John Foster
Born: 1886-11-27 in New Jersey, USA
Died: 1959-02-16
Known For: Directing
Biography
John Foster (November 27, 1886 – February 16, 1959) was a cartoonist and film director. He is remembered for his direction in over a hundred films, including the Van Beuren Tom and Jerry series and the early (1928) sound-on-film cartoon "Dinner Time". Later in the 1930s, he created Gandy Goose for Terrytoons.
Filmography
2007
- Bizarre Cartoons Of The Past ... (Director)
1950
- Better Late Than Never ... (Story)
1949
- The Perils of Pearl Pureheart ... (Story)
1948
- Taming the Cat ... (Story)
- Goony Golfers ... (Story)
- Seeing Ghosts ... (Story)
1947
- Aladdin's Lamp ... (Story)
- Mighty Mouse Meets Deadeye Dick ... (Story)
- The Dead End Cats ... (Story)
- Flying South ... (Story)
- Crying Wolf ... (Story)
- The Wolf's Pardon ... (Story)
1946
- The Tortoise Wins Again ... (Story)
- The Jail Break ... (Story)
- The Snow Man ... (Story)
- My Old Kentucky Home ... (Story)
- The Johnstown Flood ... (Story)
- Throwing the Bull ... (Story)
- The Hep Cat ... (Story)
- Winning the West ... (Story)
- The Wicked Wolf ... (Story)
- The Electronic Mouse Trap ... (Story)
- The Crackpot King ... (Story)
- Svengali's Cat ... (Story)
- Mighty Mouse in the Trojan Horse ... (Story)
1945
- Mighty Mouse and the Pirates ... (Story)
- The Port of Missing Mice ... (Story)
- Mighty Mouse in Krakatoa ... (Screenplay)
- Ants in Your Pantry ... (Story)
- Mighty Mouse and the Kilkenny Cats ... (Story)
- Mighty Mouse and the Wolf ... (Story)
- Bad Bill Bunion ... (Story)
- Raiding the Raiders ... (Story)
- Aesop's Fable: The Mosquito ... (Story)
- The Silver Streak ... (Story)
1944
- The Champion of Justice ... (Writer)
- The Sultan's Birthday ... (Story)
- Wolf! Wolf! ... (Story)
- Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat ... (Story)
- Eliza on the Ice ... (Screenplay)
- The Cat Came Back ... (Story)
- The Two Barbers ... (Story)
- The Green Line ... (Story)
1943
- Camouflage ... (Story)
- Pandora's Box ... (Story)
- Super Mouse Rides Again ... (Story)
- The Lion and the Mouse ... (Story)
- Down with Cats ... (Screenplay)
- Patriotic Pooches ... (Story)
- He Dood It Again ... (Story)
- Yokel Duck Makes Good ... (Story)
1942
- The Outpost ... (Story)
- Somewhere in the Pacific ... (Writer)
- The Big Build-Up ... (Story)
- The Mouse of Tomorrow ... (Screenplay)
- Frankenstein's Cat ... (Story)
- Funny Bunny Business ... (Story)
1941
- A Yarn About Yarn ... (Story)
- Mississippi Swing ... (Story)
- The Magic Shell ... (Story)
- Slap Happy Hunters ... (Story)
- The Bird Tower ... (Story)
- Good Old Irish Tunes ... (Story)
- The Baby Seal ... (Writer)
1940
- The Snow Man ... (Story)
- Plane Goofy ... (Story)
- Professor Offkeyski ... (Story)
- Landing of the Pilgrims ... (Story)
- Just a Little Bull ... (Story)
- Happy Haunting Grounds ... (Story)
- The Temperamental Lion ... (Story)
- How Wet Was My Ocean ... (Story)
1939
- The Orphan Duck ... (Story)
- The Three Bears ... (Writer)
1938
- Village Blacksmith ... (Story)
- String Bean Jack ... (Director)
- The Stranger Rides Again ... (Story)
- Devil of the Deep ... (Director)
- Gandy the Goose ... (Director)
- Robinson Crusoe's Broadcast ... (Director)
- The Goose Flies High ... (Director)
- The Last Indian ... (Story)
- Maid in China ... (Writer)
- Bugs Beetle and His Orchestra ... (Director)
1937
- The Billy Goat's Whiskers ... (Director)
1933
- Panicky Pup ... (Director)
- Magic Mummy ... (Director)
- Tight Rope Tricks ... (Director)
- Three Little Kittens ... (Director)
- Tumble Down Town ... (Director)
- Silvery Moon ... (Director)
- Love's Labor Won ... (Director)
1932
- Bring 'Em Back Half Shot ... (Director)
- Plane Dumb ... (Director)
- Pickaninny Blues ... (Director)
- Circus Romance ... (Director)
- Fly Frolic ... (Director)
- Rabid Hunters ... (Director)
- Redskin Blues ... (Director)
- Nursery Scandal ... (Director)
- The Farmerette ... (Director)
- Magic Art ... (Director)
- Pencil Mania ... (Director)
- Spring Antics ... (Director)
- Toy Time ... (Director)
- Joint Wipers ... (Director)
- Frisky Frolics ... (Director)
- Jolly Fish ... (Director)
- The Ball Game ... (Director)
- Venice Vamp ... (Director)
- Uncle Tom and Little Eva ... (Director)
- A Cat-Fish Romance ... (Director)
- In the Bag ... (Director)
- A Yarn of Wool ... (Director)
- The Golden Goose ... (Director)
- Stone Age Error ... (Director)
- The Tuba Tooter ... (Director)
- The Cat's Canary ... (Director)
- Rocketeers ... (Director)
- The Wild Goose Chase ... (Director)
- Down in Dixie ... (Director)
- Bugs and Books ... (Director)
- A Romeo Monk ... (Director)
- Chinese Jinks ... (Director)
- Pots and Pans ... (Director)
- Hokum Hotel ... (Director)
- Piano Tooners ... (Director)
- Barnyard Bunk ... (Director)
- A Spanish Twist ... (Director)
1931
- Makin' 'Em Move ... (Director)
- Fairyland Follies ... (Director)
- Cowboy Cabaret ... (Director)
- Horse Cops ... (Director)
- Jungle Jam ... (Director)
- College Capers ... (Director)
- Play Ball ... (Director)
- In Dutch ... (Director)
- Trouble ... (Director)
- Cowboy Blues ... (Director)
- Polar Pals ... (Director)
- The Animal Fair ... (Director)
- Tom & Jerry and Friends ... (Director)
- Old Hokum Bucket ... (Director)
- Wot a Night ... (Director)
- A Swiss Trick ... (Director)
- Love in a Pond ... (Director)
- Red Riding Hood ... (Director)
- The Fly Guy ... (Director)
- Fly Hi ... (Director)
- Pale Face Pup ... (Director)
- A Toytown Tale ... (Director)
- The Family Shoe ... (Director)
- Mad Melody ... (Director)
- Cinderella Blues ... (Director)
- Radio Racket ... (Director)
1930
- Ship Ahoy ... (Director)
- Farm Foolery ... (Director)
- Frozen Frolics ... (Director)
- Foolish Follies ... (Director)
- The Iron Man ... (Director)
- Sky Skippers ... (Director)
- Singing Saps ... (Director)
- Midnight ... (Director)
- Jungle Jazz ... (Director)
- Western Whoopee ... (Director)
- Circus Capers ... (Director)
- The Haunted Ship ... (Director)
- The Office Boy ... (Director)
- Stone Age Stunts ... (Director)
- Gypped in Egypt ... (Director)
- The Big Cheese ... (Director)
- Good Old Schooldays ... (Director)
- Noah Knew His Ark ... (Director)
- A Bugville Romance ... (Director)
- Dixie Days ... (Director)
- The King of Bugs ... (Director)
- A Romeo Robin ... (Director)
- Laundry Blues ... (Director)
- Hot Tamale ... (Director)
- Snow Time ... (Director)
- Oom Pah Pah ... (Director)
1929
- Wooden Money ... (Director)
- Barnyard Melody ... (Director)
- Fight Game ... (Director)
- Night Club ... (Director)
- Enchanted Flute ... (Director)
- Summertime ... (Director)
- The Jungle Fool ... (Director)
- A Close Call ... (Director)
- The Fly's Bride ... (Director)
- The Cold Steel ... (Director)
- Little Game Hunter ... (Director)
- Farmer's Goat ... (Director)
- Snow Birds ... (Director)
- By Land and Air ... (Director)
- Mill Pond ... (Director)
1928
- A Day Off ... (Director)
- The Early Bird ... (Director)
- Sunday on the Farm ... (Director)
- The Flying Age ... (Director)
- Everybody's Flying ... (Director)
1927
- Christmas Cheer ... (Director)
- When Snow Flies ... (Director)
- Carnival Week ... (Director)
1922
- The Dog And The Thief ... (Director)
- The Miller And His Donkey ... (Director)
- The Elephant's Trunk ... (Director)
- The Hated Rivals ... (Director)
- The Fearless Fido ... (Director)
- The Fortune Hunters ... (Director)
- The Fable of Henpecked Henry ... (Director)
- The Farmer And The Mice ... (Director)
- The Farmer And The Ostrich ... (Director)
- The Enchanted Fiddle ... (Director)