Hal Smith (actor)

Hal Smith
Smith as Otis Campbell in The Andy Griffith Show in the 1960s
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/branch	United States Army Air Forces[1]
Years of service	1943–1946
Rank	Sergeant[2]
Unit	Special Services
Battles/wars	World War II Pacific Theater
Awards	American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Philippine Liberation Medal

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.