roamin' Roman

1964

No artwork available
8.7

A Captain and his first mate shanghai Woody and with plans of having him swab the deck aboard their ship.

Shanghai Woody

1971

No artwork available
9.0

Inspector Willoughby is in Paris looking to capture the famous international spy, Agent X-13. He finds the spy "disguised" (with his head upside down) but Willoughby uncovers the "disguise" and gives chase. Agent X-13 ends up at the train station and riding the Orient Express. The Inspector follows with the agent using a variety of schemes to do away with Willoughby. He notices a downhill grade and sends a safe sliding down to crush the Inspector but the grade becomes an uphill grade and the safe ends up crashing into X-13. X-13 tries feeding him several poisonous foods and Willoughby's stomach turns out to have a trap door. Finally, Willoughby and X-13 battle on top of the train with X-13 leaping from the train to avoid hitting a tunnel and lands in Willoughby's net, then finding himself tied to a scale after going through the tunnel. The Inspector, having captured the crook, exclaims, "That's what I call apprehending crime on a big scale!"

Phoney Express

1962

No artwork available
7.7

"Lonesome Ranger" is the 147th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically in 1966, the film was produced by Walter Lantz. Woody makes it difficult for a lone forest ranger that is just trying to do his job.

Lonesome Ranger

1966

Shutter Bug poster
9.0

Glamorous screen star Woody Woodpecker is constantly beset by a publicity photographer who wants to take his picture. Finally, Woody gets away for a vacation in the woods, thinking that he has escaped the bright lights and publicity men for a while. However, who shows up but the pesky photographer? Woody tries a number of tricks to get rid of the photographer, including setting a grizzly bear on him. In the end, the photographer gets back at Woody with a cannonball in the rear end.

Shutter Bug

1963

Lotsa Luck poster
5.8

Woody Woodpecker and his friend Sugarfoot the horse are having all kinks of bad luck until Woody finds a four leaf clover...

Lotsa Luck

1968

No artwork available
10.0

Chilly and Maxie escape from the zoo and are hitchhiking on the highway.

Highway Hecklers

1968

Get Lost poster
7.8

Woody Woodpecker is reading "Hansel and Gretel" to his two young cousins, Knothead, a boy, and Splinter,a girl. The children decide to get lost in a forest. A cat spots them and lures them to a gingerbread house. The cat tries to make woodpecker-pie out of the kids, but they outsmart him and escape.

Get Lost

1956

Polar Fright poster
9.0

Chilly Willy short. First appearance of Maxie the Polar Bear.

Polar Fright

1966

No artwork available
8.5

Chilly and Smedley are cutting ice blocks to build an igloo when they discover a viking who has been frozen in the ice for 800 years ...

Vicious Viking

1967

Show Biz Beagle poster
8.7

Buzz Buzzard scams Woody into buying a talking dog when actually, it's a mouse under the dog's hat who does the talking.

Show Biz Beagle

1972

Sissy Sheriff poster
7.3

After losing 12 sheriffs in twelve days, the town of Lizzard Gizzard Gulch makes Woody sheriff number 13, with the task of arresting notorious bank robber Dirty McNasty.

Sissy Sheriff

1967

Half Empty Saddles poster
7.1

Woody Woodpecker is wandering around the wild west again seeking to find some buried gold and he tangles with a crook who wishes to find the gold for himself. Woody finally disposes of the villain by shooting him into outer space via a rocket, another favorite method used by Woody to rid himself of whatever he wanted rid of at the moment. The horse steals the film.

Half Empty Saddles

1958

No artwork available
6.8

Woody Woodpecker is pestered by a mosquito, and the idiotic exterminator he hires does not improve things.

Little Skeeter

1969

Romp in a Swamp poster
6.8

Woody tricks Ali Gator into a swampland chase.

Romp in a Swamp

1959

No artwork available
8.0

Chilly Willy's quiet life is thrown into chaos when a military installation appears next to his home.

Project Reject

1969

Freeway Fracas poster
8.3

The construction of a freeway threatens to destroy Woody's home.

Freeway Fracas

1964

No artwork available
NR

"Symphony Night" (Walter Lantz) Coca-Cola advertising cartoon.

Symphony Night

1953

Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure poster
7.0

Woody Woodpecker is the small town sheriff who must face the feared gunslinger Buzz Buzzard.

Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure

1953

No artwork available
8.0

Two convicts escape from prison in the Wild West and disguise themselves as a horse. Sugarfoot sees the "horse" and falls in love. Later, Woody and Sugarfoot learn about the phony pony, and they try to send the convicts back to jail.

Phoney Pony

1969

Hot Rod Huckster poster
7.0

Woody is driving down the city street singing a "screwy" driving song. Used car owner Buzz Buzzard tries to interest Woody in buying a new car (after sabotaging the one he has, natch). He shows him various cars but they all are utterly lacking in quality and leave a lot to be desired...

Hot Rod Huckster

1954

Have Gun Can't Travel poster
8.0

A villain rides into town on a horse in the old West. Woody Woodpecker is hanging out the man's Wanted posters. The villain's horse pleads with Woody to turn the louse in so that they can split the reward.

Have Gun Can't Travel

1967

After the Ball poster
8.0

This cartoon is a bit of a bizarre experiment that asks, "What if Woody Woodpecker were the size of Tom Thumb and had to live in a bowling ball?"

After the Ball

1956

No artwork available
8.3

Woody lives in a pyramid. Woody finds famous explorer Mrs. Meany dressed in a helmet and shorts on a dig in Egypt.

Practical Yolk

1966

Horse Play poster
7.7

Horse Play is the 158th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Woody has a run-in with an Indian who has a bad taste for Woody's horse.

Horse Play

1967

Fat in the Saddle poster
7.3

Woody takes a job as a Pony Express rider. It seems that no one can get the mail to go through.

Fat in the Saddle

1968

No artwork available
7.0

Chilly and Maxie make a fire and accidentally melt a baby wooly mammoth out of the ice. They try to feed the baby and make it happy, but don't have much luck. Finally the baby's mother comes to take care of him.

Chilly's Ice Folly

1970

Sufferin' Cats poster
7.5

Woody Woodpecker has been a source of aggravating annoyance to a certain householder, due to Woody's pecking the antenna of a TV set, ...

Sufferin' Cats

1961

Bunco Busters poster
7.8

A member of the Bunco squad introduces the Case of the Gullible Woodpecker. It seems that Woody wins a pot full of dough that con man Buzz Buzzard notices and sets his sights on stealing. He leads Woody on a phony treasure hunt on Cataloni Island where all the materials Woody needs to continue the hunt (treasure maps, fire extinguishers, toll bridges, etc.) cost him a bundle.

Bunco Busters

1955

Busman's Holiday poster
6.8

As the scene opens, window washer Woody washes the window of Pierre's bakery. His first mishap is to cause Pierre to mess up a cake that he's decorating, and Pierre tells him off. Since this job is finished, Woody gets on a bus with his automatic extension ladder, which keeps hitting the bus driver in the head every time that the bus stops. The driver finally throws Woody off, but Woody manages to get back on. The comedy with the ladder continues, finally involving a traffic cop, a motorcycle policeman and Pierre, as well as Woody and the driver. The story ends with all the participants, on the motorcycle, crashing into a brick wall.

Busman's Holiday

1961

Truant Student poster
8.0

A truant officer mistakes Windy Bear for a very large schoolboy playing hooky.

Truant Student

1959

Arts and Flowers poster
7.7

Art, the artist, receives a circular announcing a prize for the best painting of a desert flower. Woody Woodpecker also reads it and decides to enter the competition. He and Art wage a battle all over the desert regarding who is to paint the only desert flower in the area. Woody wins the battle and the contest, and is awarded a painting of a bag of gold.

Arts and Flowers

1956

Little Woody Riding Hood poster
7.0

Woody's take on the story of Little Red Riding Hood, but Gabby Gator tries to steal the wolf's part.

Little Woody Riding Hood

1962