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