Paul Winchell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 21, 1922
- Died
- Jun 24, 2005 (aged 82)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 97
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
1970Movie
Chinese Cat (voice)
The Fox and the Hound
1981Movie
Boomer (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977Movie
Tigger (voice)
The Smurfs
1981TV
Gargamel (voice)
The Jetsons
1962TV
Dr. Input (voice)
Garfield and Friends
1988TV
Filmography
The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
2003Movie
Tigger
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002Movie
Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too") (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
2000Movie
Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
1999Movie
Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
1999Movie
Tigger (voice)
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
1998Movie
Tigger (voice)
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
1997Movie
Tigger (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
1996Movie
Self - Voice of 'Tigger'
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
1995Movie
Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
1995Movie
Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
1994Movie
Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party
1994Movie
Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger
1994Movie
Tigger (voice)
Droopy, Master Detective
1993TV
Rumpley's Dad (voice)
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
1991Movie
Tigger (voice)
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
1990TV
Fender Bender 500
1990TV
Dick Dastardly (voice)
Garfield and Friends
1988TV
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1988TV
Tigger (voice)
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
1987Movie
Dread Baron (voice)
Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure
1986Movie
(voice)
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
1986Movie
Zummi Gummi (voice)
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
1985TV
Zummi Gummi (voice)
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
1985TV
Dick Dastardly (voice)
The Smurfic Games
1984Movie
Gargamel (voice)
Here Are the Smurfs
1984Movie
Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
1983Movie
Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Halloween Special
1983Movie
Gargamel
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
1983Movie
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
1983Movie
Tigger (voice)
My Smurfy Valentine
1983Movie
Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Christmas Special
1982Movie
Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Springtime Special
1982Movie
Gargamel (voice)
Romeo and Smurfette
1981Movie
Gargamel (Voice)
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
1981Movie
Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
Spider-Man
1981TV
Trollkins
1981TV
The Smurfs
1981TV
Gargamel (voice)
The Fox and the Hound
1981Movie
Boomer (voice)
Heathcliff
1980TV
Marmaduke
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
1978Movie
Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice)
The Robonic Stooges
1977TV
Moe / Mummy / Professor Octane
Shake, Rattle and Roll
1977TV
Shake
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977Movie
Tigger (voice)
Clue Club
1976TV
Woofer
The Tiny Tree
1975Movie
Turtle
The Man from Clover Grove
1975Movie
Jefferson Swickle
Joe Forrester
1975TV
The Oddball Couple
1975TV
Fleabag (voice)
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1974Movie
Tigger (voice)
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
1974TV
Revs/Captain Tough (voice)
Hong Kong Phooey
1974TV
Mr. Shrink
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
1973Movie
Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice)
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
1973TV
Blue Aces Wild
1973Movie
Wizard (voice)
Killarney Blarney
1973Movie
Jamie / Timmy (voice)
A Christmas Story
1972Movie
Goober (voice)
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
1972Movie
Fleegle / Tree (voice)
Ghost Story
1972TV
Mr. Carlson
The Wizard of Id
1971Movie
The King of Id/Peasant
McMillan & Wife
1971TV
TV Interviewer
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
1971TV
The Aristocats
1970Movie
Chinese Cat (voice)
Which Way to the Front?
1970Movie
Schroeder
Goldilocks
1970Movie
Bobcat / Various Animals (voice)
Nanny and the Professor
1970TV
Love, American Style
1969TV
Dale, Harvey, Ralph
The Brady Bunch
1969TV
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969TV
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
1969TV
Dick Dastardly / The General (voice)
Vernon's Volunteers
1969Movie
Fire Chief Vernon
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1968Movie
Tigger (voice)
Here's Lucy
1968TV
Knife Thrower / Jeweler, Carlo
Wacky Races
1968TV
Clyde (voice)
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
1968TV
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968TV
Self (uncredited), Self
The Lone Ranger
1966TV
The Rainmaker (voice)
Winnie the Pooh
1966TV
Tigger
The Dean Martin Show
1965TV
The Hollywood Palace
1964TV
Self
The Lucy Show
1962TV
Paul Winchell, Doc Putnam
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962TV
Grandpa Winch
The Jetsons
1962TV
Dr. Input (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
1960Movie
Paul Winchell
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
The Donna Reed Show
1958TV
Perry Mason
1957TV
Henry Clement
Circus Time
1956TV
The Paul Winchell Show
1950TV
Host
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950TV
Self
Your Show of Shows
1950TV
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
Lights Out
1949TV
The Bigelow Show
1948TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948TV
Self
Everything's on Ice
1939Movie
Voice of Dummy