Junius Matthews

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 ...

Black Angel (1946)

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Dan Duryea  •  June Vincent  •  Peter Lorre  •  Broderick Crawford

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Dan Duryea  •  June Vincent  •  Peter Lorre  •  Broderick Crawford

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)

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Whether we’re young or forever young at heart, the Hundred Acre Wood calls to that place in each of us that still believes in magic. Join pals Pooh, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Rabbit, Tigger and Christopher Robin as they enjoy their days together and sing their way ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Lounsbery  •  Wolfgang Reitherman
CAST:  Sebastian Cabot  •  Sterling Holloway  •  Junius Matthews  •  Paul Winchell

Whether we’re young or forever young at heart, the Hundred Acre Wood calls to that place in each of us that still believes in magic. Join pals Pooh, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Rabbit, Tigger and Christopher Robin as they enjoy their days together and sing their way ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Lounsbery  •  Wolfgang Reitherman
CAST:  Sebastian Cabot  •  Sterling Holloway  •  Junius Matthews  •  Paul Winchell

The Sword in the Stone (1963)

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Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Reitherman
CAST:  Sebastian Cabot  •  Karl Swenson  •  Junius Matthews  •  Norman Alden

Wart is a young boy who aspires to be a knight's squire. On a hunting trip he falls in on Merlin, a powerful but amnesiac wizard who has plans for him beyond mere squiredom. He starts by trying to give him an education, believing that once one has an education, one ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Reitherman
CAST:  Sebastian Cabot  •  Karl Swenson  •  Junius Matthews  •  Norman Alden

Disney's Halloween Treat (1982)

Contains memorable scenes from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Lady and the Tramp," "Peter Pan," "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," and "The Sword in the Stone."  (more)

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CAST:  Hal Douglas  •  Bobby Driscoll  •  Peggy Lee  •  Bing Crosby

Contains memorable scenes from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Lady and the Tramp," "Peter Pan," "One Hundred and One Dalmatians," and "The Sword in the Stone."  (more)

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CAST:  Hal Douglas  •  Bobby Driscoll  •  Peggy Lee  •  Bing Crosby

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966)

Christopher Robin's bear attempts to raid a beehive in a tall tree.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Reitherman
CAST:  Sterling Holloway  •  Junius Matthews  •  Sebastian Cabot  •  Howard Morris

Christopher Robin's bear attempts to raid a beehive in a tall tree.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Reitherman
CAST:  Sterling Holloway  •  Junius Matthews  •  Sebastian Cabot  •  Howard Morris

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)

Rabbit is tired of Tigger always bouncing him, so he gets Pooh and Piglet together to come up with an idea to get the bounce out of Tigger. Then, Tigger and little Roo go out for a bounce and get caught in a tree.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Lounsbery
CAST:  Sebastian Cabot  •  Dori Whitaker  •  Paul Winchell  •  Sterling Holloway

Rabbit is tired of Tigger always bouncing him, so he gets Pooh and Piglet together to come up with an idea to get the bounce out of Tigger. Then, Tigger and little Roo go out for a bounce and get caught in a tree.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Lounsbery
CAST:  Sebastian Cabot  •  Dori Whitaker  •  Paul Winchell  •  Sterling Holloway

I've Always Loved You (1946)

A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Philip Dorn  •  Catherine McLeod  •  Bill Carter  •  Maria Ouspenskaya

A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Philip Dorn  •  Catherine McLeod  •  Bill Carter  •  Maria Ouspenskaya

Without Reservations (1946)

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  John Wayne  •  Don DeFore  •  Anne Triola

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  John Wayne  •  Don DeFore  •  Anne Triola