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    Tony Dean Smith

    Director·Born 1977·Active 2012–2024
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    Career at a glance

    28Hallmark films

    4 at Christmas

    Audience rating7.0 / 10

    across 28 rated films

    Weirdness3.2 / 10

    Mostly standard issue

    Best reviewed

    Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar8.2

    Most recent

    Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters2024

    Everything Tony has done for Hallmark, from The Music Teacher (2012) right through to Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters (2024).

    Follow & about Tony

    From
    Johannesburg
    Tony Dean Smith is a screenwriter, director and editor for film and television.
    From Wikipedia

    Tony’s signature

    Across 28 films, Tony returns to Christmas and is usually set in the big city.

    • Christmas4 films
    • the big city15 films
    • a tech5 films
    • a love triangle12 films

    6 hours

    6 hours of Hallmark Christmas movies, and counting.

    Adds up across 4 festive titles.

    Known for

    The Christmas Train poster
    The Christmas Train6.4

    Editor · 2017

    Weirdness 3/10

    Unleashing Mr. Darcy poster
    Unleashing Mr. Darcy6.2

    Editor · 2016

    Weirdness 4/10

    Recipe for Love poster
    Recipe for Love6.4

    Editor · 2014

    Weirdness 4/10

    Summer Love poster
    Summer Love6.4

    Editor · 2016

    Weirdness 3/10

    Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade poster
    Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade6.8

    Editor · 2012

    Weirdness 5/10

    Picture a Perfect Christmas poster
    Picture a Perfect Christmas6.9

    Editor · 2019

    Weirdness 5/10

    On-screen partners

    Eric Mabius headshot
    Frequent co-star

    Tony’s most frequent on-screen partner is Eric Mabius, with 12 films together.

    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters (2024)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made (2021)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled (2018)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar (2018)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground (2017)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again (2017)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart (2016)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One in a Million (2016)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You (2016)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris with Love (2015)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told (2015)·
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream (2015)
    • Geoff Gustafson12
    • Kristin Booth12
    • Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe12
    • Zak Santiago9
    • Gregory Harrison8

    Recurring roles

    Tony is a recurring face in Signed, Sealed, Delivered, and 1 other franchise.

    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered12 films
    • Aurora Teagarden Mysteries2 films

    Where Tony fits in

    The corners of the Hallmark universe Tony keeps turning up in. Each one is a full ranked guide.

    • 🏙️Big-city movies
    • 🧁Baking & cooking movies
    • 🐶Dog & pet movies
    • 🏘️Small-town movies
    • ☀️Summer movies
    • 🔄Second-chance romance

    All 28 movies

    Newest first

    2020s

    4 films
    • 2024Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three LettersEditor · Big City7.3Weird 2/10
    • 2021Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a ConDirector · Wedding7.0Weird 3/10
    • 2021Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have MadeEditor · Wedding8.1Weird 3/10
    • 2020A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard MysteryEditor · Small Town6.6Weird 2/10

    2010s

    24 films
    • 2019Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and MouseEditor · Small Town7.1Weird 4/10
    • 2019Love Under the RainbowDirector · Wedding Anniversary6.5Weird 3/10
    • 2019Morning Show Mysteries: Death by DesignEditor · TV Studio6.5Weird 3/10
    • 2019Picture a Perfect ChristmasEditor · Christmas6.9Weird 5/10
    • 2018Love at First DanceEditor · Big City6.5Weird 3/10
    • 2018Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less TraveledEditor · Small Town7.4Weird 2/10
    • 2018Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the AltarEditor · Wedding8.2Weird 3/10
    • 2017Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher GroundEditor · Big City8.0Weird 3/10
    • 2017Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home AgainEditor · Rural/Farm7.7Weird 3/10
    • 2017The Christmas TrainEditor · Christmas6.4Weird 3/10
    • 2016Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the HeartEditor · Valentine's Day7.7Weird 3/10
    • 2016Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without YouEditor · Small Town8.0Weird 4/10
    • 2016Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One in a MillionEditor · Big City7.4Weird 2/10
    • 2016Summer LoveEditor · Big City6.4Weird 3/10
    • 2016Unleashing Mr. DarcyEditor · Big City6.2Weird 4/10
    • 2015Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris with LoveEditor · Big City7.6Weird 3/10
    • 2015Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible DreamEditor · July 4th7.8Weird 4/10
    • 2015Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be ToldEditor · Big City7.7Weird 3/10
    • 2015The Christmas NoteEditor · Christmas6.7Weird 4/10
    • 2014Lucky in LoveEditor · Big City5.6Weird 2/10
    • 2014My Boyfriends' DogsEditor · Small Town5.8Weird 3/10
    • 2014Recipe for LoveEditor · Big City6.4Weird 4/10
    • 2012Love at the Thanksgiving Day ParadeEditor · Thanksgiving6.8Weird 5/10
    • 2012The Music TeacherEditor · Big City5.9Weird 4/10

    Tony’s standouts

    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar poster
      Highest ratedSigned, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar (2018)

      Best-reviewed of the 28, at 8.2/10

      8.2
    • Lucky in Love poster
      Most divisiveLucky in Love (2014)

      Lowest-rated of the 28 — every filmography has one

      5.6
    • Picture a Perfect Christmas poster
      WeirdestPicture a Perfect Christmas (2019)

      The strangest of the bunch — 5/10 on our weirdness scale

      6.9

    In pictures

    A quick look at Tony’s Hallmark run — headshot and the posters fans know best.

    • Tony Dean Smith headshotTony Dean Smith
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters poster
    • Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con poster
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made poster
    • A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery poster
    • Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse poster
    • Love Under the Rainbow poster
    • Morning Show Mysteries: Death by Design poster
    • Picture a Perfect Christmas poster
    • Love at First Dance poster
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled poster
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar poster
    • Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground poster

    Tony’s creative circle

    Go-to cast

    • Eric Mabius12 films
    • Geoff Gustafson12 films
    • Kristin Booth12 films
    • Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe12 films
    • Zak Santiago9 films

    Who Tony works with

    The cast and crew Tony keeps ending up on set with — the regular faces you’ll recognise from one film to the next. Bigger circle, more films together.

    Tony Dean Smith's most frequent co-stars, sized by shared filmsJackie Lind: 16 films togetherJackie Lind16 filmsHarvey Kahn: 13 films togetherHarvey Kahn13 filmsAdam Sliwinski: 12 films togetherAdam Sliwinski12 filmsEric Mabius: 12 films togetherEric Mabius12 filmsGeoff Gustafson: 12 films togetherGeoff Gustafson12 filmsKristin Booth: 12 films togetherKristin Booth12 filmsMartha Williamson: 12 films togetherMartha Williams…12 films

    Movies by year

    Tony Dean Smith Hallmark movies by release year220123453341212024

    Ratings profile

    Average 7.0 across 28 rated movies — each dot is one film.

    Rating distribution for this filmography1510mean 7.0Lucky in Love: 5.6My Boyfriends' Dogs: 5.8The Music Teacher: 5.9Unleashing Mr. Darcy: 6.2The Christmas Train: 6.4Summer Love: 6.4Recipe for Love: 6.4Love Under the Rainbow: 6.5Morning Show Mysteries: Death by Design: 6.5Love at First Dance: 6.5A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery: 6.6The Christmas Note: 6.7Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade: 6.8Picture a Perfect Christmas: 6.9Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con a Con: 7.0Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse: 7.1Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters: 7.3Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Road Less Traveled: 7.4Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One in a Million: 7.4Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris with Love: 7.6Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Home Again: 7.7Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From the Heart: 7.7Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told: 7.7Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream: 7.8Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Higher Ground: 8.0Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You: 8.0Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Vows We Have Made: 8.1Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar: 8.2

    People also ask

    How many Hallmark movies has Tony Dean Smith been in?
    We have 28 Hallmark movies on file for Tony Dean Smith, spanning 2012–2024.
    What kind of Hallmark movies is Tony Dean Smith known for?
    Tony is best known for Christmas movies and romances set in the big city, often with a love triangle.
    What is Tony Dean Smith's highest-rated Hallmark movie?
    Signed, Sealed, Delivered: To the Altar (2018) is Tony's best-reviewed Hallmark film, with a 8.2/10 audience rating.
    What is Tony Dean Smith's most popular Hallmark movie?
    The Christmas Train (2017) has more audience votes than any other Tony Dean Smith Hallmark film, so it's the one most people have actually seen.
    Who does Tony Dean Smith usually star with?
    Tony has shared 12 films with Eric Mabius, their most frequent Hallmark co-star.
    Is Tony Dean Smith still making Hallmark movies?
    The newest Tony Hallmark credit we have is from 2024; nothing later has turned up yet.
    How many Hallmark Christmas movies has Tony Dean Smith made?
    Tony Dean Smith turns up in 4 Hallmark Christmas movies.
    What was Tony Dean Smith's first Hallmark movie?
    The earliest Tony Hallmark title we have is The Music Teacher (2012).
    Where is Tony Dean Smith from?
    Tony is from Johannesburg.
    What does Tony Dean Smith do in Hallmark movies?
    Tony Dean Smith works on Hallmark films as director.

    Data & sources

    Tony’s filmography, credits and ratings are compiled from IMDb, TMDB and Wikipedia, then checked and tidied by the Talking Hallmark team. Last updated June 2026.

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