On this day in 1890, actor Junius Matthews was born. Matthews began his career on Broadway and in silent films. He served as a private in World War I before returning to show business in stage and radio productions. Matthews is best known by Disney fans for providing the original voice of Rabbit in the ‘Winnie the Pooh’ series between 1966 and 1977, during the last ten years of his life. He also voiced Archimedes the owl in 1963’s ‘The Sword in the Stone.’ [135 years ago in 2025]
Junius Matthews | DISNEY THIS DAY | June 12, 1890
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