Laurie Main as the narrator in Welcome to Pooh Corner
Mr. Narrator is an unseen entity which serves as the omniscient storyteller for most of the Winnie the Pooh franchise.
Unlike most narrators in television programs, Mr. Narrator is not simply a convenient narrative mode to help the (often very young) viewers understand what's going on; he is also an actual character within the stories and interacts regularly with Pooh and his friends. Although the mysterious Narrator never appears on screen, his calm voice is often heard and his presence is usually, though not always, acknowledged by the other characters.
While most installments of Disney 's Winnie the Pooh franchise do include meta-references (i.e. "breaking the fourth wall"), The Book of Pooh is particularly odd in that the major characters occasionally find themselves discussing the story with the narrator at the same time this story is happening . Mr. Narrator rarely interferes, however, and prefers to discuss matters with the audience rather than the protagonists if possible. Perhaps his most memorable story was the eponymous episode "Mr. Narrator" in which he attempts to tell a story about himself.
While Mr. Narrator surely fits in the "third-person omniscient narrator" category, his omniscience is sometimes limited, and no matter how much he deviates from the typical narrator figure, he will reveal the end of a story. Welcome to Pooh Corner is the only time when viewers actually see his face.
He usually speaks with a Southern English accent.
Voice actors
Sebastian Cabot (1966 - 1977)
Sterling Holloway (1967 - 1968, audiobooks)
Laurie Main (1983 - 2003)
Richard Erdman (1995, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree Animated Storybook)
John Rhys-Davies (1996, Boo to You Too! )
David Warner (1997 - 1999)
Corey Burton (1997, Ready for Math with Pooh)
John Hurt (2000, The Tigger Movie )
Roger L. Jackson (2001 - 2003, The Book of Pooh )
Michael York (2002, Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year )
Roy Dotrice (2003, Piglet's Big Movie , Read-Along version only)
Bob Joles (The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh)
Peter Renaday (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ride )
Christopher Plummer (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh , Read-Along version only)
David Ogden Stiers (2004 - 2006)
John Cleese (2011)
Steven Crossley (2018, Christopher Robin novelization, audiobook)
David Kaye (2019, Kingdom Hearts III)
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Songs
Movie Songs
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: "Winnie the Pooh " • "Up, Down, Touch the Ground " • "Rumbly in My Tumbly " • "Little Black Rain Cloud " • "Mind Over Matter " • "A Rather Blustery Day " • "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers " • "Heffalumps and Woozles " • "Rain, Rain, Rain Came Down, Down, Down " • "Hip-Hip-Hooray! "
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh: "I Am Not Afraid " • "I Wanna Scare Myself "
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin: "Forever & Ever " • "Adventure is a Wonderful Thing " • "If It Says So " • "Wherever You Are " • "Everything is Right "
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving: "Hooray, Hooray! " • "Berrily We Roll Along " • "Our Thanksgiving Day " •
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving: "Seasons of Giving "
The Many Songs of Winnie the Pooh: "It Really Was a Woozle, Yes it Was "
Sing a Song with Pooh Bear: "Kanga Roo Hop " • "Harvest What You Grow " • "My Song "
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You: "Girls are Like Boys " • "When the Love Bug Bites " • "Places in the Heart "
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year: "Jingle Bells " • "Snow Snows " • "Happy Pooh Year " • "Hunny, No Not For Me " • "Auld Lang Syne "
The Tigger Movie: "Someone Like Me " • "Whoop-de-Dooper Bounce " • "Lull-a-Bee " • "Round My Family Tree " • "How to Be a Tigger " • "Your Heart Will Lead You Home "
Piglet's Big Movie: "If I Wasn't So Small " • "A Mother's Intuition " • "With a Few Good Friends " • "Sing-Ho (For the Life of a Bear) " • "The More It Snows (Tiddely-Pom) " • "The More I Look Inside " • "Comforting to Know "
Springtime With Roo: "We're Huntin' Eggs Today " • "Sniffley Sniff " • "Easter Day With You " • "The Way It Must Be Done "
Pooh's Heffalump Movie: "Little Mr. Roo " • "The Horribly Hazardous Heffalumps " • "The Name Game " • "Shoulder to Shoulder " • "In the Name of the Hundred Acre Wood/What Do You Do? "
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie: "Trick 'R Treating With Our Friends " • "Brave Together "
Winnie the Pooh: "The Tummy Song " • "A Very Important Thing to Do " • "The Winner Song " • "The Backson Song " • "It's Gonna Be Great " • "Everything is Honey " • "Pooh's Finale " • "So Long "
Christopher Robin: "Goodbye, Farewell " • "Busy Doing Nothing " • "Christopher Robin "
Television Songs
Welcome to Pooh Corner: "Welcome to Pooh Corner Theme Song " • "Try a Little Something New " • "The Right Side " • "Yes, I Can " • "You're the Only You " • "I Hum to Myself " • "Please and Thank You " • "Responsible Persons " • "You're the One and Only One " • "Welcome to Pooh Corner Ending Theme "
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: "Pooh Bear " • "'Cause It's Make Believe " • "The Floating Song " • "Nothing's Too Good for a Friend " • "Under the Bed " • "I Don't Have A Name " • "King of the Beasties " • "The End " • "Pirates is What We'll Be " • "Tigger the Private Ear is Here "
The Book of Pooh: "Everyone Knows He's Winnie the Pooh " • "Goodbye for Now " • "Your Best Wishes " • "On the Double " • "Who is Me " • "Think, Think, Think " • "A Day in the Life of a Pooh " • "What Piglets Are " • "I Watch for Signs " • "We're Making a Cake " • "If I Could Be Big " • "Isn't That Funny? " • "Everyone Wants a Valentine " • "That's What We Do " • "Keep it Simple " • "Have You Got a Book For Me? " • "Give It a Try " • "On Your Way Back Home " • "The Birdbird Song " • "Nightmare Wranglers " • "Carry On " • "What's Your Name, River " • "Where Do Words Go? " • "Under a Spelling Bee's Spell " • "Adventure " • "Stripey McSnarl Always Gets His Man " • "Mental Altitude " • "I Want to Know Everything Now " • "Happy Tailiversary " • "Get Growin' " • "Tigger's Lullaby " • "Perfect Party " • "If We Were Talkin' " • "Someone New to Meet " • "My Hero " • "Broken Friendships " • "Do the Roo " • "Call Me Buck-a-Roo " • "At Chez Piglet " • "Nothing Ever Happens " • "Too Much Honey " • "Lost in a Book "
My Friends Tigger and Pooh: "My Friends Tigger & Pooh Theme " • "A Few Simple Rules " • "Bouncin' " • "The Grass is Greenier " • "The Password Song " • "Underneath the Same Sky " • "One Big Happy Family " • "Think, Think, Think " • "The Question Song " • "Floating in a Cloud " • "Different Can Be Good " • "The Little Things You Do " • "There's a Party " • "No More Fun In the Snow " • "Butterflies " • "What Makes a Pony a Pony " • "When We Work Together " • "Christmas Comes Tomorrow " • "Time to Go (On a Trek Through the Snow) " • "Snowman Song "
Miscellaneous: "Luv-a-bye " • "Playtime Song " • "Learning Song " • "Friendship Song " • "Snug as a Bear Can Be " • "The Scrapbook Song " • "Pooh for President "