Hal Smith (actor)
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Harold John Smith[3] (August 24, 1916 – January 28, 1994) 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 and Winnie the Pooh (replacing Sterling Holloway) in the first four original Winnie the Pooh shorts (the first three of which were combined into the feature film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh) and later Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons, Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore and in the television series, Welcome to Pooh Corner and The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He also did a cameo in The Apartment as a drunken Santa Claus.
Hal Smith | |
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Born | Harold John Smith (1916-08-24)August 24, 1916 Petoskey, Michigan, U.S. |
Died | January 28, 1994(1994-01-28) (aged 77) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Burial place | Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery, Santa Monica |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1946–1994 |
Spouse |
Louise C. Smith
(m. 1936; died 1992) |
Children | 1 |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Army Air Forces[1] |
Years of service | 1943–1946 |
Rank | Sergeant[2] |
Unit | Special Services |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Philippine Liberation Medal |