Paul Winchell
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
101
Gender
Male
Birthday
1922-12-21
Day of death
2005-06-24 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Paul Winchell
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
Perry Mason
The Mike Douglas Show
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
The Smurfs
The Beverly Hillbillies
Love, American Style
Love, American Style
Love, American Style
The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show
Garfield and Friends
The Jetsons
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
The Donna Reed Show
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The Ed Sullivan Show
Here's Lucy
Here's Lucy
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
The Fox and the Hound
The Aristocats
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
McMillan & Wife
The Brady Bunch
77 Sunset Strip
Nanny and the Professor
Goldilocks
Lights Out
Droopy, Master Detective
Romeo and Smurfette
Ghost Story
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
The Dean Martin Show
Wacky Races
The Smurfic Games
Your Show of Shows
Hong Kong Phooey
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
My Smurfy Valentine
The Hollywood Palace
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
Spider-Man
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
Joe Forrester
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
Heathcliff
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
Clue Club
Fender Bender 500
The Robonic Stooges
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Trollkins
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
Winnie the Pooh: Playtime - Pooh Party
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Shake, Rattle and Roll
The Oddball Couple
The Lone Ranger
The Smurfs Christmas Special
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Which Way to the Front?
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
Here Are the Smurfs
A Christmas Story
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
The Smurfs Halloween Special
The Paul Winchell Show
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
The Tiny Tree
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
The Smurfs Springtime Special
Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
Vernon's Volunteers
The Bigelow Show
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
Circus Time
The Man from Clover Grove
Blue Aces Wild
Everything's on Ice
Killarney Blarney
The Wizard of Id
