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
96 acting credits
Acting · 96
Perry Mason
1957
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Love, American Style
1969
Garfield and Friends
1988
The Smurfs
1981
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
The Lucy Show
1962
The Donna Reed Show
1958
What's My Line?
1950
Here's Lucy
1968
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
1985
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1988
The Jetsons
1962
The Brady Bunch
1969
McMillan & Wife
1971
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
1969
Ghost Story
1972
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
Lights Out
1949
The Aristocats
1970
Your Show of Shows
1950
The Hollywood Palace
1964
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Droopy, Master Detective
1993
The Fox and the Hound
1981
Heathcliff
1980
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977
Wacky Races
1968
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
1974
Hong Kong Phooey
1974
Spider-Man
1981
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
1968
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
1985
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969
Joe Forrester
1975
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
1997
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
1990
Fender Bender 500
1990
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
1971
Clue Club
1976
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002
Shake, Rattle and Roll
1977
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
1999
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
1973
The Robonic Stooges
1977
The Lone Ranger
1966
Trollkins
1981
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1968
Winnie the Pooh
1966
The Oddball Couple
1975
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
1999
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
1983
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1974
The Tiny Tree
1975
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
1998
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
1991
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
1981
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
1973
The Smurfs Christmas Special
1982
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
1987
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
1983
The Paul Winchell Show
1950
The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
2003
The Smurfic Games
1984
Which Way to the Front?
1970
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
1960
Vernon's Volunteers
1969
My Smurfy Valentine
1983
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
2000
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
1972
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
1996
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
1995
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
1995
A Christmas Story
1972
The Smurfs Springtime Special
1982
The Smurfs Halloween Special
1983
Here Are the Smurfs
1984
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
1983
Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure
1986
Everything's on Ice
1939
Goldilocks
1970
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
1978
Romeo and Smurfette
1981
The Bigelow Show
1948
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
1986
The Man from Clover Grove
1975
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
1994
Winnie the Pooh: Playtime - Pooh Party
1994
Circus Time
1956
Killarney Blarney
1973
Blue Aces Wild
1973
The Wizard of Id
1971