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Paul Winchell
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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 calle…
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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's Filmography
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The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
as Tigger
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
as Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too") (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
as Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
as Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
as Tigger (voice)
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
as Tigger (voice)
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
as Tigger (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
as Self - Voice of 'Tigger'
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
as Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
as Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
as Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party
as Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger
as Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
as Tigger (voice)
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
as Dread Baron (voice)
No Poster
Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure
as (voice)
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
as Zummi Gummi (voice)
The Smurfic Games
as Gargamel (voice)
Here Are the Smurfs
as Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
as Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Halloween Special
as Gargamel
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
as Tigger (voice)
My Smurfy Valentine
as Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Christmas Special
as Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Springtime Special
as Gargamel (voice)
Romeo and Smurfette
as Gargamel (Voice)
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
as Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
The Fox and the Hound
as Boomer (voice)
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
as Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
as Tigger (voice)
The Tiny Tree
as Turtle
The Man from Clover Grove
as Jefferson Swickle
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
as Tigger (voice)
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
as Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice)
Killarney Blarney
as Jamie / Timmy (voice)
Blue Aces Wild
as Wizard (voice)
A Christmas Story
as Goober (voice)
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
as Fleegle / Tree (voice)
The Wizard of Id
as The King of Id/Peasant
The Aristocats
as Chinese Cat (voice)
Which Way to the Front?
as Schroeder
Goldilocks
as Bobcat / Various Animals (voice)
No Poster
Vernon's Volunteers
as Fire Chief Vernon
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
as Tigger (voice)
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
as Paul Winchell
Everything's on Ice
as Voice of Dummy