Sterling Price Holloway Jr. Wiki Biography
Sterling Price Holloway, Jr. (January 4, 1905 – November 22, 1992) was an American character actor 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 Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Adult Flower in Bambi, Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland, the eponymous character in Winnie the Pooh, Kaa in The Jungle Book and Roquefort in The Aristocats.
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| Full Name | Sterling Holloway |
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Date Of Birth | January 4, 1905 |
| Died | 1992-11-22 |
| Place Of Birth | Cedartown, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height | 5′ 10½” (1.79 m) |
| Profession | Actor, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew |
| Education | Woodward Academy, American Academy of Dramatic Arts |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Never married |
| Children | Richard, Richard Holloway |
| Parents | Rebecca DeHaven, Sterling Price Holloway |
| Siblings | Boothby Holloway |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001359 |
| Awards | Grammy Award for Best Album for Children |
| Movies | The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, Alice in Wonderland, Bambi, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Make Mine Music, The Three Caballeros, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Remember the Night, Lambert the Sheepish Lion, Peter and the Wolf, Ben and Me, Winnie … |
| TV Shows | Dink, the Little Dinosaur, Linus the Lionhearted, The Baileys of Balboa, Willy (TV series) |
| Trademark | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Roles in Disney films |
| 2 | Distinctive high-pitched voice, best known as Winnie the Pooh |
| Quote | |
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| 1 | I’ve always loved the theater very much. I’ve always been in it. I hate being away from it. I’m very stubborn–I like to do what I want to do. And what I want to do most is theater. |
| 2 | I didn’t like making silent movies. Perhaps it was because I was from the stage and accustomed to a completely different routine. |
| 3 | I came to Hollywood at a bad time. The movies were in a state of turmoil. Sound was coming in and silents were going out. Nobody thought I was suitable for talkies. |
| 4 | Walt came to me, and he’s such a stickler for voices, and said when you’re finished with what you’re doing today on Winnie the Pooh see what you can do with a snake because I can’t find the right voice for it. I thought, wouldn’t it be funny to have a snake with an aching back because it would be such a looong ache? (About how he became Kaa in The Jungle Book (1967)). |
| 5 | If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there. |
| Fact | |
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| 1 | In 1946 & 1947, sang and acted in five different Gene Autry westerns (four of them in 1947), twice playing a character named ‘Droopy’. His characters were usually part of the comic relief inherent in Gene’s westerns, almost a second sidekick. |
| 2 | Although he never married, Sterling Holloway did adopt a son named Richard Holloway who survived him when he died in 1992. |
| 3 | His first picture was a silent, The Battling Kangaroo (1926) as Napolean French. |
| 4 | His father, who was a grocer, was also the mayor of his birthplace, Cedartown, Georgia for a time in 1912. |
| 5 | According to Joe Collura in a full-length article/interview on Sterling in “Classic Images,” Sterling was the distant relative of Lady Penelope Boothby, an English stage actress, who was immortalized on canvas by artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. |
| 6 | Educated at the Georgia Military Academy and performed in school plays while there. |
| 7 | Was enrolled with the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York at the age of 15. |
| 8 | In his late teens he toured with a stock company of “The Shepherd of the Hills”. |
| 9 | Introduced the song standard “Mountain Greenery” along with Bobbie Perkins in “The Garrick Gaities” in 1926. |
| 10 | A director once told him he was “too repulsive” for the [silent] silver screen and he stopped making movies for nearly five years. Following the stock market crash of 1929, the money factor eventually drew him back to making sound pictures. |
| 11 | Was associated for a time with the Pasadena Playhouse, and took part in a musical comedy “Hullabaloo” while there in 1931. Somebody saw him in the show and he was cast in Blonde Venus (1932) starring Marlene Dietrich. |
| 12 | Turned down a contract with Louis B. Mayer at MGM because he didn’t want to be a star. |
| 13 | Worked on a few Will Rogers movies and was injured in a couple of them. Once a shelf loaded with objects fell on his head after Rogers lassoed the prop and pulled it out of place; once a gun that Holloway was supposed to fire in a scene accidentally exploded in his hand. |
| 14 | Drafted by the Army in 1942 and served with the Special Services. While there he helped develop a military-themed show called “Hey Rookie” which ran for nine months in Los Angeles and profited $350,000 for the Army Relief Fund. |
| 15 | Died on the 29th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination. |
| 16 | Holloway grew up at 301 S. College Street in Cedartown, Georgia. The street which formed the corner on which Holloway’s house was located is now known as Sterling Holloway Place. |
| 17 | Enlisted in the U.S. Army on 19 July 1942. Height and weight given as 5′ 9″ and 124 lb. |
| 18 | His big break came in 1925 when he introduced Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s first hit song, “Manhattan,” in the Broadway play “Garrick Gaieties.” |
| 19 | Had major roles in two different film adaptations of “Alice in Wonderland.” In Paramount’s 1933 version, he played the Frog. In Disney’s 1951 animated version, he provided the voice of the Cheshire Cat. |
| 20 | He was an avid art collector. |
| 21 | Holloway was officially named a Disney Legend in 1991. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moonlighting | 1986 | TV Series | Narrator |
| We Think the World Is Round | 1984 | TV Movie | ‘Pegleg’ Pelican (voice) |
| Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas | 1979 | TV Movie | Northwind (voice) |
| Thunder and Lightning | 1977 | Hobe Carpenter | |
| The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | 1977 | Winnie the Pooh (voice) | |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | 1976 | Old Man on Bus | |
| Super Seal | 1976 | Cap’n Zach | |
| Tony the Pony | 1976 | TV Series | GG, the Wizard |
| Cries | 1975 | Narrator | |
| Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too | 1974 | Short | Winnie the Pooh (voice) |
| Man, Monsters and Mysteries | 1974 | Short | Nessie (voice) |
| NBC Children’s Theatre | 1973 | TV Series | Colonel Corpuscle |
| Love, American Style | 1973 | TV Series | Dr. Edwin Muller (segment “Love and the Face Bow”) |
| The AristoCats | 1970 | Roquefort (voice) | |
| It Takes a Thief | 1969 | TV Series | Elmo |
| Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day | 1968 | Short | Winnie the Pooh (voice) |
| Live a Little, Love a Little | 1968 | Milkman | |
| Daktari | 1967 | TV Series | Duke |
| The Jungle Book | 1967 | ‘Kaa’ the Snake (voice) | |
| Gilligan’s Island | 1967 | TV Series | Burt |
| Family Affair | 1967 | TV Series | Frack |
| That Girl | 1966 | TV Series | Everett Valentine |
| F Troop | 1966 | TV Series | Sheriff Pat Lawton |
| Please Don’t Eat the Daisies | 1966 | TV Series | Mr. Corey |
| Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree | 1966 | Short | Winnie the Pooh (voice) |
| The Baileys of Balboa | 1964-1965 | TV Series | Buck Singleton |
| Linus! The Lion Hearted | 1964 | TV Series | Sugar Bear / Lovable Yours Truly (voice) |
| Burke’s Law | 1964 | TV Series | Fisk |
| The Twilight Zone | 1964 | TV Series | TV Repairman |
| Hazel | 1963 | TV Series | Claude Waters |
| It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | 1963 | Fire Chief | |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1963 | TV Series | Mr. Holland |
| My Six Loves | 1963 | Oliver Dodds (uncredited) | |
| The Lloyd Bridges Show | 1962 | TV Series | Blind Man |
| The Andy Griffith Show | 1962 | TV Series | Bert Miller |
| Margie | 1962 | TV Series | Bettenhouse |
| Miami Undercover | 1961 | TV Series | Henry |
| Pete and Gladys | 1961 | TV Series | Lester Smith |
| Zane Grey Theater | 1961 | TV Series | Luther Adams |
| The Brothers Brannagan | 1960 | TV Series | Shopkeeper |
| Shirley Temple’s Storybook | 1960 | TV Series | Jack Pumpkinhead |
| The Real McCoys | 1960 | TV Series | Orval McCoy |
| Saiyûki | 1960 | Narrator (English version, voice) | |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 1960 | Barber | |
| Peter Gunn | 1960 | TV Series | Felony |
| The Untouchables | 1960 | TV Series | Horace De Vilbill |
| Goliath II | 1960 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Five Fingers | 1959 | TV Series | Hayden |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | 1956-1958 | TV Series | Sorrowful Joe / Sorrowful Joe Jackson |
| Circus Boy | 1957 | TV Series | Elmer Purdy |
| Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color | 1957 | TV Series | Narrator / Narrator (segment “Ben and Me”) |
| Hemo the Magnificent | 1957 | TV Movie | Lab assistant (uncredited) |
| Climax! | 1957 | TV Series | Tobias |
| Our Mr. Sun | 1956 | TV Movie | Chloro Phyll (voice, uncredited) |
| Shake, Rattle & Rock! | 1956 | Albert ‘Axe’ McAllister | |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Pirate / Will Scarlet |
| The Life of Riley | 1953-1956 | TV Series | Waldo / Waldo Binney / Waldo Binny / … |
| Willy | 1955 | TV Series | Harvey Evelyn |
| Kentucky Rifle | 1955 | Lon Setter | |
| Adventures of Superman | 1953-1955 | TV Series | Prof. Oscar Quinn / Prof. Twiddle |
| Ben and Me | 1953 | Short | Amos Mouse (voice) |
| The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet | 1953 | TV Series | The Groceryman |
| The Little House | 1952 | Short | Narrator |
| Susie the Little Blue Coupe | 1952 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Lambert the Sheepish Lion | 1952 | Short | Narrator / Mr. Stork (voice) |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1951 | Cheshire Cat (voice) | |
| The Fred Waring Show | 1951 | TV Series | Cheshire Cat |
| The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend | 1949 | Basserman Boy | |
| Addio Mimí! | 1949 | Aristide | |
| Your Show Time | 1949 | TV Series | |
| Flat Feat | 1948 | Short | Officer Sterling Smith / Smith’s Father |
| Man or Mouse | 1948 | Short | Elmer Dinkle |
| Speaking of Animals No. Y7-1: Dog Crazy | 1947 | Short | Dog Owner |
| Mickey and the Beanstalk | 1947 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Hectic Honeymoon | 1947 | Short | Eddie Jones |
| Robin Hood of Texas | 1947 | Droopy Haynes | |
| Saddle Pals | 1947 | Waldo T. Brooks Jr. | |
| Twilight on the Rio Grande | 1947 | Pokie | |
| The Scooper Dooper | 1947 | Short | Sterling Holloway |
| Trail to San Antone | 1947 | Droopy Stearns | |
| Moron Than Off | 1946 | Short | Elmer Fossdinkle |
| Sioux City Sue | 1946/I | Nellie Bly | |
| Death Valley | 1946 | Slim | |
| Peter and the Wolf | 1946 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| Mr. Wright Goes Wrong | 1946 | Short | |
| Make Mine Music | 1946 | Narrator (segment “Peter and the Wolf”) (voice) | |
| The Cold-Blooded Penguin | 1945 | Short | Narrator (voice) |
| A Walk in the Sun | 1945 | McWilliams | |
| Wildfire | 1945 | Alkali Jones | |
| The Three Caballeros | 1944 | Prof. Holloway (voice) | |
| The Pelican and the Snipe | 1944 | Short | Narrator (voice, uncredited) |
| Here We Go Again | 1942 | Tommy, Western Union Messenger (uncredited) | |
| Iceland | 1942/I | Sverdrup Svenssen | |
| Bambi | 1942 | Adult Flower (voice, uncredited) | |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | 1942 | Sterling- ‘Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang’ Number | |
| The Lady Is Willing | 1942 | Arthur Miggle (uncredited) | |
| Don’t Get Personal | 1942 | Lucky | |
| Look Who’s Laughing | 1941 | Rusty, Soda Jerk (uncredited) | |
| Dumbo | 1941 | Mr. Stork (voice, uncredited) | |
| Top Sergeant Mulligan | 1941 | Frank Snark | |
| New Wine | 1941 | Otto – Bookkeeper | |
| Meet John Doe | 1941 | Dan | |
| Cheers for Miss Bishop | 1941 | Chris Jensen | |
| Little Men | 1940 | Reporter | |
| Street of Memories | 1940 | Student Barber | |
| Hit Parade of 1941 | 1940 | Soda Clerk | |
| Remember the Night | 1940 | Willie | |
| The Blue Bird | 1940 | Wild Plum | |
| Nick Carter, Master Detective | 1939 | Bee-Catcher | |
| East Side of Heaven | 1939 | Accordion player (uncredited) | |
| St. Louis Blues | 1939 | Boatman (uncredited) | |
| Spring Madness | 1938 | Buck | |
| Professor Beware | 1938 | The Groom | |
| Held for Ransom | 1938 | RFD Mailman (uncredited) | |
| Dotor Rhythm | 1938 | Luke (Ice-Cream Man) | |
| Of Human Hearts | 1938 | Chauncey Ames | |
| Behind the Mike | 1937 | Tommy Astor | |
| Varsity Show | 1937 | Trout | |
| The Woman I Love | 1937 | Duprez | |
| When Love Is Young | 1937 | Orville Kane | |
| Maid of Salem | 1937 | Miles Corbin – Cow Herder | |
| Join the Marines | 1937 | Alfred, the Steward | |
| Career Woman | 1936 | George Rogers | |
| Palm Springs | 1936 | Oscar | |
| Rendezvous | 1935 | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | |
| 1,000 Dollars a Minute | 1935 | Pete | |
| I Live My Life | 1935 | Max | |
| Bring ‘Em Back a Lie | 1935 | Short | |
| His Last Fling | 1935 | Short | |
| Doubting Thomas | 1935 | Mr. Spindler | |
| Double Crossed | 1935 | Short | |
| My Girl Sally | 1935 | Short | |
| Life Begins at 40 | 1935 | Chris | |
| Father Knows Best | 1935 | Short | Bashful Boy |
| The Lottery Lover | 1935 | Cadet Harold Stump | |
| A Wicked Woman | 1934 | Peter | |
| Girl O’ My Dreams | 1934 | Spec Early | |
| Sterling’s Rival Romeo | 1934 | Short | Sterling |
| The Merry Widow | 1934 | Orderly | |
| Gift of Gab | 1934 | Sound Effects Man | |
| Down to Their Last Yacht | 1934 | Freddy Finn | |
| Picnic Perils | 1934 | Short | |
| Tomorrow’s Children | 1934 | Dr. Dorsey | |
| Murder in the Private Car | 1934 | Office Boy (uncredited) | |
| Pleasing Grandpa | 1934 | Short | |
| Operator 13 | 1934 | Wounded Union Soldier (uncredited) | |
| Back Page | 1934 | Bill Giddings | |
| Strictly Dynamite | 1934 | Fleming | |
| Born April First | 1934 | Short | |
| The Cat and the Fiddle | 1934 | Flower Messenger (uncredited) | |
| Going Hollywood | 1933 | Radio Remote Technician (uncredited) | |
| Meeting Mazie | 1933 | Short | |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1933 | Frog | |
| Advice to the Lovelorn | 1933 | Benny | |
| Dancing Lady | 1933 | Pinky – the Show’s Author | |
| Not the Marrying Kind | 1933 | Short | |
| Wild Boys of the Road | 1933 | Ollie | |
| When Ladies Meet | 1933 | Jerome – the Caddy (uncredited) | |
| Professional Sweetheart | 1933 | Stu | |
| Gold Diggers of 1933 | 1933 | Second Messenger Boy with Hat (uncredited) | |
| International House | 1933 | Sailor | |
| One Track Minds | 1933 | Short | Train Snack Salesman |
| Adorable | 1933 | Emile, Karl’s Valet (uncredited) | |
| Picture Snatcher | 1933 | Journalism Student (uncredited) | |
| Elmer, the Great | 1933 | Nick Kane (as Sterling Halloway) | |
| Hell Below | 1933 | Seaman Jenks | |
| Fast Workers | 1933 | Pinky Magoo | |
| Blondie Johnson | 1933 | Red Charley | |
| Hard to Handle | 1933 | Andy Heaney (uncredited) | |
| Lawyer Man | 1932 | Olga’s Dining Friend (uncredited) | |
| Rockabye | 1932 | Speakeasy Pianist (uncredited) | |
| Faithless | 1932 | Photographer (uncredited) | |
| Blonde Venus | 1932 | Joe, Hiker (uncredited) | |
| American Madness | 1932 | Oscar (uncredited) | |
| The Girl from Nowhere | 1928 | Short | Minor Role (uncredited) |
| The Girl from Everywhere | 1927 | Short | Assistant Director |
| Casey at the Bat | 1927 | Elmer Putnam | |
| The Battling Kangaroo | 1926 | Short | Napolean French |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story | 2009 | Documentary performer: “Little Black Rain Cloud”, “Up Down Touch The Ground”, “Trust In Me” | |
| The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | 1977 | performer: “Up, Down, Touch the Ground”, “Rumbly in My Tumbly”, “I’m Just A Little Black Raincloud”, “Mind Over Matter”, “Like a Rather Blustery Day”, “Hip-Hip Pooh-ray!” | |
| Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day | 1968 | Short performer: “A Rather Blustery Day” | |
| The Jungle Book | 1967 | performer: “Trust in Me The Python’s Song” 1967 – uncredited | |
| Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree | 1966 | Short performer: “Up, Down, and Touch the Ground”, “Rumbly in My Tumbly”, “Little Black Rain Cloud”, “Mind Over Matter” | |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1951 | performer: “‘Twas Brillig” 1951 – uncredited | |
| Make Mine Music | 1946 | “Peter and the Wolf” 1936 | |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | 1942 | performer: “A Sweater, a Sarong and a Peek-a-Boo Bang” | |
| Dumbo | 1941 | performer: “Rock-a-Bye Baby” 1886, “Happy Birthday” 1893 – uncredited | |
| Remember the Night | 1940 | performer: “A Perfect Day” 1910 – uncredited | |
| The Merry Widow | 1934 | performer: “Vilia” 1905 – uncredited | |
| Down to Their Last Yacht | 1934 | “Tiny Little Finger on Your Hand” 1934, uncredited | |
| International House | 1933 | performer: “She Was a China Tea-cup and He Was Just a Mug” 1933 – uncredited |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice in Wonderland | 1951 | live action model: Cheshire Cat |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fred Waring Show | 1951 | TV Series our thanks to – 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Disney Family Album | 1985 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Christmas at Walt Disney World | 1978 | TV Special | Sleeping Beauty Narrator (voice) |
| Mickey’s 50 | 1978 | Documentary | Himself |
| Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color | 1978 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1976 | TV Series | Himself – Voice Actor / Winnie the Pooh |
| The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World | 1971 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Don Rickles Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Donald O’Connor Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Woody Woodbury Show | 1967-1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall | 1964 | TV Series | Himself – Guest |
| The Celebrity Game | 1964 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Restless Sea | 1964 | TV Movie documentary | Mr. H2O (voice) |
| Chun King Chow Mein Hour | 1962 | TV Special | Sketch Actor |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself |
| Unusual Occupations L-5-2 | 1945 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Winsor McCay Award | Annie Awards | ||
| 1975 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Recording for Children | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Recording for Children | For “Winnie-the-Pooh for President (Campaign Song)”. |
| 1968 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Recording for Children | The Jungle Book (1967) |
| 1966 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Recording for Children | Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) |
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