Harold John "Hal" Smith (August 24, 1916 - January 28, 1994) was an American character actor and voice-over artist. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A character actor is an Actor who predominantly plays a particular type of role rather than leading ones Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and
Life and work
Smith was best known as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on The Andy Griffith Show and as the voice of many characters from animated shorts. Otis Campbell was the fictional " Town drunk " in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1 He voiced the Disney cartoon character Goofy after Pinto Colvig died and also provided the voice of Owl in many of the Winnie the Pooh shorts and features. The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. Goofy is an Animated cartoon character from Walt Disney 's Mickey Mouse universe. Vance DeBar "Pinto" Colvig ( September 11 1892 &ndash October 3 1967) was a Vaudeville Actor, Radio Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional Bear created by A In the 1960s he provided the voices for many characters in Davey and Goliath. Davey and Goliath was the title of a 1960s Stop-motion animated television series From 1960 to 1961 he was the voice of Elmer Fudd after Arthur Q. Bryan died. Elmer J Fudd is a fictional Cartoon character and one of the most famous Looney Tunes characters In 1983, he reprised his role as Owl and also voiced Winnie The Pooh in Welcome to Pooh Corner. Welcome to Pooh Corner was a Live-action / Puppet Television series airing on Disney Channel, featuring the characters from the It was the first and only time he provided the voice of Pooh. In 1988's The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh TV series, Jim Cummings took over as Pooh while Smith again played Owl. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an American Animated Television series made by The Walt Disney Company, and inspired by James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952 in Youngstown Ohio) is an American voice actor. In 1991, Smith provided the voice of Philippe in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
The most famous character he was seen and not only heard as was Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show during most of the show's run in the 1960s. Otis Campbell was the fictional " Town drunk " in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1 Ironically, Hal Smith was the opposite of his character, and didn't do any drinking in real life. Otis Campbell stopped appearing in the show towards the end due to concerns over the portrayal of excessive drinking. Otis Campbell was the fictional " Town drunk " in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Hal Smith did play Otis Campbell one more time in the 1980s for the movie Return to Mayberry. Otis Campbell was the fictional " Town drunk " in Mayberry on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Return to Mayberry was a Television movie made in 1986 on NBC.
He did much work in Hanna-Barbera cartoons in the 1970s, and in the early 1960s, he voiced Taurus, the Scots-accented mechanic of the spaceship Starduster for the series Space Angel. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Space Angel was an Animated Science fiction Television series produced in the United States from early 1962 through 1964 In 1977, he was the voice of Grandpa Josiah in the cartoon TV special, Halloween is Grinch Night. Halloween is Grinch Night is a animated Television special co-produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and Dr For Disney's DuckTales he was the voice of Scrooge McDuck's rival Flintheart Glomgold and absent-minded scientist Gyro Gearloose. DuckTales is an American Animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Scrooge McDuck or Uncle Scrooge is a fictional Flintheart Glomgold is a Fictional character in Disney Comic books, one of Scrooge McDuck 's main rivals who holds the title of The Second Gyro Gearloose is a Fictional character, an anthropomorphic Chicken created by Carl Barks for The Walt Disney Company.
Starting in 1987 and continuing through 1994, he was the voice of the main character John Avery Whittaker on the Focus on the Family radio drama Adventures in Odyssey. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Adventures in Odyssey, also known as AIO or simply Odyssey, is an Evangelical Christian -themed Radio He was responsible for much of the cast joining the show after he signed on, and he continued recording episodes until a few weeks before his death, even while his health deteriorated. Additionally, he voiced dozens of other characters during the over 250 episodes he participated in.
He was born in Petoskey, Michigan. Petoskey is a city in the US state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6080 Smith spent a significant part of his early years in Massena, New York[1]
He died in Woodland Hills, California of a heart attack. There are two places named Massena in St Lawrence County in the U Woodland Hills is a district in the City of Los Angeles, California, United States.
References
- ^ [2004] (2004) in Michaud, John D. III: More than Otis: No Bull! A Salute to Hollywood Actor Hal J. Smith, 1st edition, Massena, New York: Stubbs Printing.