Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore Sterling Holloway elected not to continue the role of Pooh and Sebastian Cabot, the original narrator, died shortly after the release of the feature film "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh". The deaths of Junius Matthews in 1978 and Barbara Luddy in 1979 also necessitated changes in Rabbit's and Kanga's portrayers; Will Ryan began a three-year stint as Rabbit's voice in this featurette while Julie McWhirter portrayed Kanga only once. Additionally, Laurie Main, Hal Smith, Will Ryan, and Kim Christianson later appear in the live-action series "Welcome to Pooh Corner" as the Narrator, Winnie the Pooh, Owl, Rabbit, and
Piglet (Winnie-the-Pooh) voice cast. Travis Oates has provided Piglet's voice since Fielder's death, including in "Kingdom Hearts II" and "Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie" (only for the newest material since much of the dialogue is still voiced by Fiedler). His first major performance as Piglet was in "My Friends Tigger & Pooh". He and Jim Cummings were the only actors to return for the 2011 film "Winnie the Pooh". Piglet was voiced by Nick Mohammed for the 2018 live-action film "Christopher Robin". In the Soviet Union, three Winnie‑the‑Pooh stories, (transcribed in Russian as ""Vinni Pukh"") (Russian language: ), were made into a celebrated