Jim Cummings

James Jonah "Jim" Cummings (born November 3, 1952 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an American voice actor who is among the most celebrated voice-over actors in movie history. His skills as a mimic have earned him scores of opportunities at Walt Disney Productions, in particular. At Disney, Cummings not only replaced the ailing Sterling Holloway as the voice of both "Winnie the Pooh" and "Kaa", but also took over as the voice of "Tigger", when well-known ventriloquist and voice actor Paul Winchell (the voice of Gargamel) retired. Then, when British actor Jeremy Irons experienced problems with his vocal cords during production of The Lion King, Cummings was hired to imitate Irons's voice for the last few lines of the song, "Be Prepared". He also duplicated the voice of actor Christopher Lloyd for the song, "In the Dark of the Night" in the animated film, Anastasia. While Cummings provided a rendition of Louis Prima's voice for "King Louie" in Talespin, this provoked a controversy with Prima's widow. His voice work also includes some additional voices for the Smurfs cartoon show.