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Pete Smith
In short · Worked for three decades — 31 credits, 3 Academy Award wins.
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- Award win
Academy Awards — Oscar — Honorary Award
- Award win
Academy Awards — Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Award win
Academy Awards — Oscar — Short Subject (color)
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Actor
22 credits
Wrong Way Butch(1950)
Narrator
Film
Did'ja Know?(1950)
Pete Smith - Narrator
Film
You Can't Win(1948)
Narrator
Film
Now You See It(1947)
Narrator
Film
Studio Visit(1946)
Narrator
Film
Sure Cures(1946)
Pete Smith - Narrator
Film
Groovie Movie(1944)
Narrator
Film
The Tree in a Test Tube(1942)
Interlocutor
Film
Army Champions(1941)
Narrator
Film
Quicker'n a Wink(1940)
Narrator
Film
Romance of Radium(1937)
Narrator
Film
The Grand Bounce(1937)
Narrator
Film
Wanted -- A Master(1936)
Hector
Film
The Story of 'The Jonker Diamond'(1936)
Narrator
Film
Killer-Dog(1936)
Narrator
Film
Audioscopiks(1935)
Commentator
Film
Goofy Movies Number Six(1934)
Narrator
Film
Goofy Movies Number Four(1934)
Narrator
Film
Goofy Movies Number Two(1934)
Narrator
Film
Goofy Movies Number Three(1934)
Narrator
Film
Menu(1933)
Narrator
Film
Goofy Movies Number One(1933)
Narrator
Film
Awards & Nominations
3 wins · 14 nominationsAcademy Awards
- Won1953Oscar — Honorary Award
- Nom1950Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Nom1949Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Nom1948Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Nom1947Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Nom1946Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Nom1944Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Nom1943Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Nom1942Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Nom1941Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Won1940Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Won1937Oscar — Short Subject (color)
- Nom1937Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Nom1936Oscar — Short Subject (one-reel)
- Nom1935Oscar — Short Subject (novelty)
- Nom1934Oscar — Short Subject (novelty)
- Nom1932Oscar — Short Subject (novelty)
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Additional credits9Show
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- Water TrixSelf - Narrator · 1949
- Diamond DemonSelf - Narrator · 1947
- Treasures from TrashSelf - Narrator · 1946
- Movie PestsSelf - Narrator · 1944
- Seeing HandsSelf - Narrator · 1943
- Marines in the MakingSelf - Narrator · 1942
- Penny WisdomSelf - Narrator · 1937
- Strikes and SparesSelf - Explanatory Remarks by · 1934
- Swing HighSelf - Narrator · 1931
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