Person
Sterling Holloway
Acting · 1905–1992 · Cedartown, Georgia, USA
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
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Andy Griffith Show
Burt Miller
Peter Gunn
1958
The Twilight Zone
TV Repairman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Luther Adams
Climax!
Tobias
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
The Untouchables
Horace De Vilbill
Burke's Law
Fisk
Adventures of Superman
1952
Filmography
- 2023Once Upon a StudioCheshire Cat / Kaa / Winnie the Pooh (voice) (archive sound)
- 2004Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.5Narrator / Mr. Stork (voice) (archive sound)
- 2004Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6Narrator (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 2003Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.3Amos Mouse (segment "Ben and Me") (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 1997Disney’s Sing-Along Songs: Let's Go To Disneyland Paris!(voice)
- 1991Disney’s Coyote TalesNarrator / Mr. Stork (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- 1989Dink, the Little Dinosaur
- 1985MoonlightingNarrator (voice)
- 1984We Think the World Is Round'Pegleg' Pelican (voice)
- 1982The Stan Freberg Federal Budget Review
- 1979Tukiki and His Search for a Merry ChristmasNorthwind (voice)
- 1978Mickey's 50Self
- 1977Thunder and LightningHobe Carpenter
- 1977Disney's Greatest VillainsKaa (voice) (archive footage)
- 1977The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohWinnie the Pooh (voice)
- 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodOld Man on Bus
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
- 1976Super Seal
- 1974Winnie the Pooh and Tigger TooWinnie the Pooh (voice)
- 1974Man, Monsters & MysteriesNessie (voice)
- 1971The Grand Opening of Walt Disney WorldSelf
- 1970The AristocatsRoquefort (voice)
- 1968Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery DayWinnie the Pooh (voice)
- 1968Live a Little, Love a LittleMilkman
- 1968It Takes a ThiefElmo
- 1967The Jungle BookKaa the Snake (voice)
- 1966Family Affair
- 1966That Girl
- 1966Winnie the Pooh and the Honey TreeWinnie the Pooh (voice)
- 1966Winnie the PoohPooh
- 1965F Troop
- 1964Gilligan's IslandBurt
- 1964Linus the Lionhearted
- 1964The Baileys of BalboaBuck Singleton
- 1964The Restless SeaMr. H2O
- 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldFire Chief
- 1963Burke's LawFisk
- 1963My Six LovesOliver Dodds (uncredited)
- 1962The Lloyd Bridges ShowBlind Man
- 1962Chun King Chow Mein HourGeorge
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
- 1961Five Fingers : The Temple of the Swinging DollHayden
- 1961HazelClaude Waters
- 1961Miami Undercover
- 1960The Andy Griffith ShowBurt Miller
- 1960Pete and Gladys
- 1960The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnBarber
- 1960Goliath IINarrator
- 1959The UntouchablesHorace De Vilbill
- 1959The Twilight ZoneTV Repairman
- 1958Peter Gunn
- 1958Shirley Temple's StorybookJack Pumpkinhead
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf
- 1957The Liberty StoryNarrator
- 1957Hemo the MagnificentLab assistant
- 1956Our Mr. SunChloro Phyll (voice)
- 1956Shake, Rattle and Rock!Albert 'Axe' McAllister
- 1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreLuther Adams
- 1956Kentucky RifleLon Setter
- 1956Columbia Laff Hour(archive footage)
- 1954The Wonderful World of DisneyThe Cheshire Cat (voice) (archive footage)
- 1954The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
- 1954Climax!Tobias
- 1954Willy
- 1953Ben and MeAmos Mouse (voice)
- 1953The Life Of RileyWaldo Binney / Mrs. Binney
- 1952Adventures of Superman
- 1952The Little HouseNarrator
- 1952Susie, the Little Blue CoupeNarrator (voice)
- 1952Lambert the Sheepish LionNarrator
- 1951Alice in WonderlandCheshire Cat (voice)
- 1949The Eternal MelodyAristide
- 1949The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful BendBasserman Boy
- 1948Flat FeatOfficer Sterling Smith / Smith's Father
- 1948Man or MouseElmer Dinkle
- 1947Hectic HoneymoonEddie Jones
- 1947Dog CrazySterling Holloway
- 1947Mickey and the BeanstalkNarrator (voice)
- 1947Robin Hood Of TexasDroopy Haynes
- 1947Saddle PalsWaldo T. Brooks Jr.
- 1947Twilight on the Rio GrandePokie
- 1947The Scooper DooperSterling Holloway
- 1947Trail to San AntoneDroopy Stearns
- 1946Moron Than OffElmer Fossdinkle
- 1946Sioux City SueNelson 'Nellie' Bly
- 1946Peter and the WolfNarrator (voice)
- 1946Death ValleySlim
- 1946Make Mine MusicNarrator (segment "Peter and the Wolf") (voice)
- 1945A Walk in the SunMcWilliams
- 1945WildfireAlkali Jones
- 1944The Three CaballerosProfessor Holloway (voice)
- 1944The Cold-blooded PenguinNarrator (voice)
- 1944The Pelican and the SnipeNarrator
- 1942IcelandSverdrup Svenssen
- 1942BambiAdult Flower (voice) (uncredited)
- 1942Star Spangled RhythmSterling Holloway
- 1942The Lady Is WillingArthur Miggle (uncredited)
- 1942Don't Get PersonalLucky
- 1941Look Who's LaughingRusty (uncredited)
- 1941DumboMr. Stork (voice) (uncredited)
- 1941Top Sergeant MulliganFrank Snark
- 1941New WineOtto - Bookkeeper
- 1941Meet John DoeDan
- 1941Cheers for Miss BishopChris Jensen
- 1940Little MenReporter
- 1940Street of MemoriesStudent Barber
- 1940Hit Parade of 1941Elmer - Soda Clerk
- 1940Remember the NightWillie Simms
- 1940The Blue BirdWild Plum
- 1939Nick Carter, Master DetectiveBartholomew's Bee Asst.
- 1938Spring MadnessBuck
- 1938Professor BewareRupert (the groom)
- 1938Held For RansomRFD Mailman
- 1938Doctor RhythmLuke (Ice-Cream Man)
- 1938Of Human HeartsChauncey Ames
- 1937Behind the MikeTommy Astor
- 1937Varsity ShowTrout
- 1937The Woman I LoveDuprez
- 1937When Love Is YoungOrville Kane
- 1937Maid of SalemMiles Corbin
- 1937Join the MarinesAlfred - the Steward
- 1936Career WomanGeorge Rogers
- 1936Palm SpringsOscar
- 1935RendezvousTaxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1935$1,000 a MinutePete
- 1935I Live My LifeMax
- 1935Doubting ThomasMr. Spindler
- 1935Life Begins at FortyChris
- 1935The Lottery LoverCadet Harold Stump
- 1934A Wicked WomanPeter
- 1934Girl o' My DreamsSpec Early
- 1934The Merry WidowOrderly
- 1934Gift of GabSound Effects Man
- 1934Down to Their Last YachtFreddy Finn
- 1934Tomorrow's ChildrenDr. Dorsey
- 1934Murder in the Private CarOffice Boy (uncredited)
- 1934Operator 13Wounded Union Soldier (uncredited)
- 1934Strictly DynamiteFleming
- 1934The Cat and the FiddleFlower Messenger (uncredited)
- 1933Going HollywoodRadio Remote Technician
- 1933Alice in WonderlandFrog
- 1933Advice to the LovelornBenny
- 1933Dancing LadyPinky
- 1933Back PageBill Giddings
- 1933Wild Boys of the RoadOllie
- 1933When Ladies MeetJerome - the Caddy (uncredited)
- 1933Professional SweetheartStu
- 1933Hell BelowSeaman Jenks
- 1933Gold Diggers of 1933Second Delivery Boy with Hat (uncredited)
- 1933International HouseSailor
- 1933One Track MindsTrain Snack Salesman
- 1933AdorableEmile (uncredited)
- 1933Picture SnatcherJournalism Student (uncredited)
- 1933Elmer, the GreatNick Kane
- 1933Fast WorkersPinky Magoo
- 1933Blondie JohnsonRed Charley
- 1933Hard to HandleAndy Heaney (uncredited)
- 1933The Eagle and the Squawk
- 1932Lawyer ManOlga's Dining Friend (uncredited)
- 1932RockabyeSpeakeasy Patron (uncredited)
- 1932FaithlessPhotographer
- 1932Blonde VenusJoe, Hiker (uncredited)
- 1932American MadnessOscar (uncredited)
- 1927The Girl from EverywhereAssistant Director
- 1927Casey at the BatPutnam
- 1926The Battling KangarooNapolean French
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