Born in Cedartown, Georgia, on January 14, 1905, Holloway was named after his father, Sterling Price Holloway, who, in turn, was named after a prominent Confederate general, Sterling "Pap" Price. His mother was Rebecca DeHaven Boothby. He had a younger brother named Boothby. The family owned a grocery store in Cedartown, where his father served as mayor in 1912. After graduating from Georgia Military Academy in 1920 at the age of fifteen, he left Georgia for New York City, where he attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[6] While there, he befriended actor Spencer Tracy, whom he considered one of his favorite working colleagues.[citation needed]
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]
Holloway acted on many radio programs, including The Railroad Hour, The United States Steel Hour, Suspense,Lux Radio Theater, and The Shadow. In the late 1940s, he could be heard in various roles on NBC's "Fibber McGee and Molly". His voice retained a touch of its Southern drawl and was instantly recognizable. Holloway was chosen to narrate many children's records, including Uncle Remus Stories (Decca), Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (Disneyland Records), Walt Disney Presents Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories (Disneyland Records) and Peter And The Wolf (RCA Victor).
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]
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
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^ ab"Sterling Holloway's voice stilled at 87". The Nation. The Columbian. Vancouver, WA. The Associated Press (AP). November 24, 1992. p. C3. ISSN 1043-4151. OCLC 52084413 – via newspapers.com.
^ ab"Sterling Price Holloway: Birth • Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records". Retrieved January 19, 2023 – via FamilySearch.
^ ab"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.
^ abCollura, 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.
^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.
^ ab"Taking a Spin with Susie, the Little Blue Coupe". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
^ abcdef"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.
^ abcdeHollis, Tim; Greg Ehrbar (2006). Mouse Tracks: The Story of Disneyland Records. University Press of Mississippi. p. 97. ISBN 978-1617034336. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
^"Disney's "Winnie the Pooh" on Records". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
Sourcesedit
Rothel, David. 1984. Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey; ISBN 0-8108-1707-1
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