Geoffrey Holder (1930-2014) was a veteran film and stage actor who supplied the voice of Ray in Bear in the Big Blue House. Holder directed both the Broadway premiere and revival versions of the stage musical The Wiz, and his film roles include Baron Samedi in the James Bond film Live and Let Die and Punjab in the film musical Annie. Most recently, Holder provided narration for Tim Burton's version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and has been heard in the PBS animated series Cyberchase as Master Pi. In commercials, he appeared as the "un-Cola" man for 7-Up.