Personal Info

Known For

Production

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1899-04-27

Deathday

1994-03-22 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

New Rochelle, New York, USA

Also Known As

Walt Lantz
Walter Lance
Walter Benjamin Lantz

Walter Lantz

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]

Known For

7.5%

Woody Woodpecker and Friends

Jan 2, 1982

4.7%

Colonel Heeza Liar's Forbidden Fruit

Nov 1, 1923

5.7%

Cartoon Carnival

Aug 1, 2021

6.7%

Just Spooks

Sep 13, 1925

PHH

6.7%

Pete's Haunted House

Oct 14, 1926

6.0%

The Hunter

Oct 11, 1931

10.0%

Crazy House

Sep 22, 1940

TPP

6.0%

The Pied Piper

Dec 1, 1924

0.0%

Walter, Woody and the World of Animation

Sep 9, 1982

0.0%

The Pig's Curly Tail

Aug 29, 1926

ViH

0.0%

Voodoo in Harlem

Jul 17, 1938

0.0%

Crackpot Cruise

Apr 18, 1939

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Acting

2021

Cartoon Carnival as Self (archive footage)

1982		Walter, Woody and the World of Animation
1982		Woody Woodpecker and Friends as Himself

1940

Crazy House as Echos (voice)

1939

Crackpot Cruise as Italian vender (uncredited)

1938

Voodoo in Harlem as Cartoonist

1931

The Hunter as Fox / Dog (uncredited)

1928

Barnyard Rivals

1926		Dog Gone It
1926		Pete's Haunted House as Walter Lantz
1926		The Pig's Curly Tail as Himself

1925

Just Spooks

1924

The Pied Piper as The artist

1923

Colonel Heeza Liar's Forbidden Fruit

Art

1948

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein as Title Designer

Creator

—

Andy Panda (1939) as Creator

1962

The Beary Family as Creator

Directing

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Wolf! Wolf! as Director

1991

The King of Ads as Director

1960

Inspector Willoughby as Director

1953

The Dog That Cried Wolf as Director

1952		Scalp Treatment as Director
1952		Woodpecker in the Rough as Director
1952		Stage Hoax as Director
1952		Born to Peck as Director

1951		Destination Meat Ball as Director
1951		The Woody Woodpecker Polka as Director
1951		The Redwood Sap as Director
1951		Slingshot 6 7/8 as Director
1951		Wicket Wacky as Director
1951		Sleep Happy as Director
1951		Puny Express as Director

1947

The Bandmaster as Director

1944		Abou Ben Boogie as Director
1944		The Greatest Man in Siam as Director

1943

Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! as Director

1942		Mother Goose on the Loose as Director
1942		Good-Bye Mr. Moth as Director
1942		The Hams That Couldn't Be Cured as Director
1942		The Hollywood Matador as Director

1941		$21 a Day – (Once a Month) as Director
1941		Pantry Panic as Director
1941		Man's Best Friend as Director
1941		Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B" as Director
1941		The Screwdriver as Director
1941		Andy Panda's Pop as Director
1941		Woody Woodpecker as Director
1941		Salt Water Daffy as Director
1941		Dizzy Kitty as Director
1941		Hysterical Highspots in American History as Director
1941		Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat as Director
1941		Fair Today as Director
1941		Mouse Trappers as Director

1940		Syncopated Sioux as Director
1940		Knock Knock as Director
1940		Recruiting Daze as Director
1940		Crazy House as Director

1938		Movie Phoney News as Director
1938		Boy Meets Dog as Director
1938		Trade Mice as Director
1938		Yokel Boy Makes Good as Director
1938		Man Hunt as Director
1938		The Lamp Lighter as Director

1937		The Dumb Cluck as Director
1937		The Mysterious Jug as Director
1937		Football Fever as Director
1937		The Mechanical Handy Man as Director
1937		The Keeper of the Lions as Director
1937		Lovesick as Director
1937		The Air Express as Director
1937		Ostrich Feathers as Director
1937		The Rest Resort as Director
1937		Firemen's Picnic as Director
1937		The Playful Pup as Director
1937		The Country Store as Director
1937		The Wily Weasel as Director
1937		The Stevedores as Director
1937		Trailer Thrills as Director
1937		The Steel Workers as Director
1937		The Birthday Party as Director
1937		The Lumber Camp as Director
1937		Duck Hunt as Director
1937		The Big Race as Director
1937		Everybody Sing as Director
1937		The Golfers as Director

1936		Knights for a Day as Director
1936		Turkey Dinner as Director
1936		Gopher Trouble as Director
1936		The Unpopular Mechanic as Director
1936		Puppet Show as Director
1936		Night Life of the Bugs as Director
1936		Beach Combers as Director
1936		Kiddie Revue as Director
1936		Music Hath Charms as Director
1936		Battle Royal as Director
1936		Farming Fools as Director
1936		The Fun House as Director
1936		The Barnyard Five as Director
1936		Beauty Shoppe as Director
1936		Slumberland Express as Director
1936		Alaska Sweepstakes as Director
1936		Soft Ball Game as Director

1935		Doctor Oswald as Director
1935		Case of the Lost Sheep as Director
1935		Monkey Wretches as Director
1935		The Quail Hunt as Director
1935		Fox and the Rabbit as Director
1935		Amateur Broadcast as Director
1935		Bronco Buster as Director
1935		At Your Service as Director
1935		Three Lazy Mice as Director
1935		Towne Hall Follies as Director
1935		Springtime Serenade as Director
1935		Elmer the Great Dane as Director
1935		Candyland as Director
1935		Do a Good Deed as Director
1935		Two Little Lambs as Director
1935		The Hillbilly as Director
1935		Robinson Crusoe Isle as Director

1934		Toyland Premiere as Director
1934		Sky Larks as Director
1934		Ye Happy Pilgrims as Director
1934		The Dizzy Dwarf as Director
1934		Chris Columbus, Jr. as Director
1934		Wax Works as Director
1934		Goldielocks and the Three Bears as Director
1934		The Gingerbread Boy as Director
1934		Wolf! Wolf! as Director
1934		The Toy Shoppe as Director
1934		The Candy House as Director
1934		Chicken Reel as Director

1933		The Merry Old Soul as Director
1933		She Done Him Right as Director
1933		King Klunk as Director
1933		Hot and Cold as Director
1933		Pin Feathers as Director
1933		Ham and Eggs as Director
1933		Nature's Workshop as Director
1933		Beau Best as Director
1933		The Lumber Champ as Director
1933		The Shriek as Director
1933		The Terrible Troubador as Director
1933		The Plumber as Director
1933		Merry Dog as Director

1932		Teacher's Pests as Director
1932		Cats and Dogs as Director
1932		The Under Dog as Director
1932		The Crowd Snores as Director
1932		The Butcher Boy as Director
1932		The Busy Barber as Director
1932		The Athlete as Director
1932		A Jungle Jumble as Director
1932		A Wet Knight as Director
1932		Cat Nipped as Director
1932		The Winged Horse as Director
1932		Let's Eat as Director
1932		Making Good as Director
1932		Beau and Arrows as Director
1932		Wins Out as Director
1932		Mechanical Man as Director
1932		Grandma's Pet as Director

1931		The Clown as Director
1931		The Fisherman as Director
1931		The Hare Mail as Director
1931		Wonderland as Director
1931		The Hunter as Director
1931		Hot Feet as Director
1931		Kentucky Belles as Director
1931		Radio Rhythm as Director
1931		The Stone Age as Director
1931		Northwoods as Director
1931		The Bandmaster as Director
1931		Country School as Director
1931		Sunny South as Director
1931		The Fireman as Director
1931		The Farmer as Director
1931		Shipwreck as Director
1931		College as Director
1931		China as Director

1930		Mars as Director
1930		Alaska as Director
1930		Africa as Director
1930		Mexico as Director
1930		The Navy as Director
1930		The Fowl Ball as Director
1930		The Detective as Director
1930		The Singing Sap as Director
1930		Cold Feet as Director
1930		Snappy Salesman as Director
1930		Henpecked as Director
1930		Spooks as Director
1930		Not So Quiet as Director
1930		My Pal Paul as Director
1930		Hells Heels as Director
1930		Hot for Hollywood as Director
1930		Tramping Tramps as Director
1930		The Prison Panic as Director
1930		The Hash Shop as Director
1930		Bowery Bimbos as Director
1930		Broadway Folly as Director
1930		Kisses and Kurses as Director
1930		Chilly Con Carmen as Director
1930		Kounty Fair as Director

1929		Ozzie of the Circus as Director
1929		Nutty Notes as Director
1929		Snow Use as Director
1929		Hurdy Gurdy as Director
1929		Amature Nite as Director
1929		Pussy Willie as Director
1929		Cold Turkey as Director
1929		Permanent Wave as Director
1929		Oil's Well as Director
1929		Race Riot as Director
1929		Stage Stunts as Director
1929		Yanky Clippers as Director

1928		Farmyard Follies as Director
1928		Bull-Oney as Director
1928		Mississippi Mud as Director

1927		Petering-Out as Director
1927		The Farm-Hand as Director
1927		Jungle Belles as Director
1927		Lunch Hound as Director
1927		S'matter Pete as Director
1927		The Puppy Express as Director

1926		The Tail of the Monkey as Director
1926		The Cat's Nine Lives as Director
1926		Dog Gone It as Director
1926		Pete's Party as Director
1926		Pete's Haunted House as Director
1926		The Pig's Curly Tail as Director
1926		Dinky Doodle and the Little Orphan as Director
1926		Dinky Doodle's Bed Time Story as Director
1926		The Pelican's Bill as Director
1926		Dinky Doodle in Egypt as Director
1926		Dinky Doodle in the Arctic as Director
1926		Dinky Doodle in Lost and Found as Director

1925		Dinky Doodle in The Hunt as Director
1925		Just Spooks as Director
1925		Robinson Crusoe as Director
1925		Peter Pan Handled as Director
1925		The Leopard's Spots as Director
1925		The House That Dinky Built as Director
1925		Cinderella as Director
1925		Little Red Riding Hood as Director

1924		The Pied Piper as Director
1924		The Giant Killer as Director

1922

Jerry on the Job: The Mad Locomotive as Director

1917

A Trip to the Moon as Director

Production

1972		Bye, Bye, Blackboard as Producer
1972		Gold Diggin' Woodpecker as Producer
1972		Indian Corn as Producer
1972		Rain Rain, Go Away as Producer
1972		Unlucky Potluck as Producer
1972		Let Charlie Do It as Producer
1972		A Fish Story as Producer

1971		Charlie the Rainmaker as Producer
1971		The Bungling Builder as Producer
1971		Moochin' Pooch as Producer
1971		Chilly's Hide-a-Way as Producer
1971		Sleepy Time Chimes as Producer

1970		Chilly's Ice Folly as Producer
1970		Gooney's Goofy Landings as Producer
1970		Charlie in Hot Water as Producer
1970		Charlie's Golf Classic as Producer
1970		A Gooney Is Born as Producer

1969		Cool It, Charlie as Producer
1969		Charlie's Campout as Producer
1969		Gopher Broke as Producer

1968		Jerky Turkey as Producer
1968		Under Sea Dogs as Producer
1968		Fat in the Saddle as Producer
1968		Bugged in a Rug as Producer

1967		Chilly Chums as Producer
1967		Have Gun Can't Travel as Producer
1967		Mouse in the House as Producer
1967		Window Pains as Producer

1966

Foot Brawl as Producer

1965		Davey Cricket as Producer
1965		Fractured Friendship as Producer
1965		Guest Who? as Producer
1965		Case of the Elephant's Trunk as Producer

1964		Ski-napper as Producer
1964		Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle as Producer
1964		Rah Rah Ruckus as Producer
1964		The Case of the Maltese Chicken as Producer

1963		The Goose Is Wild as Producer
1963		Pesky Pelican as Producer
1963		Goose in the Rough as Producer
1963		Charlie's Mother-in-Law as Producer

1962		Hyde and Sneak as Producer
1962		Mother's Little Helper as Producer
1962		Rocket Racket as Producer
1962		Mackerel Moocher as Producer
1962		The Beary Family as Producer
1962		Fowled-Up Birthday as Producer

1961		Doc's Last Stand as Producer
1961		Case of the Red-Eyed Ruby as Producer
1961		Tricky Trout as Producer
1961		Mississippi Slow Boat as Producer
1961		Busman's Holiday as Producer
1961		Franken-Stymied as Producer
1961		Bear and the Bees as Producer
1961		Sufferin' Cats as Producer
1961		St. Moritz Blitz as Producer
1961		Clash and Carry as Producer
1961		Papoose on the Loose as Producer
1961		Gabby's Diner as Producer
1961		The Bird Who Came to Dinner as Producer
1961		Rough and Tumbleweed as Producer
1961		Eggnapper as Producer
1961		Poop Deck Pirate as Producer

1960		Fowled Up Falcon as Producer
1960		Southern Fried Hospitality as Producer
1960		Ozark Lark as Producer
1960		Fish Hooked as Producer
1960		Bats in the Belfry as Producer
1960		Freeloading Feline as Producer
1960		How to Stuff a Woodpecker as Producer
1960		Pistol Packin' Woodpecker as Producer
1960		Billion Dollar Boner as Producer
1960		Heap Big Hepcat as Producer
1960		Ballyhooey as Producer
1960		Jungle Medics as Producer

1959		Kiddie League as Producer
1959		Romp in a Swamp as Producer
1959		Space Mouse as Producer
1959		The Tee Bird as Producer
1959		Bee Bopped as Producer
1959		Panhandle Scandal as Producer
1959		Yukon Have It as Producer
1959		Robinson Gruesome as Producer
1959		Witty Kitty as Producer
1959		Truant Student as Producer

1958		The Bongo Punch as Producer
1958		Little Televillain as Producer
1958		Jittery Jester as Producer
1958		Three-Ring Fling as Producer
1958		Tree's a Crowd as Producer
1958		A Chilly Reception as Producer
1958		Everglade Raid as Producer
1958		Half Empty Saddles as Producer
1958		Polar Pests as Producer
1958		Salmon Yeggs as Producer
1958		Watch the Birdie as Producer
1958		Misguided Missile as Producer
1958		His Better Elf as Producer

1957		Plumber of Seville as Producer
1957		Swiss Miss-Fit as Producer
1957		Dopey Dick, the Pink Whale as Producer
1957		Fodder and Son as Producer
1957		Fowled-Up Party as Producer
1957		The Big Snooze as Producer
1957		Round Trip to Mars as Producer
1957		The Goofy Gardener as Producer
1957		International Woodpecker as Producer
1957		To Catch a Woodpecker as Producer
1957		The Unbearable Salesman as Producer
1957		Box Car Bandit as Producer
1957		Red Riding Hoodlum as Producer

1956		Operation Cold Feet as Producer
1956		Niagara Fools as Producer
1956		The Talking Dog as Producer
1956		Hold That Rock as Producer
1956		Room and Wrath as Producer
1956		The Ostrich Egg and I as Producer
1956		After the Ball as Producer

1955		Bunco Busters as Producer
1955		Hot and Cold Penguin as Producer
1955		Square Shootin' Square as Producer
1955		The Tree Medic as Producer
1955		Flea for Two as Producer
1955		Bedtime Bedlam as Producer
1955		Private Eye Pooch as Producer
1955		The Legend of Rockabye Point as Producer
1955		Witch Crafty as Producer
1955		Crazy Mixed Up Pup as Producer
1955		Helter Shelter as Producer

1954		I'm Cold as Producer
1954		Convict Concerto as Producer
1954		A Fine Feathered Frenzy as Producer
1954		Pig in a Pickle as Producer
1954		Paw's Night Out as Producer
1954		Dig That Dog as Producer
1954		Alley to Bali as Producer
1954		Socko in Morocco as Producer

1953		Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure as Producer
1953		Plywood Panic as Producer
1953		Maw and Paw as Producer

1952		Termites from Mars as Producer
1952		Born to Peck as Producer

1951		The Woody Woodpecker Polka as Producer
1951		Wicket Wacky as Producer

1948		Wild and Woody! as Producer
1948		Playful Pelican as Producer
1948		Wet Blanket Policy as Producer
1948		Kiddie Koncert as Producer

1947		Woody the Giant Killer as Producer
1947		The Coo Coo Bird as Producer
1947		Smoked Hams as Producer

1946		The Wacky Weed as Producer
1946		Fair Weather Fiends as Producer
1946		The Reckless Driver as Producer
1946		Bathing Buddies as Producer
1946		Mousie Come Home as Producer
1946		Apple Andy as Producer

1945		The Loose Nut as Producer
1945		The Dippy Diplomat as Producer
1945		Woody Dines Out as Producer
1945		Chew-Chew Baby as Producer
1945		Enemy Bacteria as Producer
1945		The Pied Piper of Basin Street as Producer

1944		Ski for Two as Producer
1944		The Beach Nut as Producer
1944		Fish Fry as Producer
1944		The Barber of Seville as Producer

1943		Ration Bored as Producer
1943		The Dizzy Acrobat as Producer
1943		The Egg Cracker Suite as Producer
1943		The Screwball as Producer

1942		The Loan Stranger as Producer
1942		Juke Box Jamboree as Producer
1942		Ace in the Hole as Producer
1942		The Hollywood Matador as Producer

1941		Pantry Panic as Producer
1941		The Screwdriver as Producer
1941		Woody Woodpecker as Producer
1941		Hysterical Highspots in American History as Producer
1941		Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat as Producer

1940		Knock Knock as Producer
1940		Kittens' Mittens as Producer

1939		Scrambled Eggs as Producer
1939		Nellie Of The Circus as Producer

1938		Hollywood Bowl as Producer
1938		Ghost Town Frolics as Producer
1938		The Big Cat and the Little Mousie as Producer
1938		Boy Meets Dog as Producer

1937		The Country Store as Producer
1937		The Big Race as Producer

1936

Knights for a Day as Producer

1935

Candyland as Producer

1934		Toyland Premiere as Producer
1934		Jolly Little Elves as Producer

1933		The Merry Old Soul as Producer
1933		She Done Him Right as Producer
1933		King Klunk as Producer
1933		Confidence as Producer
1933		Beau Best as Producer

1932		Beau and Arrows as Producer
1932		Grandma's Pet as Producer

1930		The Fowl Ball as Producer
1930		Spooks as Producer
1930		Hells Heels as Producer

1929

Nutty Notes as Producer

Visual Effects

1951

The Woody Woodpecker Polka as Animation

1948		You Gotta Stay Happy as Animation Director
1948		Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein as Animation Director

1944

House of Frankenstein as Animation Director

1930

King of Jazz as Animation

1928

Flying Elephants as Animation

1927

Jungle Belles as Animation

1926		The Tail of the Monkey as Animation
1926		The Cat's Nine Lives as Animation
1926		The Pig's Curly Tail as Animation

1925

Just Spooks as Animation

1923

Colonel Heeza Liar's Burglar as Animation

1920		Jerry on the Job: Without Coal as Animation
1920		Jerry on the Job: A Thrilling Drill as Animation
1920		Indoor Sports by Tad as Animation
1920		Jerry on the Job: Cheating the Piper as Animation
1920		Jerry on the Job: Swinging His Vacation as Animation

Writing

2024

Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp as Characters

2018

Woody Woodpecker as Characters

2017

Woody Woodpecker as Characters

1952

Born to Peck as Story

1951

The Woody Woodpecker Polka as Story

1937		Firemen's Picnic as Writer
1937		The Playful Pup as Story
1937		The Country Store as Writer
1937		The Wily Weasel as Writer
1937		The Birthday Party as Story
1937		House of Magic as Writer

1936		Knights for a Day as Writer
1936		Music Hath Charms as Writer
1936		Beauty Shoppe as Writer

1935		Doctor Oswald as Writer
1935		Case of the Lost Sheep as Writer
1935		Candyland as Writer

1934		Toyland Premiere as Story
1934		Jolly Little Elves as Story

1930

Bowery Bimbos as Writer

1929

Nutty Notes as Story

1928		Mississippi Mud as Writer
1928		Any Old Count as Writer

1927		Love in a Police Station as Writer
1927		The Farm-Hand as Writer
1927		S'matter Pete as Writer

1926		The Tail of the Monkey as Writer
1926		The Pig's Curly Tail as Story
1926		Dinky Doodle and the Little Orphan as Writer
1926		Dinky Doodle in Egypt as Writer

1925		Just Spooks as Writer
1925		Cinderella as Writer