Hal Smith
Actor
Biography
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Harold John "Hal" Smith (August 24, 1916 – January 28, 1994) was an American character actor and voice actor. Smith is best known as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on The Andy Griffith Show, and was the voice of many characters on various animated cartoon shorts. He is also known to radio listeners as John Avery Whittaker on Adventures in Odyssey.
Smith is often wrongly given credit for the writing of the movie It Came from Beneath the Sea, as well as ten other produced feature films. The true co-writer of those movies is Harold Jacob Smith, who wrote as "Hal Smith" until 1958.
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Filmography
The Jungle Book
as Slob Elephant (uncredited) 1967
The Apartment
as Man in Santa Claus Suit (uncredited) 1960
An American Tail
as Moe (voice) 1986
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
as Owl (voice) 1977
Mickey's Christmas Carol
as Goofy - Jacob Marley's Ghost / Collector for the Poor #1 (voice) 1983
The Getaway
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) 1972
The Great Race
as Mayor of Boracho 1965
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
as Owl (voice) 1968
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
as Calver Weems 1966
The Small One
as Auctioneer (voice) 1978
The Million Dollar Duck
as Courthouse Guard 1971
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
as Owl (voice) (uncredited) 1999
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
as Owl (voice) 1966
A Flintstone Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice) 1977
Return to Mayberry
as Otis Campbell 1986
Halloween Is Grinch Night
as Josiah (voice) 1977