Winnie the Pooh (Disney character) Winnie the Pooh (Disney character) Winnie the Pooh is a fictional teddy bear and the title character from the Disney media franchise based on A. A. Milne's "Winnie-the-Pooh" (1926) and "The House at Pooh Corner" (1928). Pooh is one of the most popular Disney characters and was included in TV Guide's list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time in 2002 and also has his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Disney's Pooh was originally voiced by Sterling Holloway (1966–1977) in three featurettes that were later used as segments in "The Many Adventures of Winnie the
Winnie the Pooh (Disney character) Day" (1968), and "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too" (1974). The 1977 release featured new bridging material and a new ending, as it had been Walt Disney's original intention to make a feature. A fourth featurette, "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore", was released in 1983. Since "Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore" (1983), Jim Cummings started providing the new voice for Pooh. The live-action series "Welcome to Pooh Corner" ran on the Disney Channel from 1983 to 1986. In 1988, Disney launched the animated series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh", which aired from