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Paul Winchell Died at age: 82

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Paul Winchell

Date of Birth:

Dec 21, 1922

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 24, 2005

Biography of

Paul Winchell

    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

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Paul Winchell

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Filmography of

Paul Winchell

Found 17 Movies in total

... 2003

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too") (voice) ( Actor )

... 2002

Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving

Tigger (voice) ( Actor )

... 1999

... 1997

In Search of Dr. Seuss

(voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1994

... 1987

The Fox and the Hound

Boomer (voice) ( Actor )

... 1981

Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue

Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice) ( Actor )

... 1978

... 1977

The Man from Clover Grove

Jefferson Swickle ( Actor )

... 1975

The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park

Fleegle / Tree (voice) ( Actor )

... 1972

The Aristocats

Chinese Cat (voice) ( Actor )

... 1970

Which Way to the Front?

Schroeder ( Actor )

... 1970

Stop! Look! and Laugh!

Paul Winchell ( Actor )

... 1960

Everything's on Ice

Voice of Dummy ( Actor )

... 1939

Pearl of Love

Atkinson ( Actor )

... 1925