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Jim Cummings (born 1953 in Youngstown, Ohio ) is a prolific American Voice Actor . After moving to New Orleans and working as a constructor of Mardi Gras floats, Cummings eventually found himself in Anaheim, California working odd jobs. In 1983, the increasing illness of longtime Winnie The Pooh voice actor Sterling Holloway led to an open call to replace him for the movie '' Winnie The Pooh And A Day For Eeyore ''. Cummings offered an uncanny substitute, and was hired for his first voice actor job. Over the next 20 years, Cummings' role in voice acting evolved from bit characters to leading roles in major series at a number of studios, including Nickelodeon , Fred Wolf Films , Hanna-Barbera , Dreamworks , and 20th Century Fox studios. However, his most famous and long-lasting roles have occurred at Walt Disney Studios, where has provided voices for any number of television series (including leading roles in '' Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers '', '' Darkwing Duck '', '' Goof Troop '', '' Bonkers '', '' Gargoyles '', and '' House Of Mouse '') and movies such as '' Hercules '', '' The Hunchback Of Notre Dame '', '' Pocahontas '' and the Disney special edition of Alice In Wonderland (as the Cheshire Cat singing "I'm Odd"). Ironically, his most famous role for Disney (outside of Pooh) was his non-speaking turn as Ed the laughing hyena in 1994's '' The Lion King ''. Other roles for Cummings include Mr. Bumpy in the cult Claymation show '' Bump In The Night '', Dr. Robotnik on '' Sonic The Hedgehog '', and Taz Tazmanian Devil on '' Taz-Mania '' and a number of other projects. In addition to Taz and Pooh, Cummings has over the years become the official voice for a number of legendary cartoon characters, including Tigger , Pete , Dick Dastardly , the Slag Brothers, Big Gruesome, Private Meekly, Clyde, and Morocco Mole He also did the voice of Don Karnage in Disney's TaleSpin . Cummings has also provided voices for video games, television commercials, and movie trailers, and is the current official announcer for Kids' WB! . Cummings has also done the voice of game. He is also prominently displayed in the credits of '' Kingdom Hearts '' as Pooh and Tigger. Cummings provided his voice for Bad Mr. Frosty, Hougan, and Sumo Santa in '' Clay Fighter 63 1/3 ''. He voices Sarge and the other soldiers in the Army Men games. He narrates the current . VOICEOGRAPHY
TRIVIA Even though Jim did voice roles in cartoons from Nickelodeon , Cartoon Network , Warner Bros. and other studios, he did most of the voice roles in programs from Disney except Kim Possible , Teamo Supremo , Brandy And Mr. Whiskers , Dave The Barbarian and The Wuzzles . EXTERNAL LINKS
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