campaigns held by mothers against drunk driving the character gave house smith the lovable image he'd have for the rest of his life but even behind the character hal became one of the most loved actors in the industry early struggles let's rewind and talk more about hal's early career he was involved in music since his teens even starting his own orchestra in the NUMBER_TOKENs known as hal smith and his music his parents didn't really care for his music career but this didn't stop him he knew he loved entertaining others and wanted to make a living in showbiz apart from music he was even part of a vaudeville double act called trade and mark when he transitioned to the radio he worked as a dj radio actor and even a news reader he eventually hosted his own show called the yawn patrol here he'd sing songs play piano and play a variety of characters while he was spending the NUMBER_TOKENs and NUMBER_TOKENs honing his craft and building his resume he knew he was destined to reach wider audiences hal's film and tv career while many of hal's film roles throughout the NUMBER_TOKENs went uncredited he was happy to receive regular work he once stated he was happy just being a supporting actor but even if he wasn't the lead he could still steal the show his talent did in fact come from his parents even though they weren't involved in showbiz his father jay was a millwright who had a knack for telling stories and entertaining any fan should look back at his early films to see how hal managed to stand out even with a small role he was cast as a voice actor in many popular animated tv shows of the time including the yogi bear show and the flintstones in fact among his most famous voice roles included al in the many adventures of winnie the pooh and goofy after pinto kolvig the original voice actor died he also lent his voice to episodes of the pink panther animated series scooby-doo where are you and as philip the horse and beauty and the beast he also regularly appeared in commercials for several major brands like pizza hut toyota mattel and general mills hal's legacy there were certain challenges with being known mostly for otis the drunk on the andy griffith show many people couldn't distinguish hal from otis and assumed he was also an alcoholic his son terry was often asked if his father was exactly like otis on one occasion hal came across an irate employee at a hardware store who stated his brother started drinking after watching otis campbell on the show at the height of his fame howe would be offered free drinks wherever he'd go but he would turn them down as he rarely drank alcohol otis was so loved by fans that hal became one of america's most loved entertainers in NUMBER_TOKEN hal smith day was planned to pay a tribute to him the town of messina new york came together to plan the day it was a group banquet that included breakfast lunch and dinner hal also visited the local hospital to entertain patients one vacant store was redesigned to look like the mayberry jail it was here where hal met many of his loyal fans and
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