Pete Smith

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-09-04 (87 years old)

Deathday

1979-01-12

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Pete Smith

Biography

Born Peter Schmidt in New York City, Pete Smith got a job after graduating business college with The Player magazine and later with Billboard magazine. That led to his being hired as a publicist for Famous Players-Lasky and Artcraft Pictures, and he was later appointed publicity director at Paramount Pictures. Director Marshall Neilan hired Smith to be the publicist for his own production company, and Smith left New York for Hollywood. After Neilan's company closed, Smith freelanced for a short period before being hired by MGM in 1925 as the head of its publicity department, a position he held until 1930. The job that really brought him reco...

Acting

1936

Killer Dog

as Narrator (voice)

1948

Let's Cogitate

as Narrator (voice

1949

1943

Water Wisdom

as Narrator(voice)

1939

Marine Circus

as Narrator

1933

Throttle Pushers

as Narrator(voice)

1947

Neighbor Pests

as Narrator

1954

Film Antics

as Narrator

1933

Inflation

as Narrator (voice)

1933

Menu

as Narrator (voice)

1937

Romance of Radium

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Goofy Movies Number Seven

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Strikes and Spares

as Narrator (voice)

1937

Penny Wisdom

as Narrator (voice)

1937

Friend Indeed

as Narrator

1937

Pigskin Champions

as Narrator (voice)

1938

1938

Fisticuffs

as Narrator (voice)

1938

Three on a Rope

as Narrator

1945

Guest Pests

as Narrator

1954

Out for Fun

as Narrator

1932

Swing High

as Narrator (voice)

1949

Super Cue Men

as Narrator

1939

Double Diving

as Narrator

1942

The Tree in a Test Tube

as as Interlocutor (voice)

1936

Hurling

as Narrator

1947

Diamond Demon

as Narrator (voice)

1937

The Grand Bounce

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1939

1939

Radio Hams

as Narrator (voice)

1939

Set 'em Up

as Narrator

1931

Trader Hound

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1943

Fala: The President's Dog

as Narrator - Host

1943

1936

The Jonker Diamond

as Narrator (voice)

2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1954

Ain't It Aggravatin'

as Narrator (voice)

1933

Goofy Movies Number One

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Goofy Movies Number Two

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Goofy Movies Number Three

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Goofy Movies Number Four

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Goofy Movies Number Five

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Goofy Movies Number Six

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Goofy Movies Number Eight

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Goofy Movies Number Nine

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Goofy Movies Number Ten

as Narrator (voice)

1953

Things We Can Do Without

as Narrator (voice)

1950

Did'ja Know?

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Third Dimensional Murder

as Narrator (voice)

1940

Wedding Bills

as Narrator (voice)

1939

Take a Cue

as Narrator (voice)

1933

Handlebars

as Narrator (voice)

1936

Let's Dance

as Narrator (voice)

1937

1937

Bar-Rac's Night Out

as Narrator (voice)

1946

I Love My Husband, But!

as Narrator (voice)

1944

Movie Pests

as Narrator (voice)

1946

Sure Cures

as Narrator (voice)

1936

Wanted - A Master

as Narrator (voice) / Dog (voice)

1951

Fishing Feats

as Narrator (voice)

1955

The Fall Guy

as Narrator (voice)

1939

Weather Wizards

as Narrator (voice)

1940

1934

Roping Wild Bears

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Fancy Answers

as Narrator (voice)

1943

Seeing Hands

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1949

Water Trix

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Aeronutics

as Narrator (voice)

1947

I Love My Wife BUT!

as Narrator (voice)

1950

A Wife's Life

as Narrator (voice)

1948

1953

Cash Stashers

as Narrator (voice)

1951

Camera Sleuth

as Narrator (voice)

1955

1932

Snow Birds

as Narrator (voice)

1949

Sports Oddities

as Narrator

1955

The Man Around the House

as Narrator (voice)

1950

Wrong Way Butch

as Narrator (voice)

1948

You Can't Win

as Narrator (voice)

1954

Do Someone a Favor!

as Narrator (voice)

1935

Donkey Baseball

as Narrator (voice)

1942

Acro-Batty

as Narrator

1945

Hollywood Scout

as Narrator / Chimp (voice)

1945

The Great Morgan

as Narrator in 'Badminton' (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

1948

Just Suppose

as Narrator (voice)

1946

Gettin' Glamour

as Narrator (voice)

1941

1952

Reducing

as Narrator (voice)

1933

Fine Feathers

as Narrator

1954

Rough Riding

as Narrator

1954

1935

Water Sports

as Narrator (voice)

1955

Animals in Action

as Narrator (voice)

1947

Have You Ever Wondered?

as Narrator (voice)

1951

Bargain Madness

as Narrator (voice)

1942

Calling All Pa's

as Narrator (voice)

1953

Dogs 'n Ducks

as Narrator (voice)

1936

Harnessed Rhythm

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Lions on the Loose

as Narrator (voice)

1950

Crashing the Movies

as Narrator (voice)

1948

Ice Aces

as Narrator (voice)

1952

Musiquiz

as Narrator (voice)

1954

Fish Tales

as Narrator (voice)

1932

Microscopic Mysteries

as Narrator (voice)

1939

Heroes at Leisure

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Flicker Memories

as Narrator (voice)

1935

Audioscopiks

as Commentator (voice)

1947

Now You See It

as Narrator (voice)

1940

Quicker'n a Wink

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Army Champions

as Narrator (voice)

1935

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

as Narrator (voice)

1942

Marines in the Making

as Narrator (voice)

1944

Groovie Movie

as Narrator

1944

Safety Sleuth

as Pete Smith - Narrator

1940

The Domineering Male

as Narrator (voice)

1932

Color Scales

as Narrator (voice)

1946

Treasures from Trash

as Narrator (voice)

1935

Trained Hoofs

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Manhattan Melodrama

as Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)

1943

Seventh Column

as Narrator (voice)

1937

Equestrian Acrobats

as Narrator (voice)

1934

Pro Football

as Narrator (voice)

1945

Badminton

as Narrator (voice)

1931

Wild and Woolly

as Narrator (voice)

1932

Desert Regatta

as Narrator (voice)

1953

This Is a Living?

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Water Bugs

as Narrator (voice)

1946

Studio Visit

as Narrator (voice)

1944

Sportsman's Memories

as Narrator (voice)

1942

Aqua Antics

as Narrator (voice)

1932

Olympic Events

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Cuban Rhythm

as Narrator (voice)

1950

Curious Contests

as Narrator (voice) (as a Smith named Pete)

1938

Penny's Party

as Narrator

1938

Anaesthesia

as Narrator

1937

Dexterity

as Narrator

1938

Grid Rules

as Narrator

1938

Hot on Ice

as Narrator

1938

1939

Poetry of Nature

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1948

Bowling Tricks

as Narrator(voice)

1939

Culinary Carving

as Narrator

1944

Home Maid

as Narrator

1953

1942

1940

1940

1940

Social Sea Lions

as Narrator

1941

1946

1946

1947

Surfboard Rhythm

as Narrator

Production

1936

1936

1936

Killer Dog

as Producer

1954

1950

Did'ja Know?

as Producer

1933

Inflation

as Producer

1933

Menu

as Producer

1933

Handlebars

as Producer

1934

1944

Movie Pests

as Producer

1946

Sure Cures

as Producer

1936

1951

Fishing Feats

as Producer

1955

The Fall Guy

as Producer

1943

Seeing Hands

as Producer

1949

Water Trix

as Producer

1941

Fancy Answers

as Producer

1948

Let's Cogitate

as Producer

1950

A Wife's Life

as Producer

1947

1953

Cash Stashers

as Producer

1951

Camera Sleuth

as Producer

1955

1950

Wrong Way Butch

as Producer

1937

Penny Wisdom

as Producer

1948

You Can't Win

as Producer

1954

Film Antics

as Producer

1954

1942

Acro-Batty

as Writer

1942

Acro-Batty

as Producer

1945

Hollywood Scout

as Producer

1935

1935

Donkey Baseball

as Producer

1948

Just Suppose

as Producer

1952

Reducing

as Producer

1946

Gettin' Glamour

as Producer

1933

Fine Feathers

as Producer

1951

Bargain Madness

as Producer

1941

1954

Fish Tales

as Producer

1936

Harnessed Rhythm

as Producer

1950

1955

1948

Ice Aces

as Producer

1952

Musiquiz

as Producer

1948

Ice Aces

as Writer

1932

1941

Army Champions

as Producer

1937

1947

Now You See It

as Producer

1942

1940

Quicker'n a Wink

as Producer

1931

Wild and Woolly

as Producer

1942

Calling All Pa's

as Producer

1953

Dogs 'n Ducks

as Producer

1932

Color Scales

as Producer

1935

Water Sports

as Producer

1946

1932

Desert Regatta

as Producer

1935

Trained Hoofs

as Writer

1953

1953

1937

1943

Seventh Column

as Producer

1945

Badminton

as Producer

1946

Studio Visit

as Producer

1939

1942

Aqua Antics

as Producer

1932

Olympic Events

as Producer

1941

Cuban Rhythm

as Producer

1950

Curious Contests

as Producer

1938

Anaesthesia

as Producer

1937

Dexterity

as Producer

1938

Grid Rules

as Producer

1938

Hot on Ice

as Producer

1938

1942

1940

1947

Neighbor Pests

as Producer

1938

Penny's Party

as Producer

1946

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