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Junius Conyers Matthews (June 12, 1890 – January 18, 1978) 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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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
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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Junius Conyers Matthews was an American actor. 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 (June 12th, 1890 - January 18th, 1978) was the first actor to voice Rabbit in the Winnie the Pooh Series. He voiced Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1986), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1988), Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1990), and The Many Adventures of...
