Pete Smith
Birthday
1892/09/04
Day of death
1979/01/12 (86 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Peter Schmidt
Biography
Born Peter Schmidt in New York City, Pete Smith got a job after graduating business college with The Player magazine and later with Billboard magazine. That led to his being hired as a publicist for Famous Players-Lasky and Artcraft Pictures, and he was later appointed publicity director at Paramount Pictures. Director Marshall Neilan hired Smith to be the publicist for his own production company, and Smith left New York for Hollywood. After Neilan's company closed, Smith freelanced for a short ...Read more
Acting
(1936) Killer Dog
as Narrator (voice)
(1948) Let's Cogitate
as Narrator (voice
(1949) Those Good Old Days
as Narrator
(1943) Water Wisdom
as Narrator(voice)
(1939) Marine Circus
as Narrator
(1933) Throttle Pushers
as Narrator(voice)
(1947) Neighbor Pests
as Narrator
(1954) Film Antics
as Narrator
(1933) Inflation
as Narrator (voice)
(1933) Menu
as Narrator (voice)
(1937) Romance of Radium
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Goofy Movies Number Seven
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Strikes and Spares
as Narrator (voice)
(1937) Penny Wisdom
as Narrator (voice)
(1937) Friend Indeed
as Narrator
(1937) Pigskin Champions
as Narrator (voice)
(1938) The New Audioscopiks
as Narrator
(1938) Fisticuffs
as Narrator (voice)
(1938) Three on a Rope
as Narrator
(1945) Guest Pests
as Narrator
(1954) Out for Fun
as Narrator
(1932) Swing High
as Narrator (voice)
(1949) Super Cue Men
as Narrator
(1939) Double Diving
as Narrator
(1942) The Tree in a Test Tube
as as Interlocutor (voice)
(1936) Hurling
as Narrator
(1947) Diamond Demon
as Narrator (voice)
(1940) Stuffie
as ---
(1937) The Grand Bounce
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1939) Let's Talk Turkey
as Narrator
(1939) Radio Hams
as Narrator (voice)
(1939) Set 'em Up
as Narrator
(1931) Trader Hound
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) Fala: The President's Dog
as Narrator - Host
(1943) Hollywood Daredevils
as Narrator
(1936) The Jonker Diamond
as Narrator (voice)
(2002) Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1949) We Can Dream, Can't We?
as Narrator
(1954) Ain't It Aggravatin'
as Narrator (voice)
(1933) Goofy Movies Number One
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Goofy Movies Number Two
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Goofy Movies Number Three
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Goofy Movies Number Four
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Goofy Movies Number Five
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Goofy Movies Number Six
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Goofy Movies Number Eight
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Goofy Movies Number Nine
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Goofy Movies Number Ten
as Narrator (voice)
(1953) Things We Can Do Without
as Narrator (voice)
(1950) Did'ja Know?
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Third Dimensional Murder
as Narrator (voice)
(1940) Wedding Bills
as Narrator (voice)
(1939) Take a Cue
as Narrator (voice)
(1933) Handlebars
as Narrator (voice)
(1936) Let's Dance
as Narrator (voice)
(1937) Candid Cameramaniacs
as Narrator
(1937) Bar-Rac's Night Out
as Narrator (voice)
(1946) I Love My Husband, But!
as Narrator (voice)
(1944) Movie Pests
as Narrator (voice)
(1946) Sure Cures
as Narrator (voice)
(1936) Wanted - A Master
as Narrator (voice) / Dog (voice)
(1951) Fishing Feats
as Narrator (voice)
(1955) The Fall Guy
as Narrator (voice)
(1939) Weather Wizards
as Narrator (voice)
(1940) 'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
as Narrator (voice)
(1946) Equestrian Quiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 11
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Roping Wild Bears
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Fancy Answers
as Narrator (voice)
(1943) Seeing Hands
as Narrator (voice)
(1949) Water Trix
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Aeronutics
as Narrator (voice)
(1947) I Love My Wife BUT!
as Narrator (voice)
(1950) A Wife's Life
as Narrator (voice)
(1948) I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
as Narrator (voice)
(1953) Cash Stashers
as Narrator (voice)
(1951) Camera Sleuth
as Narrator (voice)
(1955) Just What I Needed
as Narrator
(1932) Snow Birds
as Narrator (voice)
(1949) Sports Oddities
as Narrator
(1955) The Man Around the House
as Narrator (voice)
(1950) Wrong Way Butch
as Narrator (voice)
(1948) You Can't Win
as Narrator (voice)
(1954) Do Someone a Favor!
as Narrator (voice)
(1935) Donkey Baseball
as Narrator (voice)
(1942) Acro-Batty
as Narrator
(1945) Hollywood Scout
as Narrator / Chimp (voice)
(1945) The Great Morgan
as Narrator in 'Badminton' (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1948) Just Suppose
as Narrator (voice)
(1946) Gettin' Glamour
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
as Narrator (voice)
(1952) Reducing
as Narrator (voice)
(1933) Fine Feathers
as Narrator
(1954) Rough Riding
as Narrator
(1954) The Camera Caught It
as Narrator
(1935) Water Sports
as Narrator (voice)
(1955) Animals in Action
as Narrator (voice)
(1947) Athletiquiz: What's Your I.Q.? No. 12
as Narrator
(1947) Have You Ever Wondered?
as Narrator (voice)
(1951) Bargain Madness
as Narrator (voice)
(1942) Victory Quiz
as ---
(1942) Calling All Pa's
as Narrator (voice)
(1953) Dogs 'n Ducks
as Narrator (voice)
(1936) Harnessed Rhythm
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Lions on the Loose
as Narrator (voice)
(1950) Crashing the Movies
as Narrator (voice)
(1948) Ice Aces
as Narrator (voice)
(1952) Musiquiz
as Narrator (voice)
(1954) Fish Tales
as Narrator (voice)
(1932) Microscopic Mysteries
as Narrator (voice)
(1939) Heroes at Leisure
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Flicker Memories
as Narrator (voice)
(1935) Audioscopiks
as Commentator (voice)
(1947) Now You See It
as Narrator (voice)
(1940) Quicker'n a Wink
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Army Champions
as Narrator (voice)
(1935) La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as Narrator (voice)
(1942) Marines in the Making
as Narrator (voice)
(1944) Groovie Movie
as Narrator
(1944) Safety Sleuth
as Pete Smith - Narrator
(1940) The Domineering Male
as Narrator (voice)
(1932) Color Scales
as Narrator (voice)
(1946) Treasures from Trash
as Narrator (voice)
(1935) Trained Hoofs
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Football Thrills of 1940
as Narrator
(1945) Football Thrills of 1944
as Narrator
(1934) Manhattan Melodrama
as Racetrack Announcer (Voice) (uncredited)
(1943) Seventh Column
as Narrator (voice)
(1937) Equestrian Acrobats
as Narrator (voice)
(1934) Pro Football
as Narrator (voice)
(1945) Badminton
as Narrator (voice)
(1931) Wild and Woolly
as Narrator (voice)
(1932) Desert Regatta
as Narrator (voice)
(1953) This Is a Living?
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Water Bugs
as Narrator (voice)
(1946) Studio Visit
as Narrator (voice)
(1944) Sportsman's Memories
as Narrator (voice)
(1942) Aqua Antics
as Narrator (voice)
(1932) Olympic Events
as Narrator (voice)
(1941) Cuban Rhythm
as Narrator (voice)
(1950) Curious Contests
as Narrator (voice) (as a Smith named Pete)
(1938) Penny's Party
as Narrator
(1938) Anaesthesia
as Narrator
(1937) Dexterity
as Narrator
(1938) Football Thrills of 1937
as Narrator
(1938) Grid Rules
as Narrator
(1938) Hot on Ice
as Narrator
(1938) Man's Greatest Friend
as Narrator
(1938) Penny's Picnic
as ---
(1939) Poetry of Nature
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1948) Bowling Tricks
as Narrator(voice)
(1941) Memory Tricks
as ---
(1939) Culinary Carving
as Narrator
(1944) Home Maid
as Narrator