<Ul> <Li> Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli, an orphaned boy, commonly referred to as "man - cub" by the other characters . </Li> <Li> Phil Harris as Baloo, a sloth bear who leads a carefree life and believes in letting the good things in life come by themselves . </Li> <Li> Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera, a serious black panther who is determined to take Mowgli back to the village and disapproves of Baloo's carefree approach to life . </Li> <Li> Louis Prima as King Louie, an orangutan who wants to be a human, and wants Mowgli to teach him how to make fire . </Li> <Li> George Sanders as Shere Khan, an intelligent and sophisticated yet merciless Bengal tiger who hates all humans for fear of their guns and fire and wants to kill Mowgli . </Li> <Li> Sterling Holloway as Kaa, an Indian python who also seeks Mowgli as prey, but comically fails each time he attempts to eat him . </Li> <Li> J. Pat O'Malley as Colonel Hathi the Indian elephant / Buzzie the Vulture </Li> <Li> Verna Felton as Winifred, Colonel Hathi's wife . </Li> <Li> Clint Howard as Junior, Colonel Hathi's son . </Li> <Li> Chad Stuart as Flaps the Vulture </Li> <Li> Lord Tim Hudson as Dizzie the Vulture </Li> <Li> John Abbott as Akela the Indian wolf </Li> <Li> Ben Wright as Rama the Father Wolf </Li> <Li> Darleen Carr as The Girl </Li> <Li> Leo De Lyon as Flunkey the Langur * </Li> <Li> Hal Smith as The Slob Elephant * </Li> <Li> Ralph Wright as The Gloomy Elephant * </Li> <Li> Digby Wolfe as Ziggy the Vulture * </Li> <Li> Bill Skiles and Pete Henderson as Monkeys * </Li> </Ul> <Li> Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli, an orphaned boy, commonly referred to as "man - cub" by the other characters . </Li> <Li> Phil Harris as Baloo, a sloth bear who leads a carefree life and believes in letting the good things in life come by themselves . </Li> <Li> Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera, a serious black panther who is determined to take Mowgli back to the village and disapproves of Baloo's carefree approach to life . </Li>

Who played baloo in the original jungle book