Sterling Price Holloway Jr. (January , â€" November , ) was an
American actor, who appeared in over films and television shows. He
did voice acting for The Walt Disney Company, including providing
original voice-work for Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Kaa in The Jungle Book and
the title character in Winnie the Pooh.Born in Cedartown, Georgia,
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 . After graduating from
Georgia Military Academy in 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.In his late teens,
Holloway toured with stock company of The Shepherd of the Hills,
performing in one-nighters across much of the American West before
returning to New York where he accepted small walk-on parts from the
Theatre Guild, and appeared in the Rodgers and Hart revue The Garrick
Gaieties in the mid-s. A talented singer, he introduced "Manhattan" in
, and the following year sang "Mountain Greenery".He moved to
Hollywood in to begin a film career that lasted almost years. His
bushy red hair and high pitched voice meant that he almost always
appeared in comedies. His first film was The Battling Kangaroo (), 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 , during World War II,
Holloway enlisted in the United States Army at the age of and was
assigned to the Special Services. He helped develop a show called "Hey
Rookie", which ran for nine months and raised $, for the Army Relief
Fund. In , Holloway played the role of a medic assigned to an infantry
platoon in the critically acclaimed film A Walk in the Sun. During
and , he played the comic sidekick in five Gene Autry Westerns.
American actor, who appeared in over films and television shows. He
did voice acting for The Walt Disney Company, including providing
original voice-work for Mr. Stork in Dumbo, Kaa in The Jungle Book and
the title character in Winnie the Pooh.Born in Cedartown, Georgia,
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 . After graduating from
Georgia Military Academy in 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.In his late teens,
Holloway toured with stock company of The Shepherd of the Hills,
performing in one-nighters across much of the American West before
returning to New York where he accepted small walk-on parts from the
Theatre Guild, and appeared in the Rodgers and Hart revue The Garrick
Gaieties in the mid-s. A talented singer, he introduced "Manhattan" in
, and the following year sang "Mountain Greenery".He moved to
Hollywood in to begin a film career that lasted almost years. His
bushy red hair and high pitched voice meant that he almost always
appeared in comedies. His first film was The Battling Kangaroo (), 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 , during World War II,
Holloway enlisted in the United States Army at the age of and was
assigned to the Special Services. He helped develop a show called "Hey
Rookie", which ran for nine months and raised $, for the Army Relief
Fund. In , Holloway played the role of a medic assigned to an infantry
platoon in the critically acclaimed film A Walk in the Sun. During
and , he played the comic sidekick in five Gene Autry Westerns.
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