Hal Smith TV Schedule
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Mon 16
The Flintstones: Monster from the Tar Pits — Hal Smith
A major Hollyrock production, "The Monster From the Tar Pits", shoots in Bedrock, and Wilma and Betty hope to land bit parts and a chance to see their favourite film star Gary Granite, while Fred lands a job as his stunt double on the movie.
Air Time & Details for Hal Smith, Mon 16, 6:30 pm -
Thu 19
Have Gun, Will Travel: The Great Mojave Chase — Hal Smith
A wager has Paladin riding through the Mojave Desert---on a camel. Kane: Lawrence Dobkin. Paladin: Richard Boone. First Gunman: Claude Akins.
Air Time & Details for Hal Smith, Thu 19, 11:30 am -
Thu 19
The Flintstones: The Engagement Ring — Hal Smith
Barney buys Betty an engagement ring and asks Fred to hide it for him, but when Wilma discovers it, she thinks it's a gift for her from her husband. Barney's unable to buy a replacement ring because he's short on funds, so he enters the boxing ring to go a round with the champ in order to raise the cash.
Air Time & Details for Hal Smith, Thu 19, 6:30 pm -
Sat 21
The Lucy Show: Main Street USA — Hal Smith
Lucy leads a protest against a proposed freeway. Part 1 of two. Tinker: Mel Torme. John Bubbles: Himself. Doc: Paul Winchell. Mooney: Gale Gordon.
Air Time & Details for Hal Smith, Sat 21, 12:30 am
Filmography
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Biography
About Hal Smith
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Character actor Hal Smith (born Harold John Smith) cut his acting teeth in various touring road companies. Before serving in the Air Force during World War II, he had amassed impressive credits as a band singer, radio disc jockey, and writer. In the postwar years, he decided to try his luck in Hollywood, although holding down a real-estate job so he'd have a financial cushion between acting jobs.
His first recurring TV role was on the vintage sitcom I Married Joan (1952-53). (It was a different actor who appeared in the bit role of Anne Baxter's suitor in O. Henry's Full House [1952].) He spent most of the '50s playing guest stints and providing voice-overs for cartoon characters, and was briefly Hal the Bartender, a commercial spokesman for a popular brand of beer.
In 1960, he was signed for the semi-regular role of town drunk Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show, essaying this hilarious (if politically incorrect) characterization with expertise, although he often insisted, "I don't think I've ever really been drunk in my whole life." Since Otis did not appear in every Griffith episode, Smith had time aplenty to free-lance, playing such film roles as a drunken Santa in Billy Wilder's The Apartment (1960) and an effeminate Roman emperor in The Three Stooges Meet Hercules (1962), and supplying voices for such cartoon programs as Davey and Goliath and The Flintstones. By 1962, he was making 50,000 dollars per year, a tidy sum in those days. During the 1970s and '80s, Smith was most closely associated with Disney, replacing the late Vance "Pinto" Colvig as the voice of Goofy and providing voices for series ranging from Winnie the Pooh and Friends to Ducktales.
Smith died in 1994.