Paul Winchell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 21, 1922
- Died
- June 24, 2005 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
Known For
The Aristocats
The Fox and the Hound
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Smurfs
The Jetsons
Garfield and Friends
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Wacky Races
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
The Brady Bunch
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Filmography
The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
Movie · as Tigger
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
Movie · as Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too") (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
Movie · as Self - Voice of 'Tigger'
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Droopy, Master Detective
TV · as Rumpley's Dad (voice) · 1 ep
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
TV · 50 eps
Fender Bender 500
TV · as Dick Dastardly (voice) · 50 eps
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
TV · as Tigger (voice) · 53 eps
Garfield and Friends
TV · 1 ep
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
Movie · as Dread Baron (voice)
Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure
Movie · as (voice)
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
Movie · as Zummi Gummi (voice)
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
TV · as Zummi Gummi (voice) · 76 eps
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
TV · as Dick Dastardly (voice) · 27 eps
The Smurfic Games
Movie · as Gargamel (voice)
Here Are the Smurfs
Movie · as Gargamel (voice)
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
Movie · as Gargamel (voice)
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
Movie
My Smurfy Valentine
Movie · as Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Halloween Special
Movie · as Gargamel
The Smurfs Springtime Special
Movie · as Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Christmas Special
Movie · as Gargamel (voice)
The Fox and the Hound
Movie · as Boomer (voice)
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
Movie · as Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
Romeo and Smurfette
Movie · as Gargamel (Voice)
Spider-Man
TV · 1 ep
Trollkins
TV · 26 eps
The Smurfs
TV · as Gargamel (voice) · 422 eps
Heathcliff
TV · as Marmaduke · 39 eps
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
Movie · as Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
The Robonic Stooges
TV · as Moe / Mummy / Professor Octane · 32 eps
Shake, Rattle and Roll
TV · as Shake · 13 eps
Clue Club
TV · as Woofer · 16 eps
The Tiny Tree
Movie · as Turtle
The Man from Clover Grove
Movie · as Jefferson Swickle
The Oddball Couple
TV · as Fleabag (voice) · 16 eps
Joe Forrester
TV · 1 ep
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
TV · as Revs/Captain Tough (voice) · 39 eps
Hong Kong Phooey
TV · as Mr. Shrink · 31 eps
Blue Aces Wild
Movie · as Wizard (voice)
Killarney Blarney
Movie · as Jamie / Timmy (voice)
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
Movie · as Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice)
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
TV · 16 eps
A Christmas Story
Movie · as Goober (voice)
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
Movie · as Fleegle / Tree (voice)
Ghost Story
TV · as Mr. Carlson · 1 ep
The Wizard of Id
Movie · as The King of Id/Peasant
McMillan & Wife
TV · as TV Interviewer · 1 ep
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
TV · 16 eps
The Aristocats
Movie · as Chinese Cat (voice)
Goldilocks
Movie · as Bobcat / Various Animals (voice)
Which Way to the Front?
Movie · as Schroeder
Nanny and the Professor
TV · 1 ep
Vernon's Volunteers
Movie · as Fire Chief Vernon
Love, American Style
TV · as Dale, Harvey, Ralph · 1 ep
The Brady Bunch
TV · 1 ep
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
TV · 17 eps
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
TV · as Dick Dastardly / The General (voice) · 89 eps
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Movie · as Tigger (voice)
Wacky Races
TV · as Clyde (voice) · 34 eps
Here's Lucy
TV · as Knife Thrower / Jeweler, Carlo · 1 ep
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 4 eps
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
TV · 37 eps
The Lone Ranger
TV · as The Rainmaker (voice) · 1 ep
Winnie the Pooh
TV · as Tigger · 3 eps
The Dean Martin Show
TV · 1 ep
The Hollywood Palace
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Lucy Show
TV · as Paul Winchell, Doc Putnam · 1 ep
The Beverly Hillbillies
TV · as Grandpa Winch · 2 eps
The Jetsons
TV · as Dr. Input (voice) · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
Movie · as Paul Winchell
77 Sunset Strip
TV · 1 ep
The Donna Reed Show
TV · 2 eps
Perry Mason
TV · as Henry Clement · 1 ep
Circus Time
TV · 1 ep
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Your Show of Shows
TV · 1 ep
The Paul Winchell Show
TV · as Host · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Lights Out
TV · 1 ep
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Bigelow Show
TV · 1 ep
Everything's on Ice
Movie · as Voice of Dummy