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Walter Lantz

Walter Lantz

Producer · 1899–1994 · New Rochelle, New York, USA

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Biography

Walter Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, animator, producer and director best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Produced 156

1970s

  1. 1972

    Bye, Bye, Blackboard

    Producer

  2. Gold Diggin' Woodpecker

    Producer

  3. Unlucky Potluck

    Producer

  4. 1971

    Chilly's Hide-a-Way

    Producer

1960s

  1. 1968

    Under Sea Dogs

    Producer

  2. Fat in the Saddle

    Producer

  3. 1967

    Chilly Chums

    Producer

  4. Have Gun Can't Travel

    Producer

  5. 1965

    Fractured Friendship

    Producer

  6. 1964

    Ski-napper

    Producer

  7. The Case of the Maltese Chicken

    Producer

  8. 1962

    Rocket Racket

    Producer

  9. The Beary Family

    Producer

  10. 1961

    Doc's Last Stand

    Producer

  11. Busman's Holiday

    Producer

  12. Franken-Stymied

    Producer

  13. Sufferin' Cats

    Producer

  14. Clash and Carry

    Producer

  15. Gabby's Diner

    Producer

  16. The Bird Who Came to Dinner

    Producer

  17. Rough and Tumbleweed

    Producer

  18. Poop Deck Pirate

    Producer

  19. 1960

    Fowled Up Falcon

    Producer

  20. Southern Fried Hospitality

    Producer

  21. Ozark Lark

    Producer

  22. Fish Hooked

    Producer

  23. Bats in the Belfry

    Producer

  24. Freeloading Feline

    Producer

  25. How to Stuff a Woodpecker

    Producer

  26. Pistol Packin' Woodpecker

    Producer

  27. Billion Dollar Boner

    Producer

  28. Heap Big Hepcat

    Producer

  29. Ballyhooey

    Producer

1950s

  1. 1959

    Kiddie League

    Producer

  2. Romp in a Swamp

    Producer

  3. Space Mouse

    Producer

  4. The Tee Bird

    Producer

  5. Bee Bopped

    Producer

  6. Panhandle Scandal

    Producer

  7. Log Jammed

    Producer

  8. Robinson Gruesome

    Producer

  9. Witty Kitty

    Producer

  10. Truant Student

    Producer

  11. 1958

    Little Televillain

    Producer

  12. Jittery Jester

    Producer

  13. Three-Ring Fling

    Producer

  14. Tree's a Crowd

    Producer

  15. A Chilly Reception

    Producer

  16. Everglade Raid

    Producer

  17. Half Empty Saddles

    Producer

  18. Polar Pests

    Producer

  19. Salmon Yeggs

    Producer

  20. Watch the Birdie

    Producer

  21. Misguided Missile

    Producer

  22. His Better Elf

    Producer

  23. 1957

    The Bongo Punch

    Producer

  24. Dopey Dick, the Pink Whale

    Producer

  25. Fodder and Son

    Producer

  26. Fowled-Up Party

    Producer

  27. The Big Snooze

    Producer

  28. Round Trip to Mars

    Producer

  29. International Woodpecker

    Producer

  30. To Catch a Woodpecker

    Producer

  31. The Unbearable Salesman

    Producer

  32. Box Car Bandit

    Producer

  33. Red Riding Hoodlum

    Producer

  34. 1956

    Operation Cold Feet

    Producer

  35. Niagara Fools

    Producer

  36. The Talking Dog

    Producer

  37. Hold That Rock

    Producer

  38. Room and Wrath

    Producer

  39. The Ostrich Egg and I

    Producer

  40. After the Ball

    Producer

  41. 1955

    Bunco Busters

    Producer

  42. Hot and Cold Penguin

    Producer

  43. Square Shootin' Square

    Producer

  44. The Tree Medic

    Producer

  45. Flea for Two

    Producer

  46. Bedtime Bedlam

    Producer

  47. Private Eye Pooch

    Producer

  48. The Legend of Rockabye Point

    Producer

  49. Witch Crafty

    Producer

  50. Crazy Mixed Up Pup

    Producer

  51. Helter Shelter

    Producer

  52. 1954

    I'm Cold

    Producer

  53. A Fine Feathered Frenzy

    Producer

  54. Pig in a Pickle

    Producer

  55. Paw's Night Out

    Producer

  56. Hay Rube

    Producer

  57. Dig That Dog

    Producer

  58. Alley to Bali

    Producer

  59. Socko in Morocco

    Producer

  60. 1953

    Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure

    Producer

  61. Plywood Panic

    Producer

  62. Maw and Paw

    Producer

  63. 1952

    Termites from Mars

    Producer

  64. Born to Peck

    Producer

  65. 1951

    The Woody Woodpecker Polka

    Producer

  66. Wicket Wacky

    Producer

1940s

  1. 1948

    Wild and Woody!

    Producer

  2. Wet Blanket Policy

    Producer

  3. 1947

    Woody the Giant Killer

    Producer

  4. The Coo Coo Bird

    Producer

  5. Smoked Hams

    Producer

  6. 1946

    The Wacky Weed

    Producer

  7. Fair Weather Fiends

    Producer

  8. The Reckless Driver

    Producer

  9. Bathing Buddies

    Producer

  10. Mousie Come Home

    Producer

  11. Apple Andy

    Producer

  12. Reddy Made Magic

    Producer

  13. 1945

    The Loose Nut

    Producer

  14. The Dippy Diplomat

    Producer

  15. Woody Dines Out

    Producer

  16. Chew-Chew Baby

    Producer

  17. Enemy Bacteria

    Producer

  18. The Pied Piper of Basin Street

    Producer

  19. 1944

    Ski for Two

    Producer

  20. The Beach Nut

    Producer

  21. Fish Fry

    Producer

  22. The Barber of Seville

    Producer

  23. 1943

    Ration Bored

    Producer

  24. The Dizzy Acrobat

    Producer

  25. The Egg Cracker Suite

    Producer

  26. The Screwball

    Producer

  27. 1942

    The Loan Stranger

    Producer

  28. Juke Box Jamboree

    Producer

  29. Ace in the Hole

    Producer

  30. The Hollywood Matador

    Producer

  31. 1941

    Pantry Panic

    Producer

  32. The Screwdriver

    Producer

  33. Woody Woodpecker

    Producer

  34. Hysterical Highspots in American History

    Producer

  35. Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat

    Producer

  36. 1940

    Knock Knock

    Producer

  37. Kittens' Mittens

    Producer

1930s

  1. 1939

    Scrambled Eggs

    Producer

  2. 1938

    Hollywood Bowl

    Producer

  3. Ghost Town Frolics

    Producer

  4. The Big Cat and the Little Mousie

    Producer

  5. Boy Meets Dog

    Producer

  6. 1937

    The Big Race

    Producer

  7. 1935

    Candyland

    Producer

  8. 1934

    Toyland Premiere

    Producer

  9. Jolly Little Elves

    Producer

  10. 1933

    The Merry Old Soul

    Producer

  11. She Done Him Right

    Producer

  12. King Klunk

    Producer

  13. Confidence

    Producer

  14. Beau Best

    Producer

  15. 1932

    Beau and Arrows

    Producer

  16. Grandma's Pet

    Producer

  17. 1930

    Spooks

    Producer

  18. Hells Heels

    Producer

1920s

  1. 1929

    Nutty Notes

    Producer

Directed 155

1990s

  1. 1991

    The King of Ads

    Director

1960s

  1. 1960

    Inspector Willoughby

    Director

1950s

  1. 1952

    Scalp Treatment

    Director

  2. Woodpecker in the Rough

    Director

  3. Stage Hoax

    Director

  4. Born to Peck

    Director

  5. 1951

    Destination Meat Ball

    Director

  6. The Woody Woodpecker Polka

    Director

  7. The Redwood Sap

    Director

  8. Slingshot 6⅞

    Director

  9. Wicket Wacky

    Director

  10. Sleep Happy

    Director

  11. Puny Express

    Director

1940s

  1. 1947

    The Bandmaster

    Director

  2. 1944

    Abou Ben Boogie

    Director

  3. The Greatest Man in Siam

    Director

  4. 1943

    Pass the Biscuits Mirandy!

    Director

  5. 1942

    Mother Goose on the Loose

    Director

  6. Good-Bye Mr. Moth

    Director

  7. The Hams That Couldn't Be Cured

    Director

  8. The Hollywood Matador

    Director

  9. 1941

    $21 a Day – (Once a Month)

    Director

  10. Pantry Panic

    Director

  11. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"

    Director

  12. The Screwdriver

    Director

  13. Andy Panda's Pop

    Director

  14. Woody Woodpecker

    Director

  15. Salt Water Daffy

    Director

  16. Hysterical Highspots in American History

    Director

  17. Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat

    Director

  18. Fair Today

    Director

  19. 1940

    Syncopated Sioux

    Director

  20. Knock Knock

    Director

  21. Recruiting Daze

    Director

  22. Crazy House

    Director

1930s

  1. 1938

    Boy Meets Dog

    Director

  2. Yokel Boy Makes Good

    Director

  3. Man Hunt

    Director

  4. The Lamp Lighter

    Director

  5. 1937

    Football Fever

    Director

  6. The Keeper of the Lions

    Director

  7. Lovesick

    Director

  8. The Air Express

    Director

  9. Firemen's Picnic

    Director

  10. The Playful Pup

    Director

  11. Trailer Thrills

    Director

  12. The Birthday Party

    Director

  13. Duck Hunt

    Director

  14. The Big Race

    Director

  15. Everybody Sing

    Director

  16. 1936

    Turkey Dinner

    Director

  17. Puppet Show

    Director

  18. Night Life of the Bugs

    Director

  19. Beach Combers

    Director

  20. Kiddie Revue

    Director

  21. Music Hath Charms

    Director

  22. Battle Royal

    Director

  23. The Barnyard Five

    Director

  24. Beauty Shoppe

    Director

  25. Slumberland Express

    Director

  26. Alaska Sweepstakes

    Director

  27. Soft Ball Game

    Director

  28. 1935

    Doctor Oswald

    Director

  29. Case of the Lost Sheep

    Director

  30. Monkey Wretches

    Director

  31. Amateur Broadcast

    Director

  32. At Your Service

    Director

  33. Towne Hall Follies

    Director

  34. Elmer the Great Dane

    Director

  35. Candyland

    Director

  36. Do a Good Deed

    Director

  37. Two Little Lambs

    Director

  38. The Hillbilly

    Director

  39. Robinson Crusoe Isle

    Director

  40. 1934

    Toyland Premiere

    Director

  41. Sky Larks

    Director

  42. The Dizzy Dwarf

    Director

  43. Wax Works

    Director

  44. Goldielocks and the Three Bears

    Director

  45. The Gingerbread Boy

    Director

  46. The Toy Shoppe

    Director

  47. Chicken Reel

    Director

  48. 1933

    The Merry Old Soul

    Director

  49. She Done Him Right

    Director

  50. King Klunk

    Director

  51. Hot and Cold

    Director

  52. Pin Feathers

    Director

  53. Ham and Eggs

    Director

  54. Nature's Workshop

    Director

  55. Beau Best

    Director

  56. The Lumber Champ

    Director

  57. The Terrible Troubador

    Director

  58. Merry Dog

    Director

  59. 1932

    Teacher's Pests

    Director

  60. Cats and Dogs

    Director

  61. The Under Dog

    Director

  62. The Crowd Snores

    Director

  63. The Butcher Boy

    Director

  64. The Athlete

    Director

  65. A Wet Knight

    Director

  66. Let's Eat

    Director

  67. Making Good

    Director

  68. Beau and Arrows

    Director

  69. Mechanical Man

    Director

  70. Grandma's Pet

    Director

  71. 1931

    The Clown

    Director

  72. Wonderland

    Director

  73. The Hunter

    Director

  74. The Stone Age

    Director

  75. Northwoods

    Director

  76. The Bandmaster

    Director

  77. The Farmer

    Director

  78. Shipwreck

    Director

  79. China

    Director

  80. 1930

    Alaska

    Director

  81. Africa

    Director

  82. The Detective

    Director

  83. Cold Feet

    Director

  84. Spooks

    Director

  85. My Pal Paul

    Director

  86. Hells Heels

    Director

  87. Bowery Bimbos

    Director

  88. Kisses and Kurses

    Director

  89. Chilly Con Carmen

    Director

  90. Kounty Fair

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    Nutty Notes

    Director

  2. Amature Nite

    Director

  3. Cold Turkey

    Director

  4. Stage Stunts

    Director

  5. Yanky Clippers

    Director

  6. 1928

    Farmyard Follies

    Director

  7. Bull-Oney

    Director

  8. Mississippi Mud

    Director

  9. 1927

    Petering-Out

    Director

  10. The Farm-Hand

    Director

  11. Jungle Belles

    Director

  12. S'matter Pete

    Director

  13. 1926

    The Cat's Nine Lives

    Director

  14. Pete's Haunted House

    Director

  15. The Pig's Curly Tail

    Director

  16. Dinky Doodle and the Little Orphan

    Director

  17. Dinky Doodle's Bed Time Story

    Director

  18. The Pelican's Bill

    Director

  19. Dinky Doodle in Egypt

    Director

  20. Dinky Doodle in the Arctic

    Director

  21. Dinky Doodle in Lost and Found

    Director

  22. 1925

    Dinky Doodle in The Hunt

    Director

  23. Just Spooks

    Director

  24. The Leopard's Spots

    Director

  25. 1924

    The Pied Piper

    Director

  26. The Giant Killer

    Director

  27. The Magic Lamp

    Director

  28. 1922

    Jerry on the Job: The Mad Locomotive

    Director

1910s

  1. 1917

    A Trip to the Moon

    Director

No release date

  1. Woody Woodpecker: The Screwball Collection

    Director

Wrote 27

1950s

  1. 1952

    Born to Peck

    Story

  2. 1951

    The Woody Woodpecker Polka

    Story

1930s

  1. 1937

    Firemen's Picnic

    Writer

  2. The Playful Pup

    Story

  3. The Birthday Party

    Story

  4. 1936

    Music Hath Charms

    Writer

  5. Beauty Shoppe

    Writer

  6. 1935

    Doctor Oswald

    Writer

  7. Case of the Lost Sheep

    Writer

  8. Candyland

    Writer

  9. 1934

    Toyland Premiere

    Story

  10. Jolly Little Elves

    Story

  11. 1930

    Bowery Bimbos

    Writer

1920s

  1. 1929

    Nutty Notes

    Story

  2. 1928

    Mississippi Mud

    Writer

  3. 1927

    The Ocean Hop

    Characters

  4. The Farm-Hand

    Writer

  5. S'matter Pete

    Writer

  6. 1926

    The Pig's Curly Tail

    Story

  7. Dinky Doodle and the Little Orphan

    Writer

  8. Dinky Doodle in Egypt

    Writer

  9. 1925

    Dinky Doodle in The Hunt

    Writer

  10. Just Spooks

    Writer

Visual effects 12

1950s

  1. 1951

    The Woody Woodpecker Polka

    Animation

1940s

  1. 1948

    You Gotta Stay Happy

    Animation Director

  2. 1944

    House of Frankenstein

    Animation Director

1920s

  1. 1928

    Flying Elephants

    Animation

  2. 1927

    The Ocean Hop

    Animation

  3. Jungle Belles

    Animation

  4. 1926

    The Cat's Nine Lives

    Animation

  5. The Pig's Curly Tail

    Animation

  6. 1925

    Just Spooks

    Animation

  7. 1920

    Indoor Sports by Tad

    Animation

Acted in 7

1980s

  1. 1982

    Walter, Woody and the World of Animation

    Movie

1940s

  1. 1940

    Crazy House

    Echos (voice)

1930s

  1. 1931

    The Hunter

    Fox / Dog (uncredited)

1920s

  1. 1926

    Pete's Haunted House

    Walter Lantz

  2. 1925

    Just Spooks

    Movie

  3. 1924

    The Pied Piper

    The artist

  4. 1923

    Colonel Heeza Liar's Forbidden Fruit

    Movie

Created 2

1960s

  1. 1962

    The Beary Family

    Creator

Art department 1

Appearances3

2020s

  1. 2021

    Cartoon Carnival

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1982

    Woody Woodpecker and Friends

    Himself

1920s

  1. 1926

    The Pig's Curly Tail

    Himself

Thanked in the credits1