Sterling Holloway

Sterling Holloway (January 4, 1905 - November 22, 1992) was a perennial voice actor for the Walt Disney Studios, who began with a cameo role in Dumbo and later became a Disney legend as the voice of Winnie the Pooh.

Voice

In 1930, Holloway moved to Hollywood to begin a movie career that was to last for almost fifty years. Though he was one of the busiest character actors in the movies, he soon found his niche as a voice actor. In 1941, Holloway's voice was heard in his first Walt Disney animated film, Dumbo, where he was the voice of "Mr. Stork." He was the voice of the adult "Flower" in Bambi (1942), the narrator in the Peter and the Wolf sequence of Make Mine Music, Kaa in The Jungle Book, and the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland (1951):

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1930 - Hollywood - Movie - Character actor - 1941 - Animated film - Dumbo - Bambi - 1942 - Peter and the Wolf - Make Mine Music - The Jungle Book - Cheshire cat - Alice in Wonderland - 1951

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:"If you do not know where you are going... any road will take you there."

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His greatest fame was achieved as the voice of Pooh Bear in the Winnie the Pooh series, a role that he voiced until his retirement in 1979. Disney honored him as an official Disney legend in 1991.

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Winnie the Pooh - 1979 - 1991

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Sterling Holloway also voiced the original Cheerios Honey-Nut Bee.

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