Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 21, 1922
Died
Jun 24, 2005
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
97 titles
Paul Winchell
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
Filmography
The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
Tigger
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too") (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
Tigger (voice)
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
Tigger (voice)
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Tigger (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
Self - Voice of 'Tigger'
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party
Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger
Tigger (voice)
Droopy, Master Detective
Rumpley's Dad (voice)
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
Tigger (voice)
Fender Bender 500
Dick Dastardly (voice)
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
Garfield and Friends
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Tigger (voice)
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
Dread Baron (voice)
Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure
(voice)
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
Zummi Gummi (voice)
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Zummi Gummi (voice)
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Dick Dastardly (voice)
The Smurfic Games
Gargamel (voice)
Here Are the Smurfs
Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Halloween Special
Gargamel
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Tigger (voice)
My Smurfy Valentine
Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Christmas Special
Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Springtime Special
Gargamel (voice)
Romeo and Smurfette
Gargamel (Voice)
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
The Smurfs
Gargamel (voice)
Spider-Man
Trollkins
The Fox and the Hound
Boomer (voice)
Heathcliff
Marmaduke
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice)
The Robonic Stooges
Moe / Mummy / Professor Octane
Shake, Rattle and Roll
Shake
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Tigger (voice)
Clue Club
Woofer
The Tiny Tree
Turtle
The Man from Clover Grove
Jefferson Swickle
Joe Forrester
The Oddball Couple
Fleabag (voice)
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Tigger (voice)