
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]

Chilly Chums

Hot Time on Ice

Chilly and the Woodchopper

Shutter Bug

Have Gun Can't Travel

The Big Bite

Woody and the Beanstalk

Canned Dog Feud

Janie Get Your Gun

Astronut Woody

What's Peckin'

Woodpecker Wanted

Freeway Fracas

Saddle-Sore Woody

Heap Big Hepcat

Hot Diggity Dog

Horse Play

Tumble Weed Greed

Wild Bill Hiccup

Buster's Last Stand

A Lad in Bagdad

Show Biz Beagle

Hook, Line, and Stinker

Feudin Fightin-N-Fussin

Hi-Rise Wise Guys

The Genie with the Light Touch

Flim Flam Fountain

All Hams on Deck

Chili Con Corny

For the Love of Pizza

Bye, Bye, Blackboard

Roamin' Roman

Chief Charlie Horse

Get Lost

After the Ball

Tomcat Combat

Log Jammed

Bunco Busters

Helter Shelter

Coo Coo Nuts

Arts and Flowers

Calling All Cuckoos

Half Empty Saddles

Woodpecker from Mars

Salmon Yeggs

Sufferin' Cats

Witch Crafty

Tree's a Crowd

The Beary Family

Sissy Sheriff

Monster of Ceremonies

Little Woody Riding Hood

Crowin' Pains

Phantom of the Horse Opera

Fowled Up Falcon

Bats in the Belfry

Ozark Lark

Kiddie League

Round Trip to Mars

Square Shootin' Square

Hot Rod Huckster

Gold Diggin' Woodpecker

Fat in the Saddle

The Tee Bird

Box Car Bandit

Romp in a Swamp

Everglade Raid

Misguided Missile

Dopey Dick, the Pink Whale

Fodder and Son

Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure

His Better Elf

Bedtime Bedlam

Busman's Holiday

Jittery Jester

Chilly Willy

Room and Bored

Careless Caretaker

Tragic Magic

Home Sweet Homewrecker

The Unbearable Salesman

Real Gone Woody

Ship a-Hoy Woody

Red Riding Hoodlum

Private Eye Pooch

Niagara Fools

Calling Dr. Woodpecker

Short in the Saddle

Pistol Packin' Woodpecker

International Woodpecker

How to Stuff a Woodpecker

Chilly and the Looney Gooney

Lotsa Luck

Spook-a-Nanny

A Horse's Tale

Maw and Paw

Robin Hoody Woody

Paw's Night Out

Pig in a Pickle

The King of Ads

Chilly's Hide-a-Way

Unlucky Potluck

Polar Fright

South Pole Pals

Three-Ring Fling

Chiller Dillers

Airlift a la Carte

Under Sea Dogs

Chilly's Cold War

The Flying Turtle

Bee Bopped

Hay Rube

Plywood Panic

The Secret Weapon

Truant Student