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Paul Winchell
Actor, Writer
Born December 21, 1922Died June 24, 2005 (82 years)
Born Paul Wilchinsky on December 21, 1922, the son of Sol and Clara Wilchinsky, Paul Winchell grew up to be the most beloved ventriloquist of American children. Ironically, as famous as Paul was, his dummy, Jerry Mahoney, was probably more famous. Not since Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in the previous two decades had a ventriloquist and his dummy known equal celebrity.
Entering the spotlight on the Edward Bowes "Original Amateur Hour" (1948), he began working soon after in a review show in which Major Bowes would showcase the winners of his radio program. He started his television career on the CBS program The Bigelow Show (1948) in 1948; The Paul Winchell Show (1950), originally called "The Spiedel Show," in 1950; and, finally, the best-known of his shows Winchell-Mahoney Time (1965). With a clubhouse premise, his dummies Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff--another of Paul's characters--as the clubhouse leaders, and the music of the bandleader Milton Delugg. A new innovation of Winchell's was to replace the dummy's hands with those of puppeteers who were hidden behind the dummies in a crate. Winch also played many serous dramatic roles on television without his dummy sidekicks.
What may be even more famous is that he created the voice of Tigger for the Walt Disney Company's "Winnie The Pooh" motion-picture series, based on the famous books by A.A. Milne. He played the role behind the scenes until 1999, when he was replaced by Jim Cummings, who also voiced Pooh from the time that Sterling Holloway died. He was also the voice of many other world-famous cartoon characters.
A little-known fact about Winchell is that he was one of the original inventors of an artificial heart--years before the first successful transplant with such of a device--an automobile that runs on battery power, a method for breeding tilapia, and many other inventions that are still around today.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: MeanDean
Entering the spotlight on the Edward Bowes "Original Amateur Hour" (1948), he began working soon after in a review show in which Major Bowes would showcase the winners of his radio program. He started his television career on the CBS program The Bigelow Show (1948) in 1948; The Paul Winchell Show (1950), originally called "The Spiedel Show," in 1950; and, finally, the best-known of his shows Winchell-Mahoney Time (1965). With a clubhouse premise, his dummies Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff--another of Paul's characters--as the clubhouse leaders, and the music of the bandleader Milton Delugg. A new innovation of Winchell's was to replace the dummy's hands with those of puppeteers who were hidden behind the dummies in a crate. Winch also played many serous dramatic roles on television without his dummy sidekicks.
What may be even more famous is that he created the voice of Tigger for the Walt Disney Company's "Winnie The Pooh" motion-picture series, based on the famous books by A.A. Milne. He played the role behind the scenes until 1999, when he was replaced by Jim Cummings, who also voiced Pooh from the time that Sterling Holloway died. He was also the voice of many other world-famous cartoon characters.
A little-known fact about Winchell is that he was one of the original inventors of an artificial heart--years before the first successful transplant with such of a device--an automobile that runs on battery power, a method for breeding tilapia, and many other inventions that are still around today.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: MeanDean
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Filmography
| 2002 | Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year · as Tigger (segment "winnie The Pooh And Christmas Too") (voice) |
| 2000 | Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1999 | Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1999 | Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1997 | Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1997 | Winnie the Pooh Friendship: Pooh Wishes · as Tigger |
| 1995 | Winnie the Pooh Franken Pooh · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1995 | Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Fun 'N Games · as Tigger |
| 1995 | Winnie the Pooh Un-Valentine's Day · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1994 | In Search of Dr. Seuss · as (voice) (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Winnie the Pooh Learning: Making Friends · as Tigger |
| 1994 | Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1994 | Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1994 | Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger · as Tigger |
| 1994 | Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh · as Tigger |
| 1993 | Droopy: Master Detective (TV Series) · as Rumpley's Dad (voice) |
| 1991 | Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1990 | Wake, Rattle & Roll (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Garfield and Friends (TV Series) |
| 1988 | The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (TV Series) · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1987 | Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose · as Dread Baron (voice) |
| 1986 | Kingdom Chums · as (voice) |
| 1986 | Gummi Bears: A New Beginning · as Zummi Gummi (voice) |
| 1985 | Adventures of the Gummi Bears (TV Series) · as Zummi Gummi (voice) |
| 1985 | Yogi's Treasure Hunt (TV Series) · as Dick Dastardly (voice) |
| 1985 | Smurfily Ever After · as Gargamel |
| 1984 | Here Are the Smurfs · as Gargamel (voice) |
| 1983 | Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1983 | My Smurfy Valentine · as Gargamel (voice) |
| 1982 | The Smurfs Christmas Special · as Gargamel (voice) |
| 1982 | Meatballs & Spaghetti (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1982 | The Smurfs Springtime Special · as Gargamel (voice) |
| 1981 | Spider-Man (1981) (TV Series) |
| 1981 | The Smurfs (TV Series) · as Gargamel (voice) |
| 1981 | Trollkins (TV Series) |
| 1981 | The Fox and the Hound · as Boomer (voice) |
| 1980 | The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (TV Series) · as Smuggler |
| 1980 | Heathcliff (TV Series) · as Marmaduke |
| 1979 | Casper and the Angels (TV Series) · as Fungo |
| 1979 | The Super Globetrotters (TV Series) · as Bad Blue Bart |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie · as Muppet Performer |
| 1977 | Fred Flintstone & Friends (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1977 | The Robonic Stooges (TV Series) · as Moe / Mummy / Professor Octane |
| 1977 | Shake, Rattle, and Roll (TV Series) · as Shake |
| 1977 | Mystery Island (TV Series) · as Moe Howard |
| 1977 | Heyyy, It's the King! (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1977 | The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1976 | CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years · as Doc Putnam |
| 1976 | Clue Club (TV Series) · as Woofer |
| 1975 | The Oddball Couple (TV Series) |
| 1975 | The Great Grape Ape Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1975 | Joe Forrester (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1974 | The Man from Clover Grove · as Jefferson Swickle |
| 1974 | These Are the Days (TV Series) · as Charles T. Whitehead |
| 1974 | Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (TV Series) · as Revs/captain Tough (voice) |
| 1974 | Partridge Family 2200 AD (TV Series) · as Announcer |
| 1974 | Hong Kong Phooey (TV Series) · as Mr. Shrink |
| 1974 | Little Boa Peep · as Dr. Owlsley-Hoot |
| 1973 | Dr. Seuss on the Loose · as Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs And Ham Hater (voice) |
| 1973 | Goober and the Ghost Chasers (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Yogi's Gang (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1973 | Killarney Blarney · as Jamie / Timmy (voice) |
| 1973 | Blue Aces Wild · as Wizard (voice) |
| 1972 | A Christmas Story · as Goober (voice) |
| 1972 | The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (TV Series) · as Ducks |
| 1972 | The New Scooby-Doo Movies (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1972 | Ghost Story (TV Series) · as Mr. Carlson |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The AristoCats · as Chinese Cat (voice) |
| 1970 | Which Way to the Front? · as Schroeder |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Dale |
| 1969 | The Brady Bunch (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines (TV Series) · as Dick Dastardly / The General (voice) |
| 1969 | The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (TV Series) |
| 1969 | The Pink Panther Show (TV Series) · as Fearless Freddy The Shark Hunter (1976-1977) |
| 1969 | The Pink Panther (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1968 | Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day · as Tigger (voice) |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as Carlo |
| 1968 | Wacky Races (TV Series) · as Clyde (voice) |
| 1968 | The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun (TV Series) · as Claudio |
| 1966 | Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles (TV Series) · as Aquator |
| 1966 | The Lone Ranger (1966) (TV Series) · as The Rainmaker (voice) |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show (TV Series) |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Doc Putnam |
| 1962 | The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) · as Grandpa Winch |
| 1962 | The Jetsons (TV Series) · as Dr. Input (voice) |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Jingo |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners (TV Series) · as The Promoter |
| 1961 | The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) · as Claude Wilbur |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) |
| 1958 | The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Henry Clement |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Tigger (segment "winnie The Pooh And Tigger Too") |
| 1954 | The Lineup (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Paul Winchell Show (TV Series) · as Host |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows (TV Series) |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) |
| 1939 | Everything's on Ice · as Voice Of Dummy |