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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 (animation)|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|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', ''[[Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue]]'', and ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time]]''. The 2007 movie was Cummings' sixth computer-animated movie appearance. His first five computer-animated movie appearances included ''[[Antz]]'', ''[[The Nuttiest Nutcracker]]'', ''[[Shrek]]'', ''[[Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius]]'', and ''Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas''; and his latest animated movie appearances are ''[[Bee Movie]]'', ''[[Bionicle]]: The Legend Reborn'', and ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]''.
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]], [[DreamWorks]], and [[Twentieth Century Fox|20th Century Fox]] studios. His most memorable roles, however, have been at Walt [[Disney]] Studios. There, he provided voices for a variety of television series, including leading roles in Disney's ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]'', (taking over the character of Zummi Gummi after [[Paul Winchell]]'s departure from the role), ''[[DuckTales (1987)]]'', ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]''
Other notable roles include "Mr. Bumpy" in the cult Claymation show ''[[Bump in the Night]]'', Dr. Robotnik on ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (in both the dramatic, action-oriented SatAM adaptation and in the unaired pilot of the wacky, ''[[Looney Tunes]]''-esque syndicated series), Mayor Manx on ''[[Swat Kats]]'', Psy-Crow and Bob the Killer Goldfish on ''[[Earthworm Jim (animation)|Earthworm Jim]]'' and Taz the Tazmanian Devil on ''[[Taz-Mania]]'' and a number of other projects.
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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]]: '''[[Baldur's Gate|MINSC]]'''. And believe it or not, that's not the only hams Cummings got.
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