Hal Smith

Birth Name:

Harold John Smith

Birth Place:

Petoskey, Michigan, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Served during World War II in the U․S․ Air Force
Graduated from Massena High School in New York in 1936
Was married to his wife Vivian M․ Angstadt, with whom he had one child, from 1939 until she passed away on July 6th, 1992
From 1936 to 1943, he spent time working as a disc jockey in Utica, N․Y
Best known as Otis Campbell, the loveable town drunk on "The Andy Griffith Show," even though in real life, he was a teetotaler
Following the death of the original voice actor of Goofy, Pinto Colvig, he was one of the actors to take over voicing the iconic Walt Disney character
In country musician Alan Jackson's 1991 music video "Don't Rock the Jukebox," he reprised his role of Otis Campbell from "The Andy Griffith Show․"

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