Sterling Price Holloway Jr. (January 4, 1905 – November 22, 1992) was an actor from Georgia who appeared in over 100 films and 40 television shows. He was also a voice actor for The Walt Disney Company, well known for his distinctive tenor voice and is perhaps best remembered as the original voice of Winnie the Pooh in the Winnie the Pooh franchise and as Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Adult Flower in Bambi, the Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, Kaa in The Jungle Book, and Roquefort in The Aristocats.
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Born | Sterling Price Holloway, Jr. (1905-01-04)January 4, 1905
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Died | November 22, 1992(1992-11-22) (aged 87)
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Cause of death | Cardiac arrest |
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Resting place | Cremated; ashes buried in Pacific Ocean |
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Occupation(s) | Actor, voice actor |
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Years active | 1926–1986 |
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Notable work | Original voice of Winnie the Pooh |
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Children | Richard Holloway (adopted) |
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- The Battling Kangaroo (1926)
- The Girl from Everywhere (1927)
- The Girl from Nowhere (1928)
- One Track Minds (1933)
- Not the Marrying Kind (1933)
- Meeting Mazie (1933)
- Born April First (1934)
- Pleasing Grandpa (1934)
- Picnic Perils (1934)
- Sterling's Rival Romeo (1934)
- Father Knows Best (1935)
- My Girl Sally (1935)
- Bring 'Em Back A Lie (1935)
- Boy Meets Dog (1938) (voice)
- The Pelican & The Snipe (1944) (voice)
- The Cold-Blooded Penguin (1944) (voice)
- Unusual Occupations L-5-2 (1945)
- Peter & The Wolf (1946) (voice)
- Moron Than Off (1946)
- Scooper Dooper (1947)
- Hectic Honeymoon (1947)
- Speaking of Animals No. Y7-1: Dog Crazy (1947)
- Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947) (Narrator)
- Man or Mouse (1948)
- Flat Feat (1948)
- Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952) (voice)
- Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952) (voice)
- The Little House (1952) (voice)
- Ben and Me (1953) (voice)
- Goliath II (1960) (voice)
- Man, Monsters & Mysteries (1973) (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974) (voice)
Television
- The Adventures of Superman - The Machine That Could Plot Crimes (1952-54; 3 episodes)
- The Life of Riley (1953–58) - as Waldo Binny
- The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet - episode "Pancake Mix" as the grocery man
- Willy (1955)
- Our Mr. Sun (1956; voice role only)
- Hemo the Magnificent (1957)
- The Real McCoys - episode "The Jinx" (1960), as Orval McCoy
- Zane Grey Theatre - episode "Blood Red" (1961), as Luther
- The Andy Griffith Show - episode "The Merchant of Mayberry", as Bert, a traveling salesman (1962)
- Hazel (TV series) - "The Retiring Milkman" Season 3, Episode 13, as Claude the Milkman (1963)
- The Twilight Zone - episode "What's in the Box", as the dæmonic television repairman (1964)
- The Restless Sea (1964)
- Burke's Law (episode 28, "Who Killed Annie Foran?"; 1964)
- The Baileys of Balboa (1964–65)
- That Girl (episode 14, "Phantom of the Horse Opera"; 1966)
- F-Troop - as the Sheriff in the episode "Wilton the Kid" (1966)
- Gilligan's Island (1967) - as Burt, a prisoner with a homing pigeon
- Tony the Pony - as GG the Wizard (1976)
- Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas (1979; voice)
- Moonlighting - episode "Atomic Shakespeare" (1986; narrator)
- Rothel, David. 1984. Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey; ISBN 0-8108-1707-1