Paul Terry

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Known For Directing

Known Credits 500

Gender Male

Birthday February 19, 1887

Day of Death October 25, 1971 (84 years old)

Place of Birth San Mateo, California, USA

Also Known As

Terrytoons
Paul Houlton Terry

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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.

Known For

Directing

—		One Good Turn Deserves Another … Director
—		One Game Pup … Director
—		Mysteries of Old Chinatown … Director
—		Fruitful Farm … Director
—		From Rags to Riches and Back Again … Director
—		The Frog and the Catfish … Director
—		The Fox and the Goat … Director
—		The Villain's Curse … Director
—		Fish Day … Director
—		Deep Stuff … Director
—		A Day's Outing … Director
—		The End of the World … Director
—		The Cat and the Magnet … Director

1945

… Director

1937		The Saw Mill Mystery … Director
1937		Puddy's Coronation … Director
1937		Bugs Beetle and His Orchestra … Director

1936		A Tough Egg … Director
1936		The Sailor's Home … Director
1936		The Western Trail … Director
1936		Off to China … Director
1936		Barnyard Amateurs … Director
1936		Home Town Olympics … Director
1936		Alpine Yodeler … Director
1936		The 19th Hole Club … Director
1936		The Feud … Director

1935		The Mayflower … Director
1935		Ye Olde Toy Shop … Director
1935		Southern Horse-pitality … Director
1935		Aladdin's Lamp … Director
1935		A June Bride … Director
1935		Football … Director
1935		Hey Diddle Diddle … Director
1935		Circus Days … Director
1935		Birdland … Director
1935		Chain Letters … Director
1935		The Foxy-Fox … Director
1935		Amateur Night … Director
1935		Moans and Groans … Director
1935		King Looney XIV … Director
1935		Opera Night … Director
1935		A Modern Red Riding Hood … Director
1935		Five Puplets … Director
1935		Flying Oil … Director
1935		Old Dog Tray … Director
1935		The Moth and the Spider … Director
1935		Fireman, Save My Child … Director
1935		Peg Leg Pete, the Pirate … Director
1935		The Bull Fight … Director
1935		What a Night … Director
1935		The First Snow … Director

1934		The Dog Show … Director
1934		South Pole or Bust … Director
1934		Jack's Shack … Director
1934		Tom, Tom the Piper's Son … Director
1934		Hot Sands … Director
1934		The Magic Fish … Director
1934		Jail Birds … Director
1934		Why Mules Leave Home … Director
1934		Mice in Council … Director
1934		Irish Sweepstakes … Director
1934		My Lady's Garden … Director
1934		See the World … Director
1934		Slow But Sure … Director
1934		Pandora … Director
1934		The Lion's Friend … Director
1934		The King's Daughter … Director
1934		Joe's Lunch Wagon … Director
1934		A Mad House … Director
1934		The Owl and the Pussycat … Director
1934		The Last Straw … Director
1934		Holland Days … Director

1933		The Sunny South … Director
1933		Rip Van Winkle … Director

1932		Southern Rhythm … Director
1932		Happy Polo … Director
1932		Bull-ero … Director
1932		Play Ball … Director
1932		The Spider Talks … Director

1931		Summertime … Director
1931		China … Director
1931		Jingle Bells … Director
1931		Around the World … Director
1931		Blues … Director
1931		A Day to Live … Director
1931		The Fireman's Bride … Director
1931		Clowning … Director
1931		Quack Quack … Director

1930

… Director

1929		The Big Scare … Director
1929		Cabaret … Director
1929		Bug House College Days … Director
1929		Three Game Guys … Director
1929		Farmer's Goat … Director
1929		A Stone Age Romance … Director
1929		A Midsummer's Day … Director
1929		Stage Struck … Director
1929		House Cleaning Time … Director
1929		Jail Breakers … Director
1929		In His Cups … Director
1929		Kidnapped … Director
1929		April Showers … Director
1929		Wood Choppers … Director
1929		Polo Match … Director
1929		Custard Pies … Director
1929		Ball Park … Director
1929		Concentrate … Director
1929		Faithful Pup … Director
1929		Skating Hounds … Director
1929		Homeless Cats … Director
1929		Presto-Chango … Director
1929		The Big Shot … Director
1929		Cop's Bride … Director
1929		The Black Duck … Director
1929		A Lad and His Lamp … Director
1929		The Big Burg … Director
1929		Back to the Soil … Director
1929		Grandma's House … Director
1929		Wooden Money … Director
1929		Sweet Adeline … Director
1929		The Queen Bee … Director
1929		The Break of Day … Director
1929		Snapping the Whip … Director
1929		White Elephant … Director
1929		Land o' Cotton … Director

1928		Gridiron Demons … Director
1928		Barnyard Politics … Director
1928		Mail Man … Director
1928		A Day Off … Director
1928		A Polar Flight … Director
1928		Laundry Man … Director
1928		Big Game … Director
1928		Dinner Time … Director
1928		Monkey Love … Director
1928		The Magnetic Bat … Director
1928		Sunday on the Farm … Director
1928		Alaska or Bust … Director
1928		Sunny Italy … Director
1928		A Cross Country Run … Director
1928		Outnumbered … Director
1928		The Huntsman … Director
1928		Ride 'Em Cowboy … Director
1928		The Early Bird … Director
1928		War Bride … Director
1928		Puppy Love … Director
1928		The Flying Age … Director
1928		Barnyard Artists … Director
1928		A Jungle Triangle … Director
1928		Barnyard Lodge Number One … Director
1928		The Son Shower … Director
1928		On the Ice … Director
1928		The County Fair … Director
1928		A Blaze of Glory … Director
1928		The Good Ship Nellie … Director

1927		High Stakes … Director
1927		The Junk Man … Director
1927		Christmas Cheer … Director
1927		Rats in His Garret … Director
1927		A Horse's Tale … Director
1927		The Home Agent … Director
1927		Carnival Week … Director
1927		The Boy Friend … Director
1927		Flying Fishers … Director
1927		Saved by a Keyhole … Director
1927		The Fable of the Romantic Mouse … Director
1927		A Brave Heart … Director
1927		The Big Tent … Director
1927		A Hole In One … Director
1927		The Human Fly … Director
1927		All Bull and a Yard Wide … Director
1927		River Of Doubt … Director
1927		Hook, Line and Sinker … Director
1927		Cutting a Melon … Director
1927		The Big Reward … Director
1927		The Bully … Director
1927		Ant Life as It Isn't … Director
1927		The Love Nest … Director
1927		Horses, Horses, Horses … Director
1927		A Dog's Day … Director
1927		The Pie-Eyed Piper … Director
1927		Bubbling Over … Director
1927		The Medicine Man … Director
1927		The Honor Man … Director
1927		The Magician … Director
1927		The Crawl Stroke Kid … Director
1927		All for a Bride … Director
1927		Cracked Ice … Director
1927		In the Rough … Director
1927		Subway Sally … Director
1927		The Plow Boy's Revenge … Director

1926		The Musical Parrot … Director
1926		Bars and Stripes … Director
1926		Sink or Swim … Director
1926		Radio Controlled … Director
1926		Home Sweet Home … Director
1926		Hitting the Rails … Director
1926		Buck Fever … Director
1926		Gun Shy … Director
1926		The Road House … Director
1926		The Charleston Queen … Director
1926		Knight Out … Director
1926		A Buggy Ride … Director
1926		Scrambled Eggs … Director
1926		Dough Boys … Director
1926		A Plumber's Life … Director
1926		Jungle Sports … Director
1926		Chop Suey and Noodles … Director
1926		The Land Boom … Director
1926		Liquid Dynamite … Director
1926		An Alpine Flapper … Director
1926		The Shootin' Fool … Director
1926		Rough and Ready Romeo … Director
1926		Hearts and Showers … Director
1926		Farm Hands … Director
1926		The Merry Blacksmith … Director
1926		Fly Time … Director
1926		The Wicked City … Director
1926		Hunting in 1950 … Director
1926		Lighter Than Air … Director
1926		The June Bride … Director
1926		Gold Push … Director
1926		The Phoney Express … Director

1925		Noah Had His Troubles … Director
1925		The Haunted House … Director
1925		The Bonehead Age … Director
1925		The Great Open Spaces … Director
1925		The Honor System … Director
1925		Closer Than a Brother … Director
1925		Air-Cooled … Director
1925		The Hero Wins … Director
1925		The Lion and the Monkey … Director
1925		Nuts and Squirrels … Director
1925		The Ugly Duckling … Director
1925		Barnyard Follies … Director
1925		Window Washers … Director
1925		Bubbles … Director
1925		For the Love of a Gal … Director
1925		Soap … Director
1925		The Runt … Director
1925		Echoes from the Alps … Director
1925		A Fast Worker … Director
1925		Runaway Balloon … Director
1925		Darkest Africa … Director
1925		Permanent Waves … Director
1925		The Housing Shortage … Director
1925		At the Zoo … Director
1925		S.O.S. … Director
1925		The Pie Man … Director
1925		Clean-Up Week … Director
1925		Transatlantic Flight … Director
1925		Fisherman's Luck … Director
1925		Bigger and Better Jails … Director
1925		The Haunted House … Director

1924		On the Ice … Director
1924		Noah's Athletic Club … Director
1924		Down on the Farm … Director
1924		Lumber Jacks … Director
1924		She Knew Her Man … Director
1924		Black Magic … Director
1924		A Lighthouse by the Sea … Director
1924		Hawks of the Sea … Director
1924		In the Good Old Summertime … Director
1924		Message from the Sea … Director
1924		The Prodigal Pup … Director
1924		House Cleaning … Director
1924		Flying Fever … Director
1924		Amelia Comes Back … Director
1924		Desert Sheiks … Director
1924		The Body in the Bag … Director
1924		That Old Can of Mine … Director
1924		The Organ Grinder … Director
1924		The Flying Carpet … Director
1924		Jolly Jail Bird … Director
1924		Homeless Pups … Director
1924		An Ideal Farm … Director
1924		Running Wild … Director
1924		The Champion … Director
1924		Rural Romance … Director
1924		The Rat's Revenge … Director
1924		Good Old College Days … Director
1924		The Black Sheep … Director

1923		The Good Old Days … Director
1923		Five Orphans of the Storm … Director
1923		A Dark Horse … Director
1923		The Morning After … Director
1923		The Cat Came Back … Director
1923		The Five Fifteen … Director
1923		Farmer Al Falfa's Pet Cat … Director
1923		The High Flyers … Director
1923		A Barnyard Rodeo … Director
1923		Aged in the Wood … Director
1923		Derby Day … Director
1923		The Walrus Hunters … Director
1923		Love in a Cottage … Director
1923		The Nine of Spades … Director
1923		The Thoroughbred … Director
1923		Mysteries of the Sea … Director
1923		Great Explorers … Director
1923		The Bad Bandit … Director
1923		Springtime … Director
1923		The Covered Pushcart … Director
1923		The Beauty Parlor … Director
1923		Amateur Night on the Ark … Director
1923		The Stork's Mistake … Director
1923		The Fable of the Jolly Rounders … Director
1923		Spooks … Director
1923		Pharaoh's Tomb … Director
1923		A Fish Story … Director
1923		The Gamblers … Director
1923		Farmer Al Falfa's Bride … Director
1923		The Fable of the Spider and the Fly … Director
1923		The Fable of the Gliders … Director
1923		The Fable of a Raisin and a Cake of Yeast … Director

1922		The Fable of Henry's Busted Romance … Director
1922		The Fable of a Stone Age Romeo … Director
1922		Cheating the Cheaters … Director
1922		The Fable of the Man Who Laughs … Director
1922		The Fable of the Dog's Paradise … Director
1922		The Fable of the Rolling Stone … Director
1922		The Elephant's Trunk … Director
1922		The Fable of the Boastful Cat … Director
1922		The Dog And The Mosquito … Director
1922		The Fable of the Mechanical Horse … Director
1922		The Boy and the Bear … Director
1922		The Country Mouse and the City Cat … Director
1922		The Fable of the Dog and the Fish … Director
1922		The Fable of Brewing Trouble … Director
1922		The Farmer and his Cat … Director
1922		Crime in a Big City … Director
1922		The Farmer and the Cat … Director
1922		The Cat and the Pig … Director
1922		The Eternal Triangle … Director
1922		The Maid and the Millionaire … Director
1922		The Hunter and His Dog … Director
1922		The Dog and the Wolves … Director
1922		Love at First Sight … Director
1922		The Spendthrift … Director
1922		The Rich Cat and the Poor Cat … Director
1922		Magic Boots … Director
1922		The Cat and the Swordfish … Director
1922		The Bear and the Bees … Director
1922		The Dissatisfied Cobbler … Director

1921		The Dog and the Flea … Director
1921		The Wolf and the Kid … Director
1921		The Cat and the Mice … Director
1921		The Fly and the Ant … Director
1921		The Frogs That Wanted a King … Director
1921		The Owl and the Grasshopper … Director
1921		The Cat And The Monkey … Director
1921		The Frog and the Ox … Director
1921		The Dog and the Bone … Director
1921		The Hare and the Tortoise … Director
1921		The Hermit and the Bear … Director
1921		Mice at War … Director
1921		Hare and Frogs … Director
1921		The Country Mouse and the City Mouse … Director
1921		The Lioness and the Bugs … Director
1921		Cats at Law … Director
1921		The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg … Director
1921		The Rooster and the Eagle … Director
1921		The Cat and the Canary … Director
1921		The Fashionable Fox … Director

1920		A Cat's Life … Director
1920		The Bone of Contention … Director

1917		Character as Revealed by the Ear … Director
1917		Character as Revealed by the Mouth … Director
1917		Some Barrier … Director
1917		His Trial … Director
1917		Character as Revealed by the Eye … Director
1917		Character as Revealed by the Nose … Director
1917		Farmer Al Falfa's Wayward Pup … Director
1917		Golden Spoon Mary … Director
1917		20,000 Feats under the Sea … Director

1916		Farmer Al Falfa's Blind Pig … Director
1916		Farmer Al Falfa's Prune Plantation … Director
1916		Farmer Al Falfa Sees New York … Director
1916		Farmer Al Falfa's Wolfhound … Director
1916		Farmer Al Falfa's Revenge … Director
1916		Farmer Al Falfa's Egg-Citement … Director
1916		Farmer Al Falfa's Watermelon Patch … Director
1916		Farmer Al Falfa and His Tentless Circus … Director
1916		Farmer Al Falfa's Scientific Dairy … Director
1916		Farmer Al Falfa Invents a New Kite … Director
1916		Farmer Al Falfa's Cat-astrophe … Director

1915		Down on the Phoney Farm … Director
1915		Little Herman … Director

Production

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… Producer

1953

… Producer

1952

… Producer

1951		Movie Madness … Producer
1951		Flop Secret … Producer
1951		Beaver Trouble … Producer

1950		Mother Goose's Birthday Party … Producer
1950		Better Late Than Never … Producer

1948

… Producer

1947		Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick … Producer
1947		Aladdin's Lamp … Producer
1947		Crying Wolf … Producer

1946		The Hep Cat … Producer
1946		The Uninvited Pests … Producer
1946		The Crackpot King … Producer
1946		The Jail Break … Producer
1946		The Electronic Mouse Trap … Producer
1946		Winning the West … Producer
1946		Mighty Mouse in the Trojan Horse … Producer
1946		The Johnstown Flood … Producer
1946		Throwing the Bull … Producer
1946		My Old Kentucky Home … Producer
1946		The Wicked Wolf … Producer
1946		Svengali's Cat … Producer

1945		Christmas Toyshop … Producer
1945		Mighty Mouse in Krakatoa … Producer
1945		Bad Bill Bunion … Producer
1945		Mighty Mouse and the Wolf … Producer
1945		The Silver Streak … Producer
1945		Mighty Mouse and the Kilkenny Cats … Producer
1945		Raiding the Raiders … Producer
1945		Ants in Your Pantry … Producer
1945		The Port of Missing Mice … Producer
1945		Mighty Mouse and the Pirates … Producer

1944		The Sultan's Birthday … Producer
1944		The Two Barbers … Producer
1944		The Green Line … Producer
1944		Wolf! Wolf! … Producer
1944		Eliza on the Ice … Producer
1944		Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat … Producer
1944		The Wreck of the Hesperus … Producer

1943		The Lion and the Mouse … Producer
1943		Down with Cats … Producer
1943		Super Mouse Rides Again … Producer
1943		Pandora's Box … Producer

1942		Frankenstein's Cat … Producer
1942		Ickle Meets Pickle … Producer
1942		The Mouse of Tomorrow … Producer
1942		School Daze … Producer
1942		The Big Build-Up … Producer

1940

… Producer

1939

… Producer

1938

… Producer

1937		The Dancing Bear … Producer
1937		The Mechanical Cow … Producer
1937		The Hay Ride … Producer
1937		The Big Game Haunt … Producer

1931		The Champ … Producer
1931		2000 B.C. … Producer

1930		Pigskin Capers … Producer
1930		Scotch Highball … Producer
1930		Ship Ahoy … Producer

1929		Barnyard Melody … Producer
1929		Ball Park … Producer
1929		White Elephant … Producer

1928		Gridiron Demons … Producer
1928		Laundry Man … Producer
1928		Kill or Cure … Producer
1928		Sunday on the Farm … Producer
1928		The Huntsman … Producer
1928		City Slickers … Producer
1928		The Mouse's Bride … Producer
1928		Coast to Coast … Producer
1928		A Short Circuit … Producer

1927		Rats in His Garret … Producer
1927		When Snow Flies … Producer

1926		Where Friendship Ceases … Producer
1926		Why Argue … Producer
1926		Knight Out … Producer
1926		Pests … Producer
1926		The Land Boom … Producer
1926		The Mail Coach … Producer
1926		The Phoney Express … Producer

1925

… Producer

1924		On the Ice … Producer
1924		When Winter Comes … Producer

1923		Five Orphans of the Storm … Producer
1923		Happy Go Luckies … Producer
1923		The Burglar Alarm … Producer
1923		Amateur Night on the Ark … Producer
1923		The Fable of the Traveling Salesman … Producer

1922		The Fable of Friday the 13th … Producer
1922		The Fable of Henpecked Henry … Producer
1922		The Fable of the Mischievous Cat … Producer
1922		The Farmer And The Mice … Producer
1922		The Lion and the Mouse … Associate Producer
1922		The Fox and the Grapes … Producer
1922		The Model Dairy … Producer

1921

… Producer

1915

… Producer

Writing

2024

… Characters

1952

… Writer

1951

… Writer

1950

… Writer

1947

… Story

1945

… Writer

1942

… Writer

1939

… Story

1938

… Writer

1937		The Hay Ride … Story
1937		The Big Game Haunt … Story

1934

… Writer

1933		Beanstalk Jack … Writer
1933		Tropical Fish … Writer
1933		Who Killed Cock-Robin … Writer
1933		The Banker's Daughter … Screenplay

1932		Ireland or Bust … Writer
1932		Hollywood Diet … Writer
1932		Farmer Al Falfa's Ape Girl … Writer

1931		The Lorelei … Writer
1931		The Black Spider … Writer
1931		By the Sea … Writer
1931		2000 B.C. … Writer
1931		The Sultan's Cat … Story
1931		Sing Sing Song … Writer

1930		Pigskin Capers … Writer
1930		Scotch Highball … Writer
1930		Fried Chicken … Writer
1930		Irish Stew … Writer
1930		French Fried … Writer
1930		Kangaroo Steak … Writer
1930		Swiss Cheese … Writer
1930		Hot Turkey … Writer
1930		Spanish Onions … Writer
1930		Caviar … Writer

1928

… Writer

1922

… Writer

1915

… Writer

Visual Effects

1930		Scotch Highball … Animation
1930		The Family Album … Animation

1929

… Animation

1926

… Animation

1925

… Animation

1923

… Animation

1922		The Lion and the Mouse … Animation
1922		The Model Dairy … Animation

1917

… Animation

1915

… Animation

Acting

2021

as Self (archive footage)

1968

1931

Crew

1942

… Presenter

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