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Chilly Willy filmography

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Source revisionJun 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ6566995 ↗
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This is a list of Walter Lantz "Cartunes" featuring Chilly Willy. All are entries in Lantz's Chilly Willy series.

Directors for each short are noted. The first five cartoons (Chilly Willy through Room and Wrath) were released in The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection. Five additional shorts, including Hold That Rock and Half-Baked Alaska, were released in The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2.

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References

Tatay, Jack, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Cooke, Jon. The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia. Retrieved February 29, 2008.

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