Jim Cummings

James Jonah "Jim" Cummings is an American voice actor and singer who has voiced many Disney characters in several Disney productions.

Jim was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and later moved to New Orleans where he was worked on Mardi Gras floats and as a door-to-salesman, he then moved to California where he worked odd jobs before he got into voice acting. Cummings is known for his ability to mimic Sterling Holloway's high voice.

His most notable characters for Disney are Darkwing Duck, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Kaa, Pete, Big Bad Wolf, Ray, Cheshire Cat, King Louie, Bonkers D. Bobcat, and various other characters listed below.

Trivia

 * Cummings is the third person to voice Winnie the Pooh and Kaa, after Sterling Holloway and Hal Smith.
 * Not related to fellow voice actors Brian Cummings or Todd Cummings.
 * He will reprise his role as Winnie the Pooh in the upcoming live action film. This makes him the second actor to reprise his animated role in a live action film. The first one is James Earl Jones. He is going to reprise his role as Mufasa in the live action remake of The Lion King.