Sterling Holloway

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 was also the narrator of the cartoon shorts The Pelican and the Snipe, Goliath II, Susie the Little Blue Coupe, The Little House, The Cold-Blooded Penguin segment of The Three Caballeros, the Peter and the Wolf segment of Make Mine Music, and the Mickey and the Beanstalk segment of Fun and Fancy Free (as seen in The Wonderful World of Disney episode "The Adventures of Mickey Mouse"). Additionally, he voiced Mr. Stork in Dumbo and again in the Lambert the Sheepish Lion which he also narrated, the adult version of Flower in Bambi, Amos Mouse, and the lead character and narrator in Ben and Me. He also narrated several Disneyland Records releases and segments in the Disneyland anthology series.
Holloway said that Winnie the Pooh was his favorite role that he did for Disney. In addition to his work as a voice actor with his distinctive high-pitched voice, Holloway was also a movie and stage actor and appeared in films, such as (1941) and (1963). He also appeared in a few movies, as well as on television in , , and .
Holloway was awarded the Disney Legend of 1991. He was escorted by the character of Pooh himself to receive the award.
Holloway died on November 22, 1992 at the age of 87 from cardiac arrest. He was never married but did adopt a son named Richard Holloway who survived him. Following Holloway's death, Jim Cummings took over many of his characters for Disney.
==Roles==
Dumbo-disneyscreencaps.com-658.jpg|Mr. Stork(Dumbo and Lambert the Sheepish Lion)
Bambi-disneyscreencaps com-5173.jpg|Adult Flower(Bambi)
Cheshire-cat-4.jpg|Cheshire Cat(Alice in Wonderland, archive recordings in Once Upon a Studio)
Tve8132-19531110-2244.jpg|Amos Mouse(Ben and Me)
Winnie the pooh-1141.jpg|Winnie the Pooh(Winnie the Pooh franchise and Disneyland LP release, archive recordings in Once Upon a Studio)
Kaa005.jpg|Kaa(The Jungle Book, archive recordings in Once Upon a Studio)
Roquefort-Profile-Image.png.png|Roquefort(The Aristocats)
1974-monstre-5.jpg|(Man, Monsters and Mysteries)
Profile - Vidi the Snipe.png|Vidi (The Pelican and the Snipe)
==Gallery==
Legends Parade007.jpg|Sterling Holloway being escorted by Pooh to his 1991 Disney Legend award.
Sterling Holloway's Handprints.jpg|Sterling Holloway's handprints from the Chinese Theatre Handprint ceremony.
Alice1951-21.jpg|Sterling Holloway playing the Cheshire Cat alongside Kathryn Beaumont (Alice) for a preview of Alice in Wonderland on The Fred Waring Show on March 18, 1951.
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3-18-51 alice in wonderland fred waring show 4.JPG|Kathyrn with Fred Waring and Sterling Holloway.
Holloway-2.jpg|Sterling Holloway holding a Pooh plush toy.
Sterling Holloway with Kaa.jpg|Sterling Holloway with Kaa from The Jungle Book.
Sterling Holloway hugging Pooh.jpg|Sterling Holloway with Pooh, his favorite character.
Sterling-holloway disney-voice-artist 1937.jpg|Sterling Holloway in 1937.
Poohbon3.jpg|Sterling Holloway with Walt Disney.
Sterling holloway discussing kaa.JPG|Sterling Holloway being interviewed at his house about how he became the voice of Kaa the Snake in The Jungle Book (1967) in the late 1980s.
==Trivia==
*Holloway also voiced Peter, Sasha, Sonia, and Ivan in the Peter and the Wolf segment of Make Mine Music, in which he was also the narrator.
*His voice can be heard in many commercials and TV spots, such as and , as well as commercials featuring Disney characters, such as (Tinker Bell) and (characters from Alice in Wonderland).
*His death on November 22 1992 was also the eighth birthday for Scarlett Johansson who would voice his character Kaa in The Jungle Book (2016 film).
*Jim Cummings took over many of the characters who were voiced by Holloway after his death in 1992.
*He was considered to voice Sleepy, Sexton Mouse, Deacon Owl, and Scuttle in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Robin Hood, The Rescuers, and The Little Mermaid (respectively).
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