His soft timid voice is absolutely fitting for Winnie the Pooh.

His voice is magical, iconic. Instantly recognizable, and one of the all-time great’s

Sterling Holloway and Jim Cummings will always be Winnie the pooh for me, when I first heard Holloway on another show I just wanted to hug him as I saw Pooh in my mind's eye. Such a sweet voice!

I actually was surprised to hear a few years ago that Sterling actually used his real voice for all the characters he voiced, he had such a unique voice. All his performances are great but most of all he was definitely born to voice Winnie the Pooh. That’s so interesting how he ended up in two “Alice in Wonderland” adaptations even while playing different characters. And he was a perfect narrator too.

The fact that Jim Cummings can match Sterling Holloway’s voice is just perfect!

Despite being born a year after his passing, Sterling was my childhood. Kaa and Winnie are my favourite roles of his, and though Jim Cummings is a good replacement, no one will ever compare to Holloway’s genuine softness and talent.

One of the greatest voice actors of all time.

I just wish Sterling Holloway reprised his role as Winnie the Pooh in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh before he retired.

He was part of a lot of children's childhood, and a golden part of Disney's cartoon treasures

When I was about 4 years old in 1997, I first watched Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) on VHS. And to my surprise, I first heard Sterling Holloway's voice as Pooh Bear, who was chatting with the narrator! And seconds later, I also first heard him singing a short but cute song "A Rather Blustery Day" in his beautiful voice! That was so sweet! Then I heard his voice again as Mr. Stork in Dumbo (1941), the adult Flower in Bambi (1942), Cheshire Cat in Alice in Wonderland (1951), Kaa in The Jungle Book (1967), Roquefort in The Aristocats (1970), and Amos Mouse in Ben and Me (1953). And years later, I first saw a few pictures of him in The Making of Winnie the Pooh featurette, and on the internet. My first thought was when I looked at his face, I smiled because he was very cute! I saw him in a few live action films and TV appearances, and listened to his narrated cartoons later on. And when I came across the movie clip from Remember the Night (1940) he was in, I stopped myself as I listened to him singing "A Perfect Day" in his melodic voice. I was deeply moved. And that tune made me think of the "Little Black Rain Cloud" song the Sherman Brothers wrote. I fell in love with his voice ever since I watched Winnie the Pooh from my childhood.

Absolutely adore hearing his voice. Thank you!!!😁

When he first started voicing Pooh in the early 90s Jim Cummings voice was a little shaky, but I just re-watched the 2011 movie and it is astonishing, he sounds EXACTLY like Sterling Holloway!

Adorable man. Nice tribute!

Loved Sterling as the Cheshire Cat. And he also had the best screensaver ever.

Much as everyone loves Winnie the Pooh, I love Holloway best in characters like Kaa or the Cheshire Cat where he gets more spooky and otherworldly, because you call tell that's where he's REALLY having fun;

my favorite disney voice

Thanks for sharing/creating this video! It was really interesting to see Holloway in all these movies and to learn more about his pre-Disney career. In fact, as a child I saw the Disney films with the German dubbing (because I am German myself), so for me the voice of Winnie the Pooh and Kaa was Erich Kestin, also a brilliant voice who was kind of the standard dubbing voice of Holloway at this time, and I think the similarities to Holloways voice are pretty big. Now I was interested in the original voice and found your video, although I recognized the voice from "The Little House" (1951). He really was a great man with a Big talent for voice acting and was one big reason for me to watch the films in the English original. For me, personally, it is important never to forget Sterling Holloway (1905-1992) and Erich Kestin (1895-1969), who both influenced the life of millions of children, in the English speaking parts of the world and in the German speaking. Thanks for the video again!

Good thing about the jungle book that Walt didn’t follow the book

RIP to a legend

I know the true story of Winnie The Pooh, and I cant think of a better person than Sterling Halloway to voice the bear of very little brain. ❤

Love this man!

Loved him as Roquefort ❤

He auditioned for Garfield before Lorenzo Music got the part. Can you imagine Garfield talking like Winnie the Pooh?

Great voices like his are one in a million. Gotta love em.

Sterling Holloway comforted and warmhearted me as a child. He as Winnie the Pooh suits very well, indeed. The most wonderful, outstanding and talented legend of all time. He's the number 1 childhood star. 🎬📽📺🥇🌟🧸🍯🥰🤩😊💗💞💖❤👏👍

Amazing! I just found out that he is a distant cousin. I never knew that he grew up in Georgia like me. It is amazing because he does not even seem to have a southern accent. He may have learned to drop it in acting school. He was born and raised one county over from me. It has been so interesting to find this out.

How does Hollywood get away with making negative comments like that. So unprofessional for business people.

He was the best Winnie the Pooh ever.

I knew that his favorite film role was Winnie the Pooh.

You guys know they made a horror movie that is so scary

One of the most iconic voice actors.

If I may suggest someone to do. Helene Stanley. The model of Cinderella, Anastasia, Aurora, and Anita.

Ooo, Ooo. You missed one. Sterling had a bit part in the raucous "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World".... Look for him as the fire fighter who loses his patience with the crazy goofballs on the fire escape. Funnnny.

I've been trying for a while to find out more on Holloway's personal life, especially to confirm whether he was gay - I know he never married, but he adopted an adult man as his son, which some gay men did in the days before marriage was legal for them. Since he wasn't a major celebrity there's almost no info out there to confirm this, but I think he may have been the first LGBTQ voice at Disney.

You missed when he was Amos the mouse in Ben and me. Truly one of his best roles, aside from Cheshire Cat and Kaa, and of course Pooh. So very sad that he can't be with us anymore.

That was wonderful. Thank you.

Talk about another great influence! This guy was made to be part of the theatre🤩he could play any part, any character type protagonist OR antagonist, and still have that iconic voice of his to match that part all on his own. So crazy to think Sterling Holloway was rejected just for looking weird at first and yet has practically done everything from Broadway to television and eventually voice acting with Disney and many other projects. He really deserves to be one of the greats if not THE greatest actor of all time. Speaking of Jungle Book actors tho, I’m ready to see ya tackle George Sanders, Phil Harris and Sebastian Cabot, WHO also was a Pooh Bear actor too🙌🏻can’t wait till then, keep the magic alive my friend!!🤓🙌🏻

I looooove Winnie the Pooh! love all the characters.. Eeyore's the funniest though he didn't mean to😊😊 I also loooooove Peter Rabbit my fave character is Jemima Puddleduck 😍😍😍

All i could hear is winnie the pooh trying to do all of these lines.

Is the narrator a bit, or just a zoomer who has never heard of Marlene Dietrich? It’s really hard to botch the name of one the most famous actresses ever.

marilyn die trick? seriously?

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Man, you butcher names with your mispronunciations. At 2:18 you totally effed up Marlene Dietrich's name. It's pronounced MAR-LEE-NAY DEE-TRICK. You pronounced it MAR-UH-LYN DYE-TRICK. I've listened to you mispronounce other names and some words in other videos.

When you say “this thing called World War Two” you are being INCREDIBLY DISRESPECTFUL of the 407,000 Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Please do not EVER be so reductive of an event that enabled YOU to live as you are. 🤬👎🏼