Junius Matthews was born Junius Conyers Matthews on June 12, 1890 in Illinois. He was determined to become a popular radio and television actor. He started out on stage, and got his first role in the classic The Silent Witness (1917), as Bud Morgan. Before the movie The Wizard of Oz (1939), he did the voice of the Tin Woodman on radio. He appeared...
Played Grandpa on the radio soap opera "David Harum".
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Portrayed Wichita on CBS Radio's "Luke Slaughter of Tombstone" (1958).
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Suffered a stroke in 1977, which almost stopped him from voicing Rabbit in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), but he managed to recover in time to do it.
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Was originally a profolic theater and stage actor, finding success there, but later became a movie star, starring in a number of popular films such as The Lineup (1958), A Summer Place (1959), Half Angel (1951) and Black Angel (1946). He was also a prolific radio actor.
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Was a very popular radio & movie actor, appearing in over 50 radio specials and radio shows as a guest or regular.
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Did voices for many radio shows and specials from 1920s to 1930s, all the way to 1956.
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