Sterling Holloway Jr. was the original voice of which of these Disney characters?
Sterling Price Holloway Jr. (January 4, 1905 – November 22, 1992) was an American character actor and voice actor who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He was also a voice actor for The Walt Disney Company, and served as the original voice of the title character in Walt Disney's "Winnie the Pooh".
Walt Disney originally considered Holloway for the voice of Sleepy in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937), but chose Pinto Colvig instead. Holloway's voice work in animated films began with "Dumbo" (1941), as the voice of Mr. Stork. Holloway was the voice of the adult Flower in "Bambi" (1942), the narrator of the Antarctic penguin sequence in "The Three Caballeros" (1944) and the narrator in the "Peter and the Wolf" sequence of "Make Mine Music" (1946).
He was the voice of the Cheshire Cat in "Alice in Wonderland" (1951), the narrator in "The Little House" (1952), "Susie the Little Blue Coupe" (1952), "Lambert the Sheepish Lion" (1952), Kaa the snake in "The Jungle Book" (1967), and Roquefort in "The Aristocats" (1970). 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. His final role was Hobe Carpenter, a friendly moonshiner who helps Harley Thomas (David Carradine) in "Thunder and Lightning" (1977).
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