Hal Smith

American actor (1916-1994)

PersonDied aged 77humanQ2713545

Born: August 24, 1916
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Died: January 28, 1994
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Birthplace: Petoskey
Place of death: Santa Monica
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: actor
, dub actor
, screenwriter
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Education: Massena Central High School
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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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. 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.

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It Came from Beneath the Sea1955 · 1955 science fiction film directed by Robert Gordon

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