Winnie the Pooh (simply known as Pooh Bear or just Pooh) is the titular main protagonist of the franchise of the same name. He is a fictional teddy bear created by the late A. A. Milne and the late E. H. Shepard who appeared in books Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928).
Pooh was originally voiced by the late Sterling Holloway (who also voiced Kaa) in three featurettes that were later used as segments in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977). Hal Smith (who already voiced Owl) took over for the 1981 short, Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons, and he would maintain the role until Jim Cummings (who took over from voicing Kaa after Holloway's death) began voicing Pooh in The New Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh (1988–1991). Cummings continues to voice Pooh (as well as Tigger) to this day.
