Paul J. Smith

Paul J. Smith (15 March 1906 - 17 November 1980) was an American animator and director.
Smith worked for the Walter Lantz studio for much of his career, first starting as an animator, and then as a director. He also animated at Leon Schlesinger Productions.
By 1955, Smith had taken over as primary director of the Woody Woodpecker cartoon shorts, with periodic fill-in shorts directed by peers Alex Lovy, Jack Hannah, and Sid Marcus. 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, in 1980. He was the brother of animators Frank Smith and Hank Smith, as well as the uncle of actor and film director Charles Martin Smith.
== Looney Works ==
=== Animator ===
* Along Flirtation Walk
* Battling Bosko
* The Booze Hangs High
* Bosko and Bruno
* Bosko the Speed King
* Bosko's Holiday
* Bosko's Woodland Daze
* Boulevardier from the Bronx
* Buddy of the Apes
* Buddy the Detective
* Buddy the Woodsman
* Buddy's Bug Hunt
* A Cartoonist's Nightmare
* Ceiling Hero
* Clean Pastures
* Congo Jazz
* Country Boy
* Cross Country Detours
* Daffy Duck in Hollywood
* Dangerous Dan McFoo
* Egghead Rides Again
* Fish Tales
* Flowers for Madame
* Freddy the Freshman
* A Gander at Mother Goose
* Hamateur Night
* Have You Got Any Castles?
* He Was Her Man
* Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
* I Wish I Had Wings
* Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas
* Jungle Jitters
* Little Dutch Plate
* One More Time
* Page Miss Glory
* The Penguin Parade
* The Phantom Ship
* Pigs Is Pigs
* Porky's Moving Day
* Porky's Hare Hunt
* The Queen Was in the Parlor
* Shanghaied Shipmates
* Shuffle Off to Buffalo
* Sinkin' in the Bathtub
* Sunday Go to Meetin' Time
* Those Beautiful Dames
* Those Were Wonderful Days
* Ups 'n Downs
* Westward Whoa
 
Category:1906 Births
Category:1980 Deaths
Category:Animators
Category:Real People
Category:Deceased
Category:Looney Tunes Animators