Hal Smith
American actor (1916-1994) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 77
Harold John Smith was an American actor. He is credited in over 300 film and television productions, and was best known for his role as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show, and for voicing Owl in four of the five Winnie the Pooh shorts.
Hal Smith is read about 471 times a day, in 20 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
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Beauty and the BeastFilm, Philippe (voice)1987
DuckTalesSeries, Gyro Gearloose / Flintheart Glomgold (voice)
Alice Through the Looking GlassFilm, 1987Bandersnatch / Conductor / Horse (voice)1985
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi BearsSeries, Abbot Costello (voice)1984
Garfield in the RoughFilm, Dicky Beaver (voice)1982
Here Comes GarfieldFilm, Reba / Skinny (voice)1978
The Small OneFilm, Auctioneer (voice)1974
Little House on the PrairieSeries1972
The GetawayFilm, Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)1970
Santa and the Three BearsFilm, Grandfather / Santa / Mr. Ranger1969
Love, American StyleSeries, dognapper1967
The Jungle BookFilm, Slob Elephant (uncredited)1965
Green AcresSeries, Carl Bevins
The Great RaceFilm, 1965Mayor of Boracho1964
The Addams FamilySeries, Judge Harvey Saunders1963
Critic's ChoiceFilm, Drunk (uncredited)1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Tompy Dill1960
The ApartmentFilm, Man in Santa Claus Suit (uncredited)1958
Peter GunnSeries1955
GunsmokeSeries, Dobie
Santa Fe PassageFilm, 19551951
The Red Skelton ShowSeries, Captain1916Born24 August 1916People around Hal
Close ties
Sterling Holloway Duets: Winnie the Pooh and Mind over Matter
John Fiedler Duets: Mind over Matter and Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!
Ralph Wright Duets: Mind over Matter and Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!
Barbara Luddy Duets: Mind over Matter and Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!
Junius Matthews Duets: Mind over Matter and Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!
Paul Winchell Also in Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)
Lorenzo Music Also in Here Comes Garfield (1982)
Vance Gerry Wrote Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
Henry Mancini Wrote The Great Race and Oklahoma Crude
Jim Davis Wrote Here Comes Garfield (1982)
Alan Young Also in DuckTales- Don Messick Also in Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles
Howard Morris Also in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
Arthur Lubin Directed The Addams Family- John Stephenson Also in Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles
Will Ryan Also in Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)- Jean Vander Pyl Also in Christmas Flintstone (1964)
Jon Walmsley Duets: Hip Hip Pooh-Ray! (1968)
Phil Roman Directed Here Comes Garfield (1982)
William Hanna Directed Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles- Wolfgang Reitherman Directed Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
Janet Waldo Also in Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
Sebastian Cabot Also in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)- Larry Clemmons Wrote Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)
Known for
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Scooby-Doo! and the Robots 2011
The Apartment 1960
Beauty and the Beast 1991
Mickey's Christmas Carol 1983
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree 1966
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
249 credits on file
Television 24
About this person
Smith also replaced voice actor Sterling Holloway as the title character Winnie the Pooh in the last two shorts, Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons and Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, and in the television series Welcome to Pooh Corner. He was the voice of Goofy from 1967 to 1983, did a cameo in The Apartment as a drunken Santa Claus, and provided the voice of Goliath in the TV series Davey and Goliath from 1961 to 1965.
