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Actor

Hal Smith

Died in 1994, aged 77 · born in Petoskey

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Hal Smith’s filmography

Known for

All roles, 198

Newest first

Show the other 188From Morris Has a Cold (1993) to You for Me (1952)

As himself: 2 appearances

talk shows, making-of films

Filmography: TMDB.

Who was Hal Smith?

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

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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Biography: TMDB.

At a glance

Born
August 24, 1916
Died
January 28, 1994 (age 77)
Place of birth
Petoskey, Michigan, USA

Facts: TMDB.

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Hal Smith’s career in numbers

roles: 121 films and 77 series
198
TV episodes
1236
years on screen, since 1952
74
top rated: “The Apartment” (TMDB)
8.2

Genres of his features

  • animation69%
  • family49%
  • comedy38%
  • tv movie21%
  • adventure20%

Numbers from the TMDB filmography, genres from 121 features. One film can have several genres.

Most often with Hal Smith

Counted from TMDB casts and crews.

Frequently asked questions about Hal Smith

What has Hal Smith been in?

Among others: “Beauty and the Beast”, “The Jungle Book”, and “The Apartment”.

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