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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Visual Effects
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1906-03-15
Nahma Township, Michigan, USA
Paul Smith
Arts and Flowers
Niagara Fools
Calling All Cuckoos
Chief Charlie Horse
Get Lost
Box Car Bandit
Tomcat Combat
Red Riding Hoodlum
Little Red Riding Hood
Vicious Viking
Have Gun Can't Travel
Chilly Chums
Sissy Sheriff
Hot Time on Ice
Practical Yolk
Polar Fright
The Big Bite
Woody and the Beanstalk
Lonesome Ranger
Canned Dog Feud
Hassle in a Castle
Snow Place Like Home
Monster of Ceremonies
Janie Get Your Gun
South Pole Pals
Astronut Woody
Foot Brawl
What's Peckin'
Woodpecker Wanted
Davey Cricket
Case of the Elephant's Trunk
Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle
Freeway Fracas
Case of the Cold Storage Yegg
Goose in the Rough
Charlie's Mother-in-Law
Coming Out Party
Saddle-Sore Woody
Roamin' Roman
The Case of the Maltese Chicken
Hi-Seas Hi-Jacker
Room and Bored
Little Woody Riding Hood
Hyde and Sneak
Calling Dr. Woodpecker
Crowin' Pains
Short in the Saddle
Careless Caretaker
Tragic Magic
Home Sweet Homewrecker
Phoney Express
Mississippi Slow Boat
Sufferin' Cats
Case of the Red-Eyed Ruby
The Bird Who Came to Dinner
St. Moritz Blitz
Papoose on the Loose
Busman's Holiday
Phantom of the Horse Opera
Fowled Up Falcon
Heap Big Hepcat
How to Stuff a Woodpecker
Rough and Tumbleweed
Bats in the Belfry
Ozark Lark
Pistol Packin' Woodpecker
Kiddie League
Fish Hooked
Romp in a Swamp
Log Jammed
Jittery Jester
Everglade Raid
Three-Ring Fling
Half Empty Saddles
Misguided Missile
Fodder and Son
The Unbearable Salesman
Round Trip to Mars
Dopey Dick, the Pink Whale
International Woodpecker
Woodpecker from Mars
Bunco Busters
After the Ball
Witch Crafty
Private Eye Pooch
Square Shootin' Square
Bedtime Bedlam
Helter Shelter
Hot Rod Huckster
Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure
Chilly Willy
Maw and Paw
Secret Agent Woody Woodpecker
Window Pains
Hot Diggity Dog
Chiller Dillers
The Nautical Nut
Chilly and the Woodchopper
Horse Play
Real Gone Woody
Highway Hecklers
Tumble Weed Greed
Wild Bill Hiccup
Airlift a la Carte
Buster's Last Stand
A Lad in Bagdad
Cool It, Charlie
Gooney's Goofy Landings
How to Trap a Woodpecker
Gold Diggin' Woodpecker
Show Biz Beagle
Seal on the Loose
Fat in the Saddle
Charlie's Campout
Prehistoric Super Salesman
Sleepy Time Chimes
Shanghai Woody
The Snoozin' Bruin'
Indian Corn
Hook, Line, and Stinker
A Peck of Trouble
Chilly and the Looney Gooney
Phoney Pony
A Gooney Is Born
The Rude Intruder
The Bungling Builder
A Horse's Tale
Feudin Fightin-N-Fussin
Project Reject
Woody the Freeloader
Jerky Turkey
Kitty from the City
Ship a-Hoy Woody
Hi-Rise Wise Guys
Paste Makes Waste
Sleepy Time Bear
The Genie with the Light Touch
Under Sea Dogs
Lotsa Luck
One Horse Town
Woody's Knight Mare
Coo Coo Nuts
Moochin' Pooch
Chilly's Hide-a-Way
Chilly's Ice Folly
Flim Flam Fountain
All Hams on Deck
Woody's Magic Touch
The Reluctant Recruit
Pecking Holes in Poles
Little Skeeter
Chilly's Cold War
Charlie the Rainmaker
Chili Con Corny
For the Love of Pizza
Bye, Bye, Blackboard
A Fish Story
Gopher Broke
Guest Who?
Charlie in Hot Water
Let Charlie Do It
The Unhandy Man
Charlie's Golf Classic
Bugged in a Rug
Mouse in the House
Rah Rah Ruckus
The Flying Turtle
The Dog That Cried Wolf
Rain Rain, Go Away
Bee Bopped
Unlucky Potluck
Hay Rube
The Goose Is Wild
Tree's a Crowd
Salmon Yeggs
Plywood Panic
Robin Hoody Woody
His Better Elf
The Secret Weapon
Spook-a-Nanny
The Mouse and the Lion
The Tee Bird
Shutter Bug
Paw's Night Out
Pig in a Pickle
Truant Student
The King of Ads
Symphony Night
The Hound and the Rabbit