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Junius Matthews
Acting

Junius Matthews
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1890-06-12,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Junius Conyers Matthews was an American actor. He was the voice of Archimedes the Owl in Disney's The Sword in the Stone in 1963. He was also the original voice of Rabbit in the Winnie the Pooh franchise from 1966 to 1977. He was a private in World War I before becoming an actor, and determined to become a popular radio and television actor, his career began on stage where he got his first role in a silent film called The Silent Witness (1917). He later played the role of the Tin Woodsman on a radio version of The Wizard of Oz. His distinctive voice can be frequently heard in supporting roles in radio, particularly westerns where he was often cast as an old codger, miner, or master of the cook wagon. Matthews appeared on the short-lived series Luke Slaughter of Tombstone as Slaughter's sidekick, Wichita, and played Ling Wee, a Chinese waiter, in Gasoline Alley. He also made guest appearances on several television series in the 1950s and '60s. It was not until the last ten years of his life that Matthews became widely known for his role as Rabbit in the Winnie the Pooh movies produced by the Disney studio from 1966 to 1977, including the featurettes Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968), and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (1974) as well as the feature-length compilation film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977). He played other roles for Disney, most notably the owl, Archimedes, in Disney's The Sword in the Stone (1963). Matthews died on January 18, 1978 at age 87 and was buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery

Filmography

6.1

Black Angel
1946-08-02

The Sword in the Stone

7.233

The Sword in the Stone
1963-12-25

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree

7.6

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
1966-02-04

Without Reservations

6.2

Without Reservations
1946-05-13

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

8

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1974-09-20

The Silent Witness

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The Silent Witness
1917-09-01

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

7.2

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977-03-11

7.1

The Lineup
1958-06-11

6.5

A Summer Place
1959-11-18

I've Always Loved You

6.4

I've Always Loved You
1946-12-02

Disney's Halloween Treat

5.9

Disney's Halloween Treat
1982-10-30

Disney's Greatest Villains

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Disney's Greatest Villains
1977-05-15

6.4

Dragnet
1951-12-16

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

The Gene Autry Show

4.2

The Gene Autry Show
1950-07-23

The Real McCoys

5.6

The Real McCoys
1957-10-03