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Pete Smith

American publicist and short subject producer and narrator (1892-1979) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 86

Peter Schmidt, Americanized to Pete Smith, was a film producer based in Hollywood, California. He is best known for the Pete Smith Specialties, a long-running series of general-interest short films, ranging from human-interest stories to sports subjects.

Pete Smith is read about 18 times a day, in 10 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

1979Died12 January 19791955MGM ParadeSeries1954Academy Honorary AwardAwardFilm AnticsFilm, 1954Producer1953Cash StashersFilm, Producer1950Did'ja Know?Film, Producer1949Water TrixFilm, Producer1947Diamond DemonFilm, Narrator (voice)1946Studio VisitFilm, Producer1943Seeing HandsFilm, Producer1942Marines in the MakingFilm, Producer1941Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-ReelAward1940Quicker'n a WinkFilm, Producer1939Weather WizardsFilm, Narrator (voice)1938Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, ColorAward1936Killer DogFilm, Producer1935AudioscopiksFilm, Producer1933Goofy Movies Number OneFilm, Producer1932Swing HighFilm, Narrator (voice)1892Born4 September 1892

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Also in Deutsch

Filmography 40

285 credits on file

Television 1

Media & music

Awards

Academy Honorary Award1954
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel1941
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Color1938
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

Best remembered are the comedies, exaggerating common pet peeves and household problems, with Smith offering pointed commentary in his distinctive, nasal tenor.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1892 to 1979 · aged 86

In the same film or series as Pete

Lena HorneAlso in Studio Visit (1946)Fred ZinnemannAlso in Weather Wizards (1939)Nelson EddyAlso in Handlebars (1933)George SidneyAlso in Flicker Memories (1941)