Biography for
Hal Smith More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

24 August 1916, Petoskey, Michigan, USA

Date of Death

28 January 1994, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)

Birth Name

Harold John Smith

Spouse

Vivian M. Angstadt

(1939 - 6 July 1992) (her death) 1 child

Trivia

He alternated with actor/game show host Jack Bailey as the voice of Walt Disney's Goofy after the original voice artist, Pinto Colvig, died in 1967.

Provided the voice of the much beloved "Mr. Whittaker" in the very popular radio kids program Adventure in Odyssey.

Hal Smith's character, "Mr. Whittaker", from the radio program "Adventures In Odyssey" was brought back with Paul Herlinger handling his voice.

Reprised his role of Otis Campbell, Mayberry's town drunk on the "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960) in country singer Alan Jackson's 1991 video, "Don't Rock the Jukebox."

One of the most prolific cartoon voicepersons in entertainment history, most of his work having been done for Hanna-Barbera. Related to this, Smith played the character "Cartoon King" on a 1970 episode of "The Brady Bunch."

Is interred in the mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetary, in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Only child Terry Jay Smith died on October 11, 1998.

Personal Quotes

We were paid $5. a show. That was a lot of money in those days. My sisters Bernadeen and Kathleen were also great dancers. They performed up a storm. We did a lot of different acts back then and Abe Cohen helped us. He really enjoyed our work.