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Harold John "Hal" Smith (August 24, 1916 – January 28, 1994) was an American actor, comedian, recording artist, radio announcer and voice actor who is best known for his role as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on CBS' The Andy Griffith Show.

Smith was also active in voice-over roles, having played many characters on various animated shorts including Owl in the first four original Winnie the Pooh shorts (the first three of which were combined into the feature film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh) and later The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Uncle Tex on The Flintstones, Goliath in Davey and Goliath, and Flintheart Glomgold and Gyro Gearloose on DuckTales, as well as multiple other characters in The Huckleberry Hound ShowThe Quick Draw McGraw ShowThe Gumby ShowThe JetsonsTop CatScooby-Doo, Where Are You!Hong Kong Phooey, and many more. He was also known to radio listeners as John Avery Whittaker in Adventures in Odyssey.