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Junius Conyers Matthews (June 12, 1890 – January 18, 1978) [1] was an American actor in films, theater, radio and television. He was the voice of Archimedes the Owl in Disney's The Sword in the Stone in 1963. He was also the original voice of Rabbit in the Winnie the Pooh franchise from 1966 to 1977.
Junius Matthews. Actor: The Sword in the Stone. Junius Matthews was born Junius Conyers Matthews on June 12, 1890 in Illinois. He was determined to become a popular radio and television actor. He started out on stage, and got his first role in the classic The Silent Witness (1917), as Bud Morgan.
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- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Junius Conyers Matthews was an American actor and radio performer, who became the original voice of Rabbit in Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise, a role he played from 1966 to 1977. He also voiced Archimedes the owl in The Sword in the Stone and contributed to several Disneyland LP stories, such...
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Mini Bio. Junius Matthews was born Junius Conyers Matthews on June 12, 1890 in Illinois. He was determined to become a popular radio and television actor. He started out on stage, and got his first role in the classic The Silent Witness (1917), as Bud Morgan. Before the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939), he did the voice of the Tin Woodman on radio.
- June 12, 1890
- January 18, 1978
Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, the film features the voices of Rickie Sorensen, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Sebastian Cabot, Norman Alden, and Martha Wentworth. It was the last animated film from Walt Disney Productions to be released in Walt Disney's lifetime.
Jan 29, 2022 · Junius Matthews grew up a performer, acting on stage, through radio, and eventually in silent films. Most of his career before working at Disney was through Broadway and stage performance, acting in productions such as The Taming of the Shrewand The Grand Street Follies.
