Sterling Holloway

Actor Jan 14 (died age 87) Cedartown, Georgia, USA 1926–2023 (97 year career)

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Biography

Sterling Price Holloway, Jr. was an American character actor who appeared in 150 films and television programs. He was also a voice actor for The Walt Disney Company. He was well-known for his distinctive tenor voice, and is perhaps best remembered as the voice of Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh.

Known For

Film

The Jungle Book

Kaa the Snake (voice)

Film

Alice in Wonderland

Cheshire Cat (voice)

Film

The Aristocats

Roquefort (voice)

Film

Bambi

Adult Flower (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Dumbo

Mr. Stork (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Winnie the Pooh (voice)

Film

Once Upon a Studio

Cheshire Cat / Kaa / Winnie the Pooh (voice) (archive sound)

Film

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Fire Chief

Filmography

Acting (165)

Movies (137)

Once Upon a Studio

2023

as Cheshire Cat / Kaa / Winnie the Pooh (voice) (archive sound)

8.3

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

2004

as Narrator (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

8.8

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5

2004

as Narrator / Mr. Stork (voice) (archive sound)

7.6

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3

2003

as Amos Mouse (segment "Ben and Me") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

8.6

Disney’s Sing-Along Songs: Let's Go To Disneyland Paris!

1997

as (voice)

8.0

Disney’s Coyote Tales

1991

as Narrator / Mr. Stork (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

6.0

We Think the World Is Round

1984

as 'Pegleg' Pelican (voice)

The Stan Freberg Federal Budget Review

1982

Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas

1979

as Northwind (voice)

Mickey's 50

1978

as Self

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

1977

as Winnie the Pooh (voice)

7.2

Thunder and Lightning

1977

as Hobe Carpenter

4.7

Disney's Greatest Villains

1977

as Kaa (voice) (archive footage)

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976

as Old Man on Bus

4.1

Super Seal

1976

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

1974

as Winnie the Pooh (voice)

7.8

Man, Monsters & Mysteries

1974

as Nessie (voice)

7.3

The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World

as Self

The Aristocats

as Roquefort (voice)

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

1968

as Winnie the Pooh (voice)

7.3

Live a Little, Love a Little

1968

as Milkman

5.5

The Jungle Book

1967

as Kaa the Snake (voice)

7.3

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

1966

as Winnie the Pooh (voice)

7.6

The Restless Sea

1964

as Mr. H2O

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Fire Chief

My Six Loves

as Oliver Dodds

Chun King Chow Mein Hour

1962

as George

Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging Doll

1961

as Hayden

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Barber

Goliath II

as Narrator

The Liberty Story

as Narrator

Hemo the Magnificent

as Lab assistant

Columbia Laff Hour

as (archive footage)

Kentucky Rifle

as Lon Setter

Our Mr. Sun

as Chloro Phyll (voice)

7.5

Shake, Rattle and Rock!

1956

as Albert 'Axe' McAllister

4.6

Ben and Me

1953

as Amos Mouse (voice)

6.8

The Little House

1952

as Narrator

6.6

Susie, the Little Blue Coupe

1952

as Narrator (voice)

6.7

Lambert the Sheepish Lion

1952

as Narrator

7.0

Alice in Wonderland

1951

as Cheshire Cat (voice)

7.2

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949

as Basserman Boy

5.8

The Eternal Melody

1949

as Aristide

Flat Feat

1948

as Officer Sterling Smith / Smith's Father

Man or Mouse

1948

as Elmer Dinkle

2.0

Mickey and the Beanstalk

1947

as Narrator (voice)

6.7

Twilight on the Rio Grande

1947

as Pokie

2.1

Saddle Pals

1947

as Waldo T. Brooks Jr.

Trail to San Antone

as Droopy Stearns

Hectic Honeymoon

as Eddie Jones

The Scooper Dooper

1947

as Sterling Holloway

Robin Hood Of Texas

1947

as Droopy Haynes

Dog Crazy

1947

as Sterling Holloway

7.0

Make Mine Music

1946

as Narrator (segment "Peter and the Wolf") (voice)

5.8

Sioux City Sue

1946

as Nelson 'Nellie' Bly

Death Valley

as Slim

Peter and the Wolf

as Narrator (voice)

Moron Than Off

as Elmer Fossdinkle

A Walk in the Sun

as McWilliams

Wildfire

as Alkali Jones

The Pelican and the Snipe

1944

as Narrator

5.9

The Three Caballeros

1944

as Professor Holloway (voice)

6.3

The Cold-blooded Penguin

1944

as Narrator (voice)

7.3

Bambi

1942

as Adult Flower (voice) (uncredited)

7.0

The Lady Is Willing

1942

as Arthur Miggle (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

as Sterling Holloway

Iceland

as Sverdrup Svenssen

Don't Get Personal

as Lucky

Dumbo

as Mr. Stork (voice) (uncredited)

Meet John Doe

as Dan

New Wine

as Otto - Bookkeeper

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941

as Chris Jensen

5.6

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941

as Frank Snark

5.0

Look Who's Laughing

1941

as Rusty (uncredited)

Remember the Night

as Willie Simms

Little Men

as Reporter

The Blue Bird

as Wild Plum

Street of Memories

as Student Barber

Hit Parade of 1941

1940

as Elmer - Soda Clerk

5.5

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939

as Bartholomew's Bee Asst.

Of Human Hearts

as Chauncey Ames

Doctor Rhythm

as Luke (Ice-Cream Man)

Spring Madness

as Buck

Professor Beware

as Rupert (the groom)

Held For Ransom

as RFD Mailman

When Love Is Young

as Orville Kane

Behind the Mike

1937

as Tommy Astor

The Woman I Love

1937

as Duprez

Varsity Show

as Trout

Maid of Salem

as Miles Corbin

Join the Marines

as Alfred - the Steward

3.0

Palm Springs

1936

as Oscar

Career Woman

1936

as George Rogers

6.0

Rendezvous

1935

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

4.6

The Lottery Lover

1935

as Cadet Harold Stump

$1,000 a Minute

as Pete

Doubting Thomas

as Mr. Spindler

I Live My Life

as Max

Life Begins at Forty

as Chris

Gift of Gab

as Sound Effects Man

A Wicked Woman

as Peter

Strictly Dynamite

as Fleming

The Merry Widow

as Orderly

Tomorrow's Children

as Dr. Dorsey

Operator 13

as Wounded Union Soldier (uncredited)

5.8

The Cat and the Fiddle

1934

as Flower Messenger (uncredited)

6.9

Down to Their Last Yacht

as Freddy Finn

Girl o' My Dreams

as Spec Early

Murder in the Private Car

1934

as Office Boy (uncredited)

5.3

The Eagle and the Squawk

1933

Picture Snatcher

1933

as Journalism Student (uncredited)

Blondie Johnson

as Red Charley

Alice in Wonderland

as Frog

Gold Diggers of 1933

as Second Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Hell Below

as Seaman Jenks

Dancing Lady

as Pinky

Elmer, the Great

as Nick Kane

Hard to Handle

as Andy Heaney (uncredited)

6.8

Professional Sweetheart

1933

as Stu

5.0

Going Hollywood

1933

as Radio Remote Technician

5.3

One Track Minds

1933

as Train Snack Salesman

International House

1933

as Sailor

5.5

Adorable

1933

as Emile (uncredited)

Back Page

as Bill Giddings

Fast Workers

as Pinky Magoo

When Ladies Meet

as Jerome - the Caddy (uncredited)

5.3

Wild Boys of the Road

1933

as Ollie

6.8

Advice to the Lovelorn

1933

as Benny

7.0

American Madness

1932

as Oscar (uncredited)

Faithless

as Photographer

Blonde Venus

as Joe, Hiker (uncredited)

6.8

Rockabye

1932

as Speakeasy Patron (uncredited)

6.2

Lawyer Man

1932

as Olga's Dining Friend (uncredited)

6.0

The Girl from Everywhere

1927

as Assistant Director

Casey at the Bat

1927

as Putnam

6.0

The Battling Kangaroo

1926

as Napolean French

Television (28)

Dink, the Little Dinosaur

Moonlighting

as Narrator (voice)

It Takes a Thief

as Elmo

That Girl

Family Affair

F Troop

Gilligan's Island

as Burt

The Baileys of Balboa

1964

as Buck Singleton

7.7

Linus the Lionhearted

Burke's Law

as Fisk

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962

as Blind Man

5.0

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Hazel

as Claude Waters

Miami Undercover

The Andy Griffith Show

as Burt Miller

Pete and Gladys

The Twilight Zone

as TV Repairman

The Untouchables

as Horace De Vilbill

Shirley Temple's Storybook

as Jack Pumpkinhead

Peter Gunn

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

as Self

7.0

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Luther Adams

Climax!

as Tobias

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

as The Cheshire Cat (voice) (archive footage)

7.8

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

as Sorrowful Joe

Willy

The Life Of Riley

as Waldo Binny

Adventures of Superman

1952

as Prof. Oscar Quinn

6.6