You may be thinking, “Who is that?” I think you would recognize his voice if you watch or have watched Disney classic movies. He has been a voice in such classics as, “The Many Adventures of Winnie-The-Pooh”, ” The Jungle Book“, “Alice In Wonderland“, and in uncredited performances in Bambi, Dumbo and many others.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U8pAM4VXvI
Holloway began his acting career in 1926 in a silent short film. His last role was as a narrator in one episode of Moonlighting in 1986. He was born in 1905 and died in 1992 at age 87. His acting career was varied; acting in live action movies and television shows (such classics as The Andy Griffith Show (Burt in one episode), The Life of Riley, The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The Adventures of Superman and others). He also lent his vocal talents to many shows and movies; Disney and other ventures.
Since I am a huge Disney fanatic, I will tell you a little about his Disney roles. His most famous voice is my favorite Disney character; Winnie-the-Pooh. He played Pooh bear in the three films: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too. These were all compiled into The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
Holloway also voiced such Disney classics as Kaa in The Jungle Book, The Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, and uncredited roles as Mr. Stork in Dumbo, and Flower (adult) in Bambi.
He appeared in many Disney shorts; many of which are obscure except for the most ardent Disney fans. You might have heard him as the narrator in Mickey and the Beanstalk. He also provided the vocal talents for Professor Holloway in The Three Caballeros, narrator in The Cold-Blooded Penguin (a Disney short), narrator in Peter and the Wolf (segment of Make Mine Music), narrator for The Pelican and the Snipe (Disney short), narrator for Lambert the Sheepish Lion (Disney short), and many others.
You might consider trying to watch all of these if possible. They are all great for Disney fans. We have watched almost all of them; any we could find that is.
Walt Disney used many of the same actors in both his animated and live-action films. Sterling Holloway was just one of these, but he is my favorite. Listen up the next time you watch the above-mentioned movies and you will hear a beloved voice in each of them.
(I forgot to mention, he also played Roquefort the mouse in The Aristocats!)
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This is awesome! You mentioned almost every Disney film I’ve ever seen! I did not realize (or even put 2 and 2 together) that Holloway did so many of those great voices! Thank you for sharing!
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Your welcome! I’ve always loved his voice. If you ever see that old Andy Griffith Show his character on the show really seemed meek and kind of like Winnie the Pooh.
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I remember when I saw him in that episode of The Andy Griffith Show and I was like, WINNIE THE POOH!!!!
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Oh really! You recognized him too! I did immediately. I always loved his voice and his character on that show was like you would expect Winnie the Pooh to be.
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Request: Kathryn Beaumont post
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I will have to look her up.
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Thanks for the idea. I already was researching another voice in Disney movies, but it wasn’t long enough, so I was going to add move people. So, I will add her. BTW, did you change your name?
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Yes, My blog name was way too long! I’m glad that didn’t cause me to disconnect from the blogs I follow. I’m still getting the hang of WP and am not exactly what purpose the gravatar serves.
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I am really not knowledgable about any of it. I have been really struggling with a name to switch over to wordpress.org; I have read all of these suggestions but I am stuck. Our name on here is way too long and I want to go with a name that isn’t just Disney so we can write about a little more than Disney; even though that’s our favorite.
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I was always scared by the Jungle Book snake’s voice as a child.
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I see why you would be. It seems so un-Pooh -bear-like. I forgot to mention he did the voice of Roquefort in The Aristocrats. I went back and mentioned that. Can’t believe I forgot!
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