Paul Terry

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-02-19 (84 years old)

Deathday

1971-10-25

Place of Birth

San Mateo, California, USA

Paul Terry

Biography

Paul Houlton Terry was an American pioneering animator and founder of Terrytoons, cartoonist, screenwriter, film director and producer. He produced over 1,300 cartoons between 1915 and 1955 including the many Terrytoons cartoons. His studio's most famous character is Mighty Mouse, and also created Heckle and Jeckle, Gandy Goose and Dinky Duck.

Acting

Production

1931

1931

1925

In Dutch

as Animation

1939

1922

The Spendthrift

as Director

1942

1942

Ickle Meets Pickle

as Presenter

1928

City Slickers

as Writer

1928

City Slickers

as Producer

1928

1928

Dinner Time

as Director

1929

Wood Choppers

as Director

1929

1929

Presto-Chango

as Director

1929

Skating Hounds

as Director

1937

1932

Happy Polo

as Director

1929

1928

Gridiron Demons

as Director

1928

Gridiron Demons

as Producer

1925

1935

The Foxy-Fox

as Director

1935

The First Snow

as Director

1935

Ye Olde Toy Shop

as Director

1922

The Model Dairy

as Producer

1924

1934

1934

Holland Days

as Director

1929

The Break of Day

as Director

1921

1934

A Mad House

as Director

1934

Mice in Council

as Director

1936

1935

A June Bride

as Director

1925

1926

Dough Boys

as Director

1945

1937

1937

The Dancing Bear

as Producer

1927

River Of Doubt

as Director

1925

Window Washers

as Director

1927

A Hole In One

as Director

1921

1928

Kill or Cure

as Producer

1927

1927

1917

Ventriloquists

as Animation

1928

War Bride

as Director

1926

Gold Push

as Director

1929

Sweet Adeline

as Director

1929

Polo Match

as Director

1929

Cop's Bride

as Director

1928

Big Game

as Director

1929

Wooden Money

as Director

1926

The Mail Coach

as Producer

1928

The Huntsman

as Producer

1928

1928

1924

On the Ice

as Producer

1928

A Short Circuit

as Producer

1929

Ball Park

as Animation

1929

Ball Park

as Producer

1929

Ball Park

as Director

1922

1938

1926

Knight Out

as Director

1926

Knight Out

as Producer

1930

Ship Ahoy

as Producer

1928

A Day Off

as Director

1928

Laundry Man

as Producer

1928

Laundry Man

as Director

1929

The Big Burg

as Director

1932

1933

Tropical Fish

as Writer

1932

Bull-ero

as Director

1950

The Fox Hunt

as Writer

1930

The Family Album

as Animation

1930

Scotch Highball

as Animation

1930

Scotch Highball

as Producer

1930

1927

When Snow Flies

as Producer

1928

Coast to Coast

as Producer

1947

1947

Aladdin's Lamp

as Producer

1933

1930

1930

Pigskin Capers

as Producer

1926

Pests

as Producer

1926

Why Argue

as Producer

1931

The Lorelei

as Writer

1930

Salt Water Taffy

as Director

1932

1925

1935

The Bull Fight

as Director

1934

1935

Modern Red Hood

as Director

1937

1935

Football

as Director

1934

1922

1944

Eliza on the Ice

as Producer

1943

Down with Cats

as Producer

1942

1940

The Snow Man

as Producer

1942

1943

Pandora's Box

as Producer

1943

1945

1945

1944

The Green Line

as Producer

1945

Bad Bill Bunion

as Producer

1944

The Two Barbers

as Producer

1944

1946

1946

Svengali's Cat

as Producer

1946

The Wicked Wolf

as Producer

1925

1945

1926

The Land Boom

as Producer

1944

Wolf! Wolf!

as Producer

1928

White Elephant

as Producer

1928

White Elephant

as Director

1946

1946

1946

Winning the West

as Producer

1951

Movie Madness

as Producer

1946

The Jail Break

as Producer

1946

1948

Taming the Cat

as Producer

1946

1946

The Hep Cat

as Producer

1926

1947

Crying Wolf

as Producer

1926

1926

The Phoney Express

as Animation

1930

Swiss Cheese

as Writer

1930

1930

Fried Chicken

as Writer

1930

French Fried

as Writer

1930

Irish Stew

as Writer

1925

1945

1945

1926

Hunting in 1950

as Director

1929

The Black Duck

as Director

1931

1923

1934

Jack's Shack

as Director

1935

1934

1929

1935

Circus Days

as Director

1934

Jail Birds

as Director

1934

Slow But Sure

as Director

1935

Flying Oil

as Director

1923

Happy Go Luckies

as Animation

1935

King Looney XIV

as Director

1936

1935

Old Dog Tray

as Director

1923

Happy Go Luckies

as Producer

1934

1934

The Dog Show

as Director

1934

See the World

as Director

1934

My Lady's Garden

as Director

1915

1936

Off to China

as Director

1936

The Feud

as Director

1935

Birdland

as Director

1936

1934

1934

Rip Van Winkle

as Director

1935

Opera Night

as Director

1936

1934

1936

1934

Hot Sands

as Director

1935

What a Night

as Director

1936

A Tough Egg

as Director

1935

1935

Moans and Groans

as Director

1934

The Last Straw

as Director

1929

Jail Breakers

as Director

1935

The Mayflower

as Director

1934

The Magic Fish

as Director

1934

Pandora

as Director

1935

Five Puplets

as Director

1936

Alpine Yodeler

as Director

1930

Caviar

as Writer

1925

1942

School Daze

as Producer

1952

1952

1930

1923

1951

Flop Secret

as Writer

1951

Flop Secret

as Producer

1924

1937

The Hay Ride

as Story

1937

The Hay Ride

as Producer

1937

1937

1927

1922

1922

The Lion and the Mouse

as Associate Producer

1922

1931

By the Sea

as Writer

1927

1928

1923

The Thoroughbred

as Director

1922

The Model Dairy

as Animation

1929

Faithful Pup

as Director

1927

All for a Bride

as Director

1935

Amateur Night

as Director

1927

The Junk Man

as Director

1923

Aged in the Wood

as Director

1925

Air-Cooled

as Director

1928

Alaska or Bust

as Director

1935

Aladdin's Lamp

as Director

1924

An Ideal Farm

as Director

1924

1926

1923

The Bad Bandit

as Director

1928

Barnyard Artists

as Director

1923

1926

Bars and Stripes

as Director

1922

1923

A Barnyard Rodeo

as Director

1925

Barnyard Follies

as Director

1927

The Big Tent

as Director

1929

The Big Shot

as Director

1924

Black Magic

as Director

1924

The Black Sheep

as Director

1931

Blues

as Director

1928

A Blaze of Glory

as Director

1927

1929

April Showers

as Director

1924

1925

At the Zoo

as Director

1931

Around the World

as Director

1929

Back to the Soil

as Director

1920

1922

1925

The Bonehead Age

as Director

1927

Bubbling Over

as Director

1927

A Brave Heart

as Director

1927

The Boy Friend

as Director

1925

Bubbles

as Director

1926

Buck Fever

as Director

1929

1927

Subway Sally

as Director

1927

The Bully

as Director

1929

Cabaret

as Director

1923

1921

1922

1927

Carnival Week

as Director

1921

Cats at Law

as Director

1922

1926

1926

1931

China

as Director

1927

Christmas Cheer

as Director

1925

Clean-Up Week

as Director

1931

Clowning

as Director

1928

The County Fair

as Director

1923

1927

1927

Cracked Ice

as Director

1928

1922

1927

Cutting a Melon

as Director

1923

A Dark Horse

as Director

1925

Darkest Africa

as Director

1935

Chain Letters

as Director

1924

The Champion

as Director

1926

A Buggy Ride

as Director

1929

Three Game Guys

as Director

1929

Concentrate

as Director

1929

Stage Struck

as Director

1921

1928

The Early Bird

as Director

1931

1931

Quack Quack

as Director

1915

Little Herman

as Director

1923

Springtime

as Director

1926

Farm Hands

as Director

1931

A Day to Live

as Director

-

A Day's Outing

as Director

-

Deep Stuff

as Director

1923

Derby Day

as Director

1922

Magic Boots

as Director

1929

Farmer's Goat

as Director

1926

The Land Boom

as Director

1939

The Golden West

as Producer

1922

1925

A Fast Worker

as Director

-

Fish Day

as Director

1923

A Fish Story

as Director

1923

The Five Fifteen

as Director

1925

Fisherman's Luck

as Director

1924

Down on the Farm

as Director

1931

Summertime

as Director

1931

Jingle Bells

as Director

1932

Southern Rhythm

as Director

1932

The Spider Talks

as Director

1932

Play Ball

as Director

1921

1926

Fly Time

as Director

1924

1924

Flying Fever

as Director

1927

Flying Fishers

as Director

1928

The Flying Age

as Director

1921

1921

1924

Desert Sheiks

as Director

1922

1927

A Dog's Day

as Director

1925

1921

-

Fruitful Farm

as Director

1923

The Gamblers

as Director

1917

1924

1928

1923

1929

Grandma's House

as Director

1925

1923

Great Explorers

as Director

1926

Gun Shy

as Director

1929

Custard Pies

as Director

1921

Hare and Frogs

as Director

1921

1924

Jolly Jail Bird

as Director

1953

1926

1924

Hawks of the Sea

as Director

1925

1925

The Hero Wins

as Director

1923

The High Flyers

as Director

1926

1927

High Stakes

as Director

1917

His Trial

as Director

1926

Home Sweet Home

as Director

1924

Homeless Pups

as Director

1929

Homeless Cats

as Director

1927

The Home Agent

as Director

1927

The Honor Man

as Director

1924

House Cleaning

as Director

1925

The Honor System

as Director

1927

1927

A Horse's Tale

as Director

1925

1927

The Human Fly

as Director

1928

The Huntsman

as Director

1929

In His Cups

as Director

1927

In the Rough

as Director

1922

1929

Kidnapped

as Director

1926

The June Bride

as Director

1926

Jungle Sports

as Director

1928

1931

The Champ

as Producer

1929

Land o' Cotton

as Director

1933

1920

A Cat's Life

as Director

1922

1931

2000 B.C.

as Writer

1931

2000 B.C.

as Producer

1927

The Big Reward

as Director

1929

1929

The Big Scare

as Director

1930

Hot Turkey

as Writer

1929

Barnyard Melody

as Producer

1951

Beaver Trouble

as Producer

1942

The Big Build-Up

as Producer

1950

1926

Lighter Than Air

as Director

1926

Liquid Dynamite

as Director

1922

1923

1927

The Love Nest

as Director

1924

Lumber Jacks

as Director

1927

The Magician

as Director

1928

The Magnetic Bat

as Director

1938

Maid in China

as Writer

1928

Mail Man

as Director

1927

The Medicine Man

as Director

1926

1924

1921

Mice at War

as Director

1929

1926

Radio Controlled

as Director

1928

Monkey Love

as Director

1923

1926

1926

The Wicked City

as Director

1926

Scrambled Eggs

as Director

1923

1923

1925

1924

1925

1924

On the Ice

as Director

1928

On the Ice

as Director

-

One Game Pup

as Director

1924

1928

Outnumbered

as Director

1925

Permanent Waves

as Director

1923

Pharaoh's Tomb

as Director

1925

The Pie Man

as Director

1927

1926

A Plumber's Life

as Director

1928

A Polar Flight

as Director

1924

The Prodigal Pup

as Director

1928

Puppy Love

as Director

1929

The Queen Bee

as Director

1924

1928

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Director

1926

The Road House

as Director

1926

1925

Runaway Balloon

as Director

1924

Running Wild

as Director

1925

The Runt

as Director

1924

Rural Romance

as Director

1925

S.O.S.

as Director

1927

1928

The Son Shower

as Director

1924

She Knew Her Man

as Director

1926

1926

Sink or Swim

as Director

1925

Soap

as Director

1917

Some Barrier

as Director

1923

Spooks

as Director

1923

1928

Sunny Italy

as Director

1933

The Sunny South

as Director

1927

Taking the Air

as Director

1926

Three Blind Mice

as Director

1924

1922

1922

The Two Trappers

as Director

1926

Up in the Air

as Director

1926

Venus of Venice

as Director

1928

1929

The Water Cure

as Director

1921

The Wayward Dog

as Director

1924

1925

1926

The Wind Jammers

as Director

1921

1924

A Woman's Honor

as Director

1925

1940

Rover's Rescue

as Producer

1923

Do Women Pay?

as Director

1947

Flying South

as Story

1947

Flying South

as Producer

1947

Flying South

as Presenter

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