ACTOR
Hal Smith
1916 - 1994
Hal Smith
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 two television series, Welcome to Pooh Corner and The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. 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 9,859th most popular actor (down from 8,066th in 2024), the 14,691st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,956th in 2019) and the 4,588th most popular American Actor.
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Contemporaries
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.
Others Born in 1916
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Lucille Bliss
ACTOR
1916 - 2012
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 311
Tony Bettenhausen
RACING DRIVER
1916 - 1961
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 312
Shobhna Samarth
ACTOR
1916 - 2000
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 313
Eddie Arcaro
ATHLETE
1916 - 1997
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 314
Stan Cullis
SOCCER PLAYER
1916 - 2001
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 315
C. Everett Koop
POLITICIAN
1916 - 2013
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 316
Hal Smith
ACTOR
1916 - 1994
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 317
Others Deceased in 1994
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Jack Hannah
FILM DIRECTOR
1913 - 1994
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 357
Robert Wangila
ATHLETE
1967 - 1994
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 358
Sándor Schwartz
SOCCER PLAYER
1909 - 1994
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 359
Whina Cooper
POLITICIAN
1895 - 1994
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 360
Frances Gifford
ACTOR
1920 - 1994
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 361
Janis Carter
ACTOR
1913 - 1994
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 362
Hal Smith
ACTOR
1916 - 1994
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 363
Heather Sears
ACTOR
1935 - 1994
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 364
Dixy Lee Ray
POLITICIAN
1914 - 1994
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 365
Eric Linden
ACTOR
1909 - 1994
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 366
Dennis Morgan
SINGER
1908 - 1994
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 367
Vladimír Podzimek
SKIER
1965 - 1994
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 368
Cleanth Brooks
WRITER
1906 - 1994
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 369
Among ACTORS In United States
Among actors born in United States, Hal Smith ranks 4,590. 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).
Fred Melamed
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 4,584
Patricia Kalember
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 4,585
Janis Carter
1913 - 1994
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 4,586
Lucas Till
1990 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 4,587
Doris Kenyon
1897 - 1979
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 4,588
Shelley Hennig
1987 - Present
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 4,589
Hal Smith
1916 - 1994
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 4,590
Rain Phoenix
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 4,591
Jack Webb
1920 - 1982
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 4,592
Emily Wickersham
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 4,593
Nat Pendleton
1895 - 1967
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 4,594
Emily Swallow
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 4,595
Rex Allen
1920 - 1999
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 4,596
