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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...
Known for
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957
DragnetSeries • 1951
The Real McCoysSeries • 1957
The Gene Autry ShowSeries • 1950
The Sword in the StoneMovie • 1963
The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohMovie • 1977
A Summer PlaceMovie • 1959
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey TreeMovie • 1966
Black AngelMovie • 1946
Without ReservationsMovie • 1946
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger TooMovie • 1974
The LineupMovie • 1958