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Hal Smith

1916 - 1994

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Harold John Smith (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 in four of the five Winnie the Pooh shorts (the character is absent in Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too). 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Hal Smith is the 9,877th most popular actor (down from 8,066th in 2024), the 14,708th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,956th in 2019) and the 4,594th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Hal Smith ranks 9,877 out of 13,578. Before him are Janis Carter, Lucas Till, Rajpal Yadav, Anamaria Marinca, Doris Kenyon, and Shelley Hennig. After him are Rain Phoenix, Xu Kai, Alice Taglioni, Franck Gastambide, Jack Webb, and Sarah Snook.

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Among people born in 1916, Hal Smith ranks 317. Before him are Lucille Bliss, Tony Bettenhausen, Shobhna Samarth, Eddie Arcaro, Stan Cullis, and C. Everett Koop.  Among people deceased in 1994, Hal Smith ranks 363. Before him are Jack Hannah, Robert Wangila, Sándor Schwartz, Whina Cooper, Frances Gifford, and Janis Carter. After him are Heather Sears, Dixy Lee Ray, Eric Linden, Dennis Morgan, Vladimír Podzimek, and Cleanth Brooks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hal Smith ranks 14,712 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Udall (1948), Doris Kenyon (1897), Shelley Hennig (1987), Brian McBride (1972), Howie Hawkins (1952), and Tommy Paul (1997). After him are Greg Mottola (1964), Rain Phoenix (1972), Deborah Snyder (1901), Bill Ayers (1944), Jack Webb (1920), and Jeremy Soule (1975).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Hal Smith ranks 4,596. Before him are Fred Melamed (1956), Patricia Kalember (1956), Janis Carter (1913), Lucas Till (1990), Doris Kenyon (1897), and Shelley Hennig (1987). After him are Rain Phoenix (1972), Jack Webb (1920), Emily Wickersham (1984), Nat Pendleton (1895), Emily Swallow (1979), and Rex Allen (1920).

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