Chilly Willy is a funny animal cartoon character, a diminutive anthropomorphic penguin living in Alaska. He was created by Paul J. Smith for the Walter Lantz studio in 1953. The character soon became the second most popular Lantz/Universal character behind Woody Woodpecker.
Chilly Willy appeared in 50 theatrical short subjects produced by Lantz from 1953 to 1972, most of which involve his attempts to stay warm, and often meeting opposition from a dog named Smedley. There were times, however, when Chilly and Smedley got along, as they did in Vicious Viking and Fractured Friendship. Ironically, Chilly never referred to Smedley by name. Most times that Chilly was in opposition with Smedley, it wound up with the two of them being friends at the end. Two of Chilly's friends in the later cartoons were Maxie the Polar Bear and Gooney the "Gooney Bird" Albatross. Maxie has appeared with Chilly more than Gooney has. There have been only two cartoons in which all three characters have appeared together: Gooney's Goofy Landings and Airlift a la Carte.
The cartoon short subjects stars the one and only Daws Butler as many voices of Chilly Willy, Smedley, Wally Walrus, Maxie, and Gooney.
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