{"id":28138,"date":"2026-07-10T18:47:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=hal-smith"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:47:05","slug":"hal-smith","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=hal-smith","title":{"rendered":"Hal Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harold John &#8220;Hal&#8221; Smith (August 24, 1916 \u2013 January 28, 1994) was an American character actor and voice actor. Smith is best known as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on The Andy Griffith Show, and was the voice of many characters on various animated cartoon shorts. 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