Sterling Holloway
Sterling Holloway | |
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Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1926–1986 |
Children | 1[4] |
Sterling Price Holloway Jr. (January 14, 1905
Early life
Born in
Career
Films and shorts
In his late teens, Holloway toured with the stock company of
He moved to Hollywood in 1926 to begin a film career that lasted almost 50 years. His bushy red hair and foggy distinctive voice meant that he almost always appeared in comedies. His first film was The Battling Kangaroo (1926), a silent picture. Over the following decades, Holloway would appear with Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Lon Chaney Jr., Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, and John Carradine. In 1942, during World War II, Holloway enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 37 and was assigned to the Special Services. He helped develop a show called "Hey Rookie", which ran for nine months and raised $350,000 for the Army Relief Fund. In 1945, Holloway played the role of a medic assigned to an infantry platoon in the critically acclaimed film A Walk in the Sun. Between 1946 and 1947, he played the comic sidekick in five Gene Autry Westerns.[8]
With Walt Disney
Radio and recordings
Holloway acted on many radio programs, including
Television
Holloway easily made the transition from radio to television. He appeared on the
Personal life and death
Holloway was a registered Republican[10] and supported the candidacy of Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election.[11]In addition, Holloway adhered to Methodism.[12] Throughout his life, Holloway remained a bachelor. He once said this was because he felt lacking in nothing and did not wish to disturb his pattern of life. He adopted a son, Richard Holloway.[8]
Fellow Winnie the Pooh cast member Hal Smith (who originated the character Owl) had taken over the role of Winnie the Pooh for the 1981 short Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons. Holloway was given the chance to return to the role for The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh but, at 83 years old, could no longer perform the voice as he had in the past;[13] Jim Cummings took over the role as well as most of Holloway's other voice roles, including Kaa in Jungle Cubs and The Jungle Book 2. Holloway died of a cardiac arrest at the Good Samaritan Hospital on November 22, 1992.[14] He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.[15]
Filmography
Feature films
- Casey at the Bat (1927) as Elmer Putnam
- American Madness (1932) as Oscar (uncredited)
- Blonde Venus (1932) as Joe, Hiker (uncredited)
- Faithless (1932) as Photographer (uncredited)
- Rockabye (1932) as Speakeasy Pianist (uncredited)
- Lawyer Man (1932) as Olga's Dining Friend (uncredited)
- Hard to Handle (1933) as Andy Heaney (uncredited)
- Blondie Johnson (1933) as Red Charley
- Fast Workers (1933) as Pinky Magoo
- Hell Below (1933) as Seaman Jenks
- Elmer, the Great (1933) as Nick Kane
- Picture Snatcher (1933) as Journalism Student (uncredited)
- Adorable(1933) as Emile, Karl's Valet (uncredited)
- International House (1933) as Sailor
- Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) as Second Hat Delivery Boy (uncredited)
- Professional Sweetheart (1933) as Stu
- When Ladies Meet (1933) as Jerome – the Caddy (uncredited)
- Wild Boys of the Road (1933) as Ollie, another hobo
- Dancing Lady (1933) as Pinky – the Show's Author
- Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) as Benny
- Alice in Wonderland (1933) as Frog
- Going Hollywood (1933) as Radio Remote Technician (uncredited)
- The Cat and the Fiddle (1934) as Flower Messenger (uncredited)
- Strictly Dynamite (1934) as Elmer Fleming
- Back Page(1934) as Bill Giddings
- Operator 13 (1934) as Wounded Union Soldier (uncredited)
- Murder in the Private Car (1934) as Office Boy (uncredited)
- Tomorrow's Children (1934) as Dr. Dorsey
- Down to Their Last Yacht (1934) as Freddy Finn
- Gift of Gab (1934) as Sound Effects Man
- The Merry Widow (1934) as Mischka the orderly
- Girl o' My Dreams (1934) as Spec Early
- A Wicked Woman (1934) as Peter
- Lottery Lover (1935) as Cadet Harold Stump
- Life Begins at 40 (1935) as Chris
- Doubting Thomas (1935) as Mr. Spindler
- I Live My Life (1935) as Max
- 1,000 Dollars A Minute(1935) as Pete
- Rendezvous (1935) as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Palm Springs (1936) as Oscar
- Career Woman (1936) as George Rogers
- Join the Marines (1937) as Alfred, the Steward
- Maid of Salem (1937) as Miles Corbin – Cow Herder
- When Love Is Young (1937) as Orville Kane
- The Woman I Love (1937) as Duprez
- Varsity Show (1937) as Trout
- Behind the Mike (1937) as Tommy Astor
- Of Human Hearts (1938) as Chauncey Ames
- Dr. Rhythm(1938) as Luke (Ice-Cream Man)
- Held for Ransom (1938) as RFD Mailman (uncredited)
- Professor Beware (1938) as The Groom
- Spring Madness (1938) as Buck
- St. Louis Blues (1939) as Boatman (uncredited)
- East Side of Heaven (1939) as Accordion player (uncredited)
- Nick Carter, Master Detective(1939) as Bee-Catcher
- The Blue Bird (1940) as Wild Plum
- Remember the Night (1940) as Willie
- Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) as Soda Clerk
- Street of Memories (1940) as Student Barber
- Little Men (1940) as Reporter
- Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) as Chris Jensen
- Meet John Doe (1941) as Dan
- The Great Awakening (1941) as Otto, the bookkeeper
- Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941) as Frank Snark
- Dumbo (1941) as Mr. Stork (voice)
- Look Who's Laughing (1941) as Rusty, Soda Jerk (uncredited)
- Don't Get Personal (1942) as Lucky
- The Lady Is Willing (1942) as Arthur Miggle (uncredited)
- Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) as Sterling - 'Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang' number
- Bambi (1942) as Adult Flower (voice, uncredited)
- Iceland (1942) as Sverdrup Svenssen
- Here We Go Again (1942) as Tommy, Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
- The Three Caballeros (1944) as Prof. Holloway (voice)
- Wildfire (1945) as Alkali Jones
- A Walk in the Sun (1945) as McWilliams
- Make Mine Music (1946) as Narrator (segment "Peter and the Wolf") (voice)
- Death Valley (1946) as Slim
- Sioux City Sue (1946) as Nellie Bly
- Her Wonderful Lie (1947)
- Trail to San Antone (1947) as Droopy Stearns
- Twilight on the Rio Grande (1947) as Pokie
- Saddle Pals (1947) as Waldo T. Brooks Jr.
- Robin Hood of Texas (1947) as Droopy Haynes
- Addio Mimí! (1949) as Aristide
- The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949) as Basserman Boy
- Alice in Wonderland (1951) as Cheshire Cat (voice)
- Kentucky Rifle (1955) as Lon Setter
- Shake, Rattle and Rock!(1956) as Albert 'Axe' McAllister
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) as Barber
- Alakazam the Great (1960) as Narrator (English version, voice)
- My Six Loves (1963) as Oliver Dodds (uncredited)
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) as Fire Chief
- Batman (1966; deleted scenes)
- The Jungle Book (1967) as Kaa, The Snake (voice)
- Live a Little, Love a Little (1968) as Milkman
- The Aristocats (1970) as Roquefort, The Mouse (voice)
- Cries (1975) as Narrator
- Super Seal (1976) as Cap'n Zach
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) as Old Man on Bus
- Winnie the Pooh(voice)
- Thunder & Lightning (1977) as Hobe Carpenter
Short subjects
- The Battling Kangaroo (1926) as Napoleon French
- The Girl from Everywhere (1927) as Assistant Director
- The Girl from Nowhere (1928) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- One Track Minds (1933) as Train Snack Salesman
- Not the Marrying Kind (1933)
- Meeting Mazie (1933)
- Born April First (1934)
- Pleasing Grandpa (1934)
- Picnic Perils (1934)
- Sterling's Rival Romeo (1934) as Sterling
- Father Knows Best (1935) as Bashful Boy
- My Girl Sally (1935)
- Bring 'Em Back A Lie (1935)
- Double Crossed (1935)
- His Last Fling (1935)
- The Pelican & The Snipe (1944) as Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- The Cold-Blooded Penguin (1944) as Narrator (voice)
- Unusual Occupations L-5-2 (1945) as Himself
- Peter & The Wolf (1946) as Narrator (voice)
- Moron Than Off (1946) as Elmer Fossdinkle
- Mr. Wright Goes Wrong (1946)
- Scooper Dooper (1947) as Himself
- Hectic Honeymoon (1947) as Eddie Jones
- Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947) as Narrator
- Speaking of Animals No. Y7-1: Dog Crazy (1947) as Dog Owner
- Man or Mouse (1948) as Elmer Dinkle
- Flat Feat (1948) as Officer Sterling Smith / Smith's Father
- Lambert the Sheepish Lion (1952) as Narrator / Mr. Stork (voice)
- Susie the Little Blue Coupe (1952) as Narrator (voice)
- The Little House (1952) as Narrator
- Ben and Me (1953) as Amos Mouse (voice)
- Goliath II (1960) as Narrator (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh(voice)
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) as Winnie the Pooh (voice)
- Man, Monsters & Mysteries (1974) as Nessie (voice)
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974) as Winnie the Pooh (voice)
- "Winnie the Pooh:The story behind the masterpiece" (2001) (documentary, archive footage)
- Once Upon a Studio (2023) as Cheshire Cat, Kaa, and Winnie the Pooh (voice, archive audio)
Television
- Adventures of Superman (1953–55) as Prof. Oscar Quinn / Prof. Twiddle
- The Life of Riley (1953–56) as Waldo Binny
- The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet(episode "Pancake Mix"; 1953) as Groceryman
- Willy (1955) as Harvey Evelyn
- Our Mr. Sun (1956) as Chloro Phyll (voice, uncredited)
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin(3 episodes; 1956–58) as Sorrowful Joe Jackson
- Climax! (episode "Night of a Rebel"; 1957) as Tobias
- Hemo the Magnificent (1957) as Lab Assistant (uncredited)
- Circus Boy (3 episodes; 1957) as Elmer Purdy
- Five Fingers (episode "The Temple of the Swinging Doll"; 1959) as Hayden
- The Untouchables (episode "The Unhired Assassin"; 1960) as Horace De Vilbill
- Peter Gunn (episode "The Best Laid Plans"; 1960) as Felony
- The Real McCoys (episode "The Jinx"; 1960) as Orval McCoy
- Shirley Temple's Storybook (episode "The Land of Oz"; 1960) as Jack Pumpkinhead
- The Brothers Brannagan (episode "Love Me, Love My. Dog"; 1960) as Shopkeeper
- Zane Grey Theatre(episode "Blood Red"; 1961) as Luther
- Pete and Gladys (episode "The Projectionist"; 1961) as Lester Smith
- Miami Undercover (episode "Room 9"; 1961) as Henry
- Margie (episode "False Alarm"; 1962) as Bettenhouse
- The Andy Griffith Show (episode "The Merchant of Mayberry"; 1962) as Bert
- The Lloyd Bridges Show (episode "The Sound of Angels"; 1962) as Blind Man
- The Joey Bishop Show (episode "Joey's Lost What-Cha-Ma-Call-It"; 1963) as Mr. Holland
- Hazel (episode "The Retiring Milkman"; 1963) as Claude the Milkman
- The Twilight Zone (episode "What's in the Box"; 1964) as TV Repairman
- The Restless Sea (1964) as Mr. H2O (voice)
- Linus the Lionhearted (1964) as Sugar Bear / Lovable Yours Truly (voice)
- Burke's Law (episode "Who Killed Annie Foran?"; 1964) as Fisk
- The Baileys of Balboa (1964–65) as Buck Singleton
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies (episode "My Son, the Genius"; 1966) as Mr. Corey
- F Troop (episode "Wilton the Kid"; 1966) as Sheriff Pat Lawton
- That Girl (episode "Phantom of the Horse Opera"; 1966) as Everett Valentine
- Family Affair (episode "Fancy Free"; 1967) as Mr. Frack
- Gilligan's Island (episode "The Pigeon"; 1967) as Burt
- Daktari (episode "Judy and the Jailbirds"; 1967) as Duke
- It Takes a Thief (episode "Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby"; 1969) as Elmo
- NBC Children's Theatre (episode "All About Me"; 1973) as Colonel Corpuscle (voice)
- Love, American Style (segment "Love and the Face Bow"; 1973) as Dr. Edwin Muller
- Tony the Pony (1976) as GG, the Wizard
- Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas (1979) as Northwind (voice)
- Federal Budget Review[16] (1980) as Man in Washington
- We Think the World Is Round (1984) as Pegleg Pelican (voice)
- Moonlighting (episode "Atomic Shakespeare"; 1986) as Narrator (voice)
- The Book Caterpillar (1992) as the Book Caterpillar (voice) (final credit voice appearance)
Discography
- ”Cold Blooded Penguin” (1944) as Narrator
- ”The Three Caballeros” (1944) as Narrator
- Uncle Remus Stories (Decca, 1947) as Narrator
- Peter and the Wolf (RCA Victor, 1949) as Narrator
- Alice in Wonderland (RCA Victor, 1951)[17] as the Cheshire Cat
- Susie, the Little Blue Coupe (Decca, 1952)[18] as Narrator
- The Little House (Decca, 1952)[18] as Narrator
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice/Peter and the Wolf (Disneyland, 1958)[19]as Narrator
- The Country Cousin (Disneyland, 1959)[20] as Narrator
- Goliath II (Disneyland, 1960)[21] as Narrator
- The Grasshopper and the Ants (Disneyland, 1960)[22] as Narrator (also writer)
- The Stories and Songs of Walt Disney's Three Little Pigs (Disneyland, 1961)[23] as Narrator
- The Absent Minded Professor (Disneyland, 1961)[19] as Narrator
- The Best Stories of Aesop (Disneyland, 1961)[19] as Narrator
- Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (Disneyland, 1963) as Narrator
- Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories (Disneyland, 1964) as Narrator
- Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (Disneyland, 1965)[19] as Winnie the Pooh
- A Happy Birthday Party with Winnie the Pooh (Disneyland, 1966)[24] as Winnie the Pooh
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (Disneyland, 1967)[25] as Winnie the Pooh/Narrator
- Winnie the Pooh and the North Pole Expotition (Disneyland, 1968)[24] as Winnie the Pooh/Narrator
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger (Disneyland, 1968)[24] as Winnie the Pooh/Narrator
- Winnie the Pooh and the Heffalumps (Disneyland, 1968)[24] as Winnie the Pooh/Narrator
- The Aristocats (Disneyland, 1970)[19] as Roquefort
- Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Disneyland, 1974)[19] as Winnie the Pooh
- Winnie the Pooh for President (Disneyland, 1976)[24] as Winnie the Pooh
References
- ^ OCLC 52084413– via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Sterling Price Holloway: Birth • Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records". Retrieved January 19, 2023 – via FamilySearch.
- ^ a b "Draft card for Sterling Price Halloway". Retrieved January 19, 2023 – via Ancestry.com.
- ^ Folkart, Burt A. (November 24, 1992). "Sterling Holloway, Voice of Disney Characters, Dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Sterling Holloway". AllMovie. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ a b Collura, Joe (July 7, 2008). "Sterling Holloway: A Way with Words". Classic Images. Archived from the original on April 25, 2013. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- ^ "The Shepherd of the Hills". Cladirite Radio. Cladrite Radio. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ a b Rothel.
- ^ Libbys Baked Beans 1984. YouTube. January 11, 2014. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
- ^ Motion Picture and Television Magazine, November 1955 , page 33, Ideal Publishers
- ^ Blanchard, Robert (October 19, 1956). "Eisenhower Speaks Here Twice Today". Los Angeles Times. p. 1.
- ^ Morning News, January 10, 1948, Who Was Who in America, Vol. 2
- ^ "Looking ahead at Disney's future". Channels. Act III Publishing. August 30, 1988.
- ^ "Sterling Holloway, Actor, 87, Is Dead – Voice of Pooh Bear". The New York Times. Associated Press. November 24, 1992. Archived from the original on September 18, 2009. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- ^ "Marker Monday: Sterling Holloway, 1905-1992". Georgia Historical Society. April 23, 2018. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
- ^ Kinzie, Rich (April 10, 2015). "Stan Freberg, Master of Satire: 1926-2015". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Walt Disney's "Alice in Wonderland"". Cartoon Research; Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ a b "Taking a Spin with Susie, the Little Blue Coupe". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sterling Holloway at Discogs". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Walt Disney's "The Country Cousin" on Records". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Disney s "Goliath II" (and Kevin Corcoran) on Records". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Disney's "Grasshopper and the Ants" on Records". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ "Walt Disney's "Three Little Pigs" on Records". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ^ ISBN 978-1617034336. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Disney's "Winnie the Pooh" on Records". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
Sources
- Rothel, David. 1984. Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey; ISBN 0-8108-1707-1
External links
- Sterling Holloway at IMDb
- Sterling Holloway at the TCM Movie Database
- Sterling Holloway at the Internet Broadway Database
- Disney Legends
- New Georgia Encyclopedia: Sterling Holloway Archived October 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- "YouTube