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Sterling Holloway
Age: 87 (passed away Nov. 22nd, 1992)
Height: 5' 10 1/2"
Birth Place: Cedartown, Georgia, USA
Born: Jan. 4th, 1905
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BIOGRAPHY: Popular American character actor of amusing appearance and voice whose long career led from dozens of highly enjoyable onscreen performances to world-wide familiarity as the voice of numerous Walt Disney animated films. Born in the American Deep South to grocer Sterling P. Holloway Sr. and Rebecca Boothby Holloway, he had a younger brother, Boothby. Holloway spent his early years as an actor playing comic juveniles on the stage. His bushy reddish-blond hair and trademark near-falsetto voice made him a natural for sound pictures, and he acted in scores of talkies, although he had made his picture debut in silents. His physical image and voice relegated him almost exclusively to comic roles, but in 1945, director Lewis Milestone cast him more or less against type in the classic war film A Walk in the Sun (1945), where Holloway's portrayal of a reluctant soldier was quite notable. He played frequently on television, becoming familiar to baby-boomers in a recurring role as Uncle Oscar on "Adventures of Superman" (1952), and later in television series of his own. His later work as the voice of numerous characters in Disney cartoons brought him new audiences and many fans, especially for his voicing of beloved Winnie the Pooh. He died in 1992.
TRIVIA:
- Turned down a contract with 'Louis B. Mayer' (qv) at MGM because he didn't want to be a star.
- In his late teens he toured with a stock company of "The Shepherd of the Hills".
- Introduced the song standard "Mountain Greenery" along with 'Bobbie Perkins' (qv) in "The Garrick Gaities" in 1926.
- 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.
- His father, who was a grocer, was also the mayor of his birthplace, Cedartown, Georgia for a time in 1912.
- Educated at the Georgia Military Academy and performed in school plays while there.
- Had major roles in two different film adaptations of "Alice in Wonderland." In Paramount's 1933 version, he played the Frog. In Disney's 1950 animated version, he provided the voice of the Cheshire Cat.
- 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.
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