Paul Terry

AKA: Terrytoons, Paul Houlton Terry
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1887-02-19

San Mateo, California, USA

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.

Crew Roles

The Black Spider
Writer
The Sultan's Cat
Story
In Dutch
Animation
The Old Fire Horse
Story
The Spendthrift
Director
Ickle Meets Pickle
Producer
Ickle Meets Pickle
Presenter
The Fable of the Mischievous Cat
Producer
City Slickers
Writer
City Slickers
Producer
The Mouse's Bride
Producer
Dinner Time
Director
Wood Choppers
Director
Snapping the Whip
Director
Presto-Chango
Director
Skating Hounds
Director
Farmer Al Falfa Sees New York
Director
The Mechanical Cow
Producer
Happy Polo
Director
House Cleaning Time
Director
Gridiron Demons
Director
Gridiron Demons
Producer
The Haunted House
Director
The Foxy-Fox
Director
The First Snow
Director
Ye Olde Toy Shop
Director
The Model Dairy
Producer
That Old Can of Mine
Director
South Pole or Bust
Director
Holland Days
Director
The Break of Day
Director
Venus and the Cat
Producer
A Mad House
Director
Mice in Council
Director
The Sailor's Home
Director
A June Bride
Director
Transatlantic Flight
Director
Dough Boys
Director
Christmas Toyshop
Director
The Saw Mill Mystery
Director
The Dancing Bear
Producer
River Of Doubt
Director
Window Washers
Director
A Hole In One
Director
The Fashionable Fox
Director
The Fable of the Cat and the Mice
Director
Kill or Cure
Producer
Rats in His Garret
Producer
Rats in His Garret
Director
Ventriloquists
Animation
War Bride
Director
The Farmer And The Mice
Producer
Gold Push
Director
Sweet Adeline
Director
Polo Match
Director
Cop's Bride
Director
The Fable of Henpecked Henry
Producer
The Fable of the Traveling Salesman
Producer
Big Game
Director
Wooden Money
Director
The Mail Coach
Producer
The Huntsman
Producer
Sunday on the Farm
Producer
Sunday on the Farm
Director
On the Ice
Producer
The Fable of Henry's Busted Romance
Director
A Short Circuit
Producer
The Cat and the Magnet
Producer
Ball Park
Animation
Ball Park
Producer
Ball Park
Director
The Fox and the Grapes
Producer
Devil of the Deep
Producer
Knight Out
Director
Knight Out
Producer
Ship Ahoy
Producer
A Day Off
Director
Laundry Man
Producer
Laundry Man
Director
The Big Burg
Director
Hollywood Diet
Writer
Tropical Fish
Writer
Bull-ero
Director
The Fox Hunt
Writer
The Family Album
Animation
Scotch Highball
Animation
Scotch Highball
Producer
Scotch Highball
Writer
When Snow Flies
Producer
Coast to Coast
Producer
The Fable of Friday the 13th
Producer
Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick
Producer
Aladdin's Lamp
Story
Aladdin's Lamp
Producer
Beanstalk Jack
Writer
Pigskin Capers
Writer
Pigskin Capers
Producer
Pests
Producer
Why Argue
Producer
The Lorelei
Writer
Salt Water Taffy
Director
Ireland or Bust
Writer
The Ugly Duckling
Director
The Bull Fight
Director
Irish Sweepstakes
Director
Modern Red Hood
Director
Puddy's Coronation
Director
Who Killed Cock-Robin
Writer
Football
Director
Bugs Beetle and His Orchestra
Director
The Last Straw
Writer
The Farmer and his Cat
Director
Farmer Al Falfa's Catastrophy
Director
Eliza on the Ice
Producer
Mother Goose's Birthday Party
Producer
Down with Cats
Producer
Mighty Mouse in Krakatoa
Producer
The Mouse of Tomorrow
Producer
The Snow Man
Producer
Frankenstein's Cat
Producer
Pandora's Box
Producer
The Lion and the Mouse
Producer
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Producer
Ants in Your Pantry
Producer
Super Mouse Rides Again
Producer
The Silver Streak
Producer
The Green Line
Producer
Mighty Mouse and the Wolf
Producer
Bad Bill Bunion
Producer
The Two Barbers
Producer
The Sultan's Birthday
Producer
Mighty Mouse and the Pirates
Producer
My Old Kentucky Home
Producer
Svengali's Cat
Producer
The Wicked Wolf
Producer
The Port of Missing Mice
Producer
More Mice Than Brains
Producer
Raiding the Raiders
Producer
The Land Boom
Producer
Mighty Mouse and the Kilkenny Cats
Producer
Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat
Producer
Wolf! Wolf!
Producer
White Elephant
Producer
Where Friendship Ceases
Producer
White Elephant
Director
Throwing the Bull
Producer
The Johnstown Flood
Producer
Mighty Mouse in the Trojan Horse
Producer
Winning the West
Producer
Movie Madness
Producer
The Electronic Mouse Trap
Producer
The Jail Break
Producer
The Crackpot King
Producer
Taming the Cat
Producer
The Uninvited Pests
Producer
The Hep Cat
Producer
The Phoney Express
Director
Crying Wolf
Producer
The Phoney Express
Producer
The Phoney Express
Animation
Swiss Cheese
Writer
Kangaroo Steak
Writer
Fried Chicken
Writer
French Fried
Writer
Irish Stew
Writer
Closer Than a Brother
Director
Christmas Toyshop
Producer
Christmas Toyshop
Writer
Hunting in 1950
Director
The Black Duck
Director
Sing, Sing Prison
Writer
The Fable of a Raisin and a Cake of Yeast
Director
The Burglar Alarm
Producer
Farmer Al Falfa's Wayward Pup
Director
Jack's Shack
Director
The Owl and the Pussycat
Director
Fireman, Save My Child
Director
Joe's Lunch Wagon
Director
A Lad and His Lamp
Director
Circus Days
Director
Jail Birds
Director
Slow But Sure
Director
Flying Oil
Director
Happy Go Luckies
Animation
King Looney XIV
Director
The Western Trail
Director
Old Dog Tray
Director
Happy Go Luckies
Producer
The King's Daughter
Director
The Dog Show
Director
See the World
Director
My Lady's Garden
Director
Farmer Al Falfa's Ape Girl
Writer
Down on the Phoney Farm
Animation
Peg Leg Pete, the Pirate
Director
Tom, Tom the Piper's Son
Director
Off to China
Director
Southern Horse-pitality
Director
The Feud
Director
Birdland
Director
Home Town Olympics
Director
Down on the Phoney Farm
Director
Down on the Phoney Farm
Writer
The Lion's Friend
Director
Rip Van Winkle
Director
Opera Night
Director
Barnyard Amateurs
Director
Why Mules Leave Home
Director
The 19th Hole Club
Director
Hot Sands
Director
Down on the Phoney Farm
Producer
The Moth and the Spider
Director
What a Night
Director
A Tough Egg
Director
Hey Diddle Diddle
Director
Moans and Groans
Director
The Last Straw
Director
Jail Breakers
Director
The Mayflower
Director
The Magic Fish
Director
Pandora
Director
Five Puplets
Director
Alpine Yodeler
Director
Caviar
Writer
Echoes from the Alps
Director
Farmer Al Falfa's Revenge
Director
School Daze
Producer
The Happy Cobblers
Writer
The Happy Cobblers
Producer
Spanish Onions
Writer
The Walrus Hunters
Director
Flop Secret
Writer
Flop Secret
Producer
When Winter Comes
Producer
The Hay Ride
Story
The Hay Ride
Producer
The Big Game Haunt
Producer
The Big Game Haunt
Story
The Dissatisfied Cobbler
Director
The Plow Boy's Revenge
Director
The Lion and the Mouse
Animation
The Lion and the Mouse
Associate Producer
The Eternal Triangle
Director
By the Sea
Writer
Amateur Night on the Ark
Producer
Amateur Night on the Ark
Director
Horses, Horses, Horses
Director
Barnyard Politics
Director
The Thoroughbred
Director
The Model Dairy
Animation
Faithful Pup
Director
The Fable of the Man Who Laughs
Director
All Bull and a Yard Wide
Director
All for a Bride
Director
Amateur Night
Director
The Junk Man
Director
Aged in the Wood
Director
Air-Cooled
Director
Alaska or Bust
Director
Aladdin's Lamp
Director
An Ideal Farm
Director
Amelia Comes Back
Director
An Alpine Flapper
Director
The Bad Bandit
Director
Barnyard Artists
Director
The Beauty Parlor
Director
Bars and Stripes
Director
The Bear and the Bees
Director
A Barnyard Rodeo
Director
Barnyard Follies
Director
The Big Tent
Director
Bigger and Better Jails
Director
The Big Shot
Director
Black Magic
Director
The Black Sheep
Director
Blues
Director
A Blaze of Glory
Director
Ant Life as It Isn't
Director
April Showers
Director
The Body in the Bag
Director
The Fable of the Boastful Cat
Director
At the Zoo
Director
Around the World
Director
Back to the Soil
Director
The Bone of Contention
Director
The Boy and the Bear
Director
The Bonehead Age
Director
The Fable of Brewing Trouble
Director
Bubbling Over
Director
A Brave Heart
Director
The Boy Friend
Director
Bubbles
Director
Buck Fever
Director
A Stone Age Romance
Director
Subway Sally
Director
The Bully
Director
Barnyard Lodge Number One
Director
Cabaret
Director
The Cat Came Back
Director
The Cat and the Magnet
Director
The Cat and the Canary
Director
The Cat and the Pig
Director
Carnival Week
Director
The Cat and the Swordfish
Director
Cats at Law
Director
Cheating the Cheaters
Director
Chop Suey and Noodles
Director
The Charleston Queen
Director
China
Director
Christmas Cheer
Director
Clean-Up Week
Director
Clowning
Director
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
Director
The Country Mouse and the City Cat
Director
The County Fair
Director
The Covered Pushcart
Director
The Crawl Stroke Kid
Director
Cracked Ice
Director
A Cross Country Run
Director
Crime in a Big City
Director
Cutting a Melon
Director
A Dark Horse
Director
Darkest Africa
Director
Character as Revealed by the Eye
Director
Chain Letters
Director
The Champion
Director
Character as Revealed by the Ear
Director
Character as Revealed by the Mouth
Director
Character as Revealed by the Nose
Director
A Buggy Ride
Director
Three Game Guys
Director
Concentrate
Director
Stage Struck
Director
The Cat and the Monkey
Director
The Early Bird
Director
The End of the World
Director
The Fireman's Bride
Director
Quack Quack
Director
Farmer Al Falfa's Watermelon Patch
Director
Little Herman
Director
Farmer Al Falfa and His Tentless Circus
Director
Springtime
Director
Farm Hands
Director
Farmer Al Falfa Invents a New Kite
Director
Farmer Al Falfa's Bride
Director
Farmer Al Falfa's Pet Cat
Director
Farmer Al Falfa's Blind Pig
Director
Farmer Al Falfa's Egg-Citement
Director
A Day to Live
Director
A Day's Outing
Director
Deep Stuff
Director
Derby Day
Director
Magic Boots
Director
The Fable of the Jolly Rounders
Director
Farmer's Goat
Director
The Land Boom
Director
The Golden West
Producer
Farmer Al Falfa's Prune Plantation
Director
Farmer Al Falfa's Scientific Dairy
Director
Farmer Al Falfa's Wolfhound
Director
The Elephant's Trunk
Director
20,000 Feats under the Sea
Director
The Dog And The Mosquito
Writer
The Dog And The Mosquito
Director
A Fast Worker
Director
Fish Day
Director
A Fish Story
Director
The Five Fifteen
Director
Fisherman's Luck
Director
Down on the Farm
Director
The Villain's Curse
Director
Summertime
Director
Jingle Bells
Director
Southern Rhythm
Director
The Spider Talks
Director
Play Ball
Director
The Fly and the Ant
Director
Fly Time
Director
The Flying Carpet
Director
Flying Fever
Director
Flying Fishers
Director
The Flying Age
Director
The Dog and the Flea
Director
The Dog and the Bone
Director
The Fable of the Dog and the Fish
Director
The Fable of the Dog's Paradise
Director
Desert Sheiks
Director
The Dog and the Wolves
Director
A Dog's Day
Director
For the Love of a Gal
Director
The Frog and the Catfish
Director
The Fox and the Goat
Director
The Frogs That Wanted a King
Director
The Frog and the Ox
Director
Fruitful Farm
Director
From Rags to Riches and Back Again
Director
The Gamblers
Director
The Fable of the Gliders
Director
Golden Spoon Mary
Director
Good Old College Days
Director
The Good Ship Nellie
Director
The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
Director
The Good Old Days
Director
Grandma's House
Director
The Great Open Spaces
Director
Great Explorers
Director
Gun Shy
Director
Custard Pies
Director
Hare and Frogs
Director
The Hare and the Tortoise
Director
The Wolf and the Kid
Director
Jolly Jail Bird
Director
The Timid Scarecrow
Producer
The Hermit and the Bear
Director
Hearts and Showers
Director
Hawks of the Sea
Director
The Haunted House
Director
The Hero Wins
Director
The High Flyers
Director
Hitting the Rails
Director
High Stakes
Director
His Trial
Director
Home Sweet Home
Director
Homeless Pups
Director
Homeless Cats
Director
The Home Agent
Director
The Honor Man
Director
House Cleaning
Director
The Honor System
Director
Hook, Line and Sinker
Director
A Horse's Tale
Director
The Housing Shortage
Director
The Human Fly
Director
The Huntsman
Director
In His Cups
Director
In the Rough
Director
In the Good Old Summertime
Director
The Hunter and His Dog
Director
Kidnapped
Director
The June Bride
Director
Jungle Sports
Director
A Jungle Triangle
Director
The Champ
Producer
Land o' Cotton
Director
The Banker's Daughter
Screenplay
A Cat's Life
Director
The Farmer and the Cat
Director
2000 B.C.
Writer
2000 B.C.
Producer
The Big Reward
Director
Bug House College Days
Director
Five Orphans of the Storm
Producer
Five Orphans of the Storm
Director
The Big Scare
Director
Hot Turkey
Writer
Barnyard Melody
Producer
Beaver Trouble
Producer
The Big Build-Up
Producer
Better Late Than Never
Producer
Lighter Than Air
Director
A Lighthouse by the Sea
Director
The Lion and the Monkey
Director
The Lioness and the Bugs
Director
Liquid Dynamite
Director
Love at First Sight
Director
Love in a Cottage
Director
The Love Nest
Director
Lumber Jacks
Director
The Magician
Director
The Magnetic Bat
Director
The Maid and the Millionaire
Director
Maid in China
Writer
Mail Man
Director
The Fable of the Mechanical Horse
Director
The Medicine Man
Director
The Merry Blacksmith
Director
Message from the Sea
Director
Mice at War
Director
A Midsummer's Day
Director
Radio Controlled
Director
Monkey Love
Director
The Morning After
Director
The Musical Parrot
Director
Mysteries of Old Chinatown
Director
The Wicked City
Director
Scrambled Eggs
Director
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
Characters
Mysteries of the Sea
Director
The Nine of Spades
Director
Noah Had His Troubles
Director
Noah's Athletic Club
Director
Nuts and Squirrels
Director
On the Ice
Director
On the Ice
Director
One Game Pup
Director
One Good Turn Deserves Another
Director
The Organ Grinder
Director
Outnumbered
Director
The Owl and the Grasshopper
Director
Permanent Waves
Director
Pharaoh's Tomb
Director
The Pie Man
Director
The Pie-Eyed Piper
Director
A Plumber's Life
Director
A Polar Flight
Director
The Prodigal Pup
Director
Puppy Love
Director
The Queen Bee
Director
The Rat's Revenge
Director
The Rich Cat and the Poor Cat
Director
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Director
The Road House
Director
The Fable of the Rolling Stone
Director
The Fable of the Romantic Mouse
Director
The Rooster and the Eagle
Director
Rough and Ready Romeo
Director
Runaway Balloon
Director
Running Wild
Director
The Runt
Director
Rural Romance
Director
S.O.S.
Director
Saved by a Keyhole
Director
The Son Shower
Director
She Knew Her Man
Director
The Shootin' Fool
Director
Sink or Swim
Director
Soap
Director
Some Barrier
Director
Somewhere in the Pacific
Writer
The Fable of the Spider and the Fly
Director
Spooks
Director
The Fable of a Stone Age Romeo
Director
The Stork's Mistake
Director
Sunny Italy
Director
The Sunny South
Director
Taking the Air
Director
Three Blind Mice
Director
The Tiger and the Donkey
Director
A Trip to the Pole
Director
Fable of the Two Explorers
Director
Two Slick Traders
Director
The Two Trappers
Director
Up in the Air
Director
Venus of Venice
Director
The Wandering Minstrel
Director
The Water Cure
Director
The Wayward Dog
Director
Why Mice Leave Home
Director
Wild Cats of Paris
Director
The Wind Jammers
Director
The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Director
The Woman and the Hen
Director
A Woman's Honor
Director
The Fable of the Worm That Turned
Director
A Yarn About Yarn
Director
Rover's Rescue
Producer
A Midsummer's Day Dream
Director
Do Women Pay?
Director
Flying South
Story
Flying South
Producer
Flying South
Presenter
The Fable of the Mysterious Hat
Director
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