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Sterling Price Holloway, Jr. was an American actor and voice actor. He was best known as the original voice of Winnie the Pooh, as well as the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, Kaa in The Jungle Book, and Roquefort in The Aristocats.
He is perhaps best remembered as the voice of Winnie the Pooh in Disney's Winnie the Pooh featurettes through 1977. He was honored as a Disney Legend in 1991, the first person to receive the award in the voice category.
Actor: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Popular American character actor of amusing appearance and voice whose long career led from dozens of highly enjoyable onscreen performances to world-wide familiarity as the voice of numerous Walt Disney animated films.
- January 1, 1
- Cedartown, Georgia, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Sterling Holloway, Marietta Canty, Aline MacMahon, and Stanley Ridges in The Lady Is Willing (1942)- Sterling Holloway, Kathryn Beaumont, and Fred Waring in The Fred Waring Show (1949)
- Sterling Holloway in Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956)
- Lon Chaney Jr., Sterling Holloway, Mary Carlisle, Betty Mae Crane, Beverly Crane, Arthur Lake, Edward J. Nugent, Gigi Parrish, Jeanie Roberts, and Crane Sisters in Girl O' My Dreams (1934)
- Sterling Holloway, Helen Gilbert, Paul Hurst, Robert Lowery, and Russell Simpson in Death Valley (1946)
- Sterling Holloway and Noel Neill in Man or Mouse (1948)
- Sterling Holloway, Betty Grable, El Brendel, and Danny Jackson in The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
- Sterling Holloway, Kenneth Anspach, Scotty Bates, Veda Ann Borg, Johnnie Davis, Lee Dixon, Ted Healy, Carole Landis, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Ethelreda Leopold, Poley McClintock, Spec O'Donnell, Dick Powell, Mabel Todd, Fred Waring, Ben Welden, Betty Wonder, Tommy Wonder, Marie Barde, Jane Doyle, and John George Doyle in Varsity Show (1937)
- Marlene Dietrich, Sterling Holloway, David James, and Edward McWade in The Lady Is Willing (1942)
- Sterling Holloway, Andy Griffith, and Don Knotts in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
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- The Stork - 'Dumbo' (1941) Walt Disney considered Holloway as the voice Sleepy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, but gave the role to Pinto Colvig. Holloway's first appearance in Disney would come four years later when Disney needed extra money to fund Bambi.
- Flower - 'Bambi' (1942) When a young Bambi (Bobby Stewart) and Thumper (Peter Behn) are playing in a field of flowers, they happen upon a young skunk who quickly becomes their friend.
- Professor Holloway - 'The Three Caballeros' (1944) To improve relationships with Mexico and Latin America, Disney was commissioned by the American Government to create cartoons showcasing their culture.
- Narrator: Peter and the Wolf - 'Make Mine Music' (1946) In 1940, Disney released Fantasia, an ambitious project that involved taking classical music and mixing it with masterful animation.
Sterling Holloway. Actor: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Popular American character actor of amusing appearance and voice whose long career led from dozens of highly enjoyable onscreen performances to world-wide familiarity as the voice of numerous Walt Disney animated films.
- January 14, 1905
- November 22, 1992
Jan 4, 2022 · Learn about Disney Legend Sterling Holloway, the man who voiced the Cheshire Cat, Winnie the Pooh, and other Disney classics.
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Nov 24, 1992 · Sterling Holloway, whose gangly manner made him the quintessential country bumpkin in a series of comedy films and whose reedy voice proved ideal for several of Walt Disney’s most enduring...
