Paul Winchell
Acting
- Born:
- 1922-12-21
- Died:
- 2005-06-24
- Place of birth:
- New York City, New York, USA
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
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger
Droopy, Master Detective
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
Fender Bender 500
Garfield and Friends
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
The Smurfic Games
Here Are the Smurfs
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
The Smurfs Halloween Special
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
My Smurfy Valentine
The Smurfs Christmas Special
The Smurfs Springtime Special
Romeo and Smurfette
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
Spider-Man
Trollkins
The Smurfs
The Fox and the Hound
Heathcliff
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
The Robonic Stooges
Shake, Rattle and Roll
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Clue Club
The Tiny Tree
The Man from Clover Grove
Joe Forrester
The Oddball Couple
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
Hong Kong Phooey
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
Killarney Blarney
Blue Aces Wild
A Christmas Story
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
Ghost Story
The Wizard of Id
McMillan & Wife
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
The Aristocats
Which Way to the Front?
Goldilocks
Nanny and the Professor
Love, American Style
The Brady Bunch
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
Vernon's Volunteers
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Here's Lucy
Wacky Races
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Lone Ranger
Winnie the Pooh
The Dean Martin Show
The Hollywood Palace
The Lucy Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Jetsons
The Mike Douglas Show
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
77 Sunset Strip
The Donna Reed Show
Perry Mason
Circus Time
The Paul Winchell Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Your Show of Shows
What's My Line?
Lights Out
The Bigelow Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Everything's on Ice