In 1989, Smith provided voices for an Aardman Animations short called "Ident" with Nice and later. In 1989 he appeared in "The Bill" ("Quiet Life"). In the mid and late 1990s, he lent his voice to some television animations including the TV short "The Animal Train" as Jim Jam (with veteran voice actor Rick Jones voicing the character in the US version), the BBC clay animated series "Rex the Runt" (also made by Aardman) as Arthur Dustcart in five episodes, and the British-French children's animated series "Romuald the Reindeer" as the big bully Clint.