Junius Conyers Matthews was an American actor. 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 Woodman" on a radio version of The Wizard of Oz.
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- Junius Conyers Matthews was an American actor. 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 Woodman" 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. He played a recurring role in the short-lived series "Luke Slaughter of Tombstone" as Slaughter's sidekick, Witchita. It wasn't until the last ten years of his life that he became widely known for his role as Rabbit in the Winnie the Pooh movies from 1966 to 1977, including the featurettes Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! In 1977, he can also be heard in the first Pooh feature film, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He played other roles for Disney, most notably the owl, Archimedes, in Disney's The Sword in the Stone. He died in 1978 from natural causes at age 87 and was buried in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.
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- Junius Conyers Matthews was an American actor. 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 Woodman" on a radio version of The Wizard of Oz.
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