Name
Paul Winchell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-12-21
Deathday
2005-06-24 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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- 1970 The Aristocats as Chinese Cat (voice)
- 1981 The Fox and the Hound as Boomer (voice)
- 1983 Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore as Tigger (voice)
- 1995 Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh as Tigger (voice)
- 2000 Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun as Tigger (voice)
- 1997 Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin as Tigger (voice)
- 1983 The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas as Gargamel (voice)
- 1986 Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure as (voice)
- 1986 Gummi Bears: A New Beginning as Zummi Gummi (voice)
- 1974 Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too as Tigger (voice)
- 1971 The Wizard of Id as The King of Id/Peasant
- 1970 Goldilocks as Bobcat / Various Animals (voice)
- 1995 Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day as Tigger (voice)
- 1960 Stop! Look! and Laugh! as Paul Winchell
- 1970 Which Way to the Front? as Schroeder
- 1983 The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
- 1968 Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day as Tigger (voice)
- 1939 Everything's on Ice as Voice of Dummy
- 1972 A Christmas Story as Goober (voice)
- 1999 Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You as Tigger (voice)
- 1982 The Smurfs Springtime Special as Gargamel (voice)
- 1998 A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving as Tigger (voice)
- 1984 The Smurfic Games as Gargamel (voice)
- 1983 My Smurfy Valentine as Gargamel (voice)
- 1996 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece as Self - Voice of 'Tigger'
- 1975 The Tiny Tree as Turtle
- 1973 Blue Aces Wild as Wizard (voice)
- 1973 Killarney Blarney as Jamie / Timmy (voice)
- 1977 The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as Tigger (voice)
- 1982 The Smurfs Christmas Special as Gargamel (voice)
- 1991 Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too as Tigger (voice)
- 1994 Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh as Tigger (voice)
- 1973 Dr. Seuss on the Loose as Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice)
- 1975 The Man from Clover Grove as Jefferson Swickle
- 1981 The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma as Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
- 1994 Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party as Tigger (voice)
- 1987 Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose as Dread Baron (voice)
- 1972 The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park as Fleegle / Tree (voice)
- 2002 Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year as Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too") (voice)
- 1999 Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving as Tigger (voice)
- 2003 The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery as Tigger
- 1969 Vernon's Volunteers as Fire Chief Vernon
- 1978 Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue as Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice)
- 1984 Here Are the Smurfs as Gargamel (voice)
- 1981 Romeo and Smurfette as Gargamel (Voice)
- 1983 The Smurfs Halloween Special as Gargamel
- 1994 Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger as Tigger (voice)
- 1958 77 Sunset Strip ( 1 episode )
- 1968 Wacky Races ( 34 episodes ) as Clyde (voice)
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Knife Thrower / Jeweler
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Dale
- 1969 The Brady Bunch ( 1 episode )
- 1969 The Perils of Penelope Pitstop ( 17 episodes )
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Paul Winchell
- 1985 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears ( 76 episodes ) as Zummi Gummi (voice)
- 1962 The Beverly Hillbillies ( 2 episodes ) as Grandpa Winch
- 1988 The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ( 53 episodes ) as Tigger (voice)
- 1981 Spider-Man ( 1 episode )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Henry Clement
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1971 McMillan & Wife ( 1 episode ) as TV Interviewer
- 1970 Nanny and the Professor ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch ( 39 episodes ) as Revs/Captain Tough (voice)
- 1990 Wake, Rattle, and Roll ( 50 episodes )
- 1969 Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines ( 89 episodes ) as Dick Dastardly / The General (voice)
- 1974 Hong Kong Phooey ( 31 episodes ) as Mr. Shrink
- 1971 Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! ( 16 episodes )
- 1964 The Hollywood Palace ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 4 episodes ) as Self (uncredited)
- 1950 Your Show of Shows ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Goober and the Ghost Chasers ( 16 episodes )
- 1976 Clue Club ( 16 episodes ) as Woofer
- 1977 The Robonic Stooges ( 32 episodes ) as Moe / Mummy / Professor Octane
- 1980 Heathcliff ( 39 episodes ) as Marmaduke
- 1958 The Donna Reed Show ( 2 episodes )
- 1965 The Dean Martin Show ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Circus Time ( 1 episode )
- 1985 Yogi's Treasure Hunt ( 27 episodes ) as Dick Dastardly (voice)
- 1975 The Oddball Couple ( 16 episodes ) as Fleabag (voice)
- 1968 The Banana Splits Adventure Hour ( 37 episodes )
- 1949 Lights Out ( 1 episode )
- 1948 The Bigelow Show ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Joe Forrester ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Ghost Story ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Carlson
- 1977 Shake, Rattle and Roll ( 13 episodes ) as Shake
- 1981 Trollkins ( 26 episodes )
- 1990 Fender Bender 500 ( 50 episodes ) as Dick Dastardly (voice)
- 1981 The Smurfs ( 422 episodes ) as Gargamel (voice)
- 1950 The Paul Winchell Show ( 1 episode ) as Host
- 1966 The Lone Ranger ( 1 episode ) as The Rainmaker (voice)
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Carlo
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 2 episodes ) as Doc Putnam
- 1962 The Jetsons ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Input (voice)
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Droopy, Master Detective ( 1 episode ) as Rumpley's Dad (voice)
- 1988 Garfield and Friends ( 1 episode )
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Harvey
- 1969 Love, American Style ( 1 episode ) as Ralph
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1966 Winnie the Pooh ( 3 episodes ) as Tigger
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 7 episodes ) as Self
