James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor.
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Cummings relocated to New Orleans, where he worked on the assembly of Mardi Gras floats. He later moved to Anaheim, California, where he worked "odd jobs" until the early 1980s. Cummings' first opportunity as a voice actor came in 1983, when the failing health of longtime Winnie the Pooh voice actor Sterling Holloway prompted an open call for ...
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James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952) is an American voice actor.
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Cummings relocated to New Orleans, where he worked on the assembly of Mardi Gras floats. He later moved to Anaheim, California, where he worked "odd jobs" until the early 1980s. Cummings' first opportunity as a voice actor came in 1983, when the failing health of longtime Winnie the Pooh voice actor Sterling Holloway prompted an open call for Holloway's replacement for the animated feature, Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore. While Hal Smith (best known as "Otis Campbell" in The Andy Griffith Show) took over for that particular project, Cummings would substitute for Holloway in the subsequent TV show, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
At Disney, Cummings not only replaced the ailing Holloway as the voice of Winnie-the-Pooh, but also took over as the voice of Tigger, when Paul Winchell retired. Then, when British actor Jeremy Irons experienced problems with his vocal cords...
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