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'''Jim Cummings''' is widely considered to be a successor to the late [[Mel Blanc]]. He speaks in a deep, gravelly voice for most roles, but can do many variations of it. 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 Winnie-the-Pooh, but later took over as the voice of Tigger when well-known ventriloquist and voice actor [[Paul Winchell]] retired, and also voiced Crud. Cummings was hired to sing the song "Be Prepared"in the film THE LION KING, He was also Ed the Hyena. He also sang for another non-singing actor Christopher Lloyd for the song, "In the Dark of the Night" in the animated film, ''[[Anastasia]]''. He also played the star of the series ''[[Darkwing Duck (
Cummings is the only original ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' voice actor to return for the 2007 movie. His first three TMNT appearances were ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
In the course of two decades, Cummings' career as a voice actor has taken him from bit parts to leading roles in major series at various studios, including [[Nickelodeon]], [[Warner Bros]], [[Hanna-Barbera]], [[
Other notable roles include "Mr. Bumpy" in the cult Claymation show ''[[Bump in
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, Humphrey the Bear, Dick Dastardly, the Slag Brothers, Big Gruesome, Private Meekly, Clyde, and Morocco Mole. He also did some voices on ''[[
In the world of video games, Cummings has done the voice of Minsc of ''[[
In addition, Cummings narrates the current Epcot fireworks show at [[Disney Theme Parks|Walt Disney World]], ''IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth''.
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Cummings has a notable cameo in ''[[Comic Book The Movie]]'' as an inebriated party-goer. This is one of very few live-action appearances. The movie stars many other voice actors, including [[Tom Kenny]], [[Maurice
Cummings even did make some vocal performances using his voice at normal pitch for some younger looking characters like Witterquick from ''[[Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light]]: Knights of the Magical Light'' and Buddy Boar from ''[[Taz-Mania]]''.
* [[Large Ham]]: '''[[
* [[Man of a Thousand Voices]]: Dear GOD. The man is capable of a crazy amount of different voices: ranging from high pitched heroic voices, guttural growly voices, very convincing Cajun accents (And has done several different sounding Cajun accents), spot-on impressions of actors like Sterling Holloway and Jeremy Irons, low-pitched smooth villainous voices, and has an overall mean ear for accents.
* [[Talking to Himself]]: He's Pooh and Tigger in the Winnie The Pooh franchise, and voices like five characters in ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' And that's just on a normal basis. Not to mention that when he takes over singing for Scar in "Be Prepared," on of the hyenas he's singing to is Ed, also voiced by him.
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