<Tr> <Th> Notable work </Th> <Td> Original voice of Winnie the Pooh, Kaa, Roquefort, Cheshire Cat, Adult Flower and Mr. Stork </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Richard Holloway (adopted) </Td> </Tr> <P> Sterling Price Holloway Jr . (January 4, 1905--November 22, 1992) was an American character actor and voice 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 served as the original voice of the title character in Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh . </P> <P> Born in Cedartown, Georgia, Holloway was named after his father, Sterling Price Holloway, who himself was named after a prominent Confederate general, Sterling "Pap" Price . His mother was Rebecca DeHaven (some sources say her last name was 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 . While there, he befriended actor Spencer Tracy, whom he considered one of his favorite working colleagues . </P>

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