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- Birth nameJunius Conyers Matthews
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Junius Matthews was born Junius Conyers Matthews on June 12, 1890 in Illinois. He was determined to become a popular radio and television actor. He started out on stage, and got his first role in the classic The Silent Witness (1917), as Bud Morgan. Before the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939), he did the voice of the Tin Woodman on radio. He appeared in many movies, but he became really popular for the role of Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh movies from 1966 to 1977, such as Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966). In 1977, he did the voice of Rabbit in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977). He still did the voice although he was already 87. On January 18, 1978, he died at age 87 of natural causes.
- IMDb mini biography by: piccione2000
- Suffered a stroke in 1977, which almost stopped him from voicing Rabbit in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), but he managed to recover in time to do it.
- Other than providing the voice of Rabbit for Winnie the Pooh movies, he also used his voice for a radio version of Pooh before the movies came out.
- Often worked with Sterling Holloway.
- Did voices for many radio shows and specials from 1920s to 1930s, all the way to 1956.
- Was a very popular radio & movie actor, appearing in over 50 radio specials and radio shows as a guest or regular.
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