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
The Aristocats
(Chinese Cat (voice))
The Fox and the Hound
(Boomer (voice))
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
(Tigger (voice))
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
(Tigger (voice))
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
(Tigger (voice))
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
(Tigger (voice))
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
(Gargamel (voice))
Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure
((voice))
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
(Zummi Gummi (voice))
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
(Tigger (voice))
The Wizard of Id
(The King of Id/Peasant)
In Search of Dr. Seuss
((voice) (archive footage) (uncredited))
Goldilocks
(Bobcat / Various Animals (voice))
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
(Tigger (voice))
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
(Paul Winchell)
Which Way to the Front?
(Schroeder)
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
(Tigger (voice))
Everything's on Ice
(Voice of Dummy)
A Christmas Story
(Goober (voice))
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
(Tigger (voice))
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
(Tigger (voice))
The Smurfs Springtime Special
(Gargamel (voice))
The Smurfic Games
(Gargamel (voice))
My Smurfy Valentine
(Gargamel (voice))
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
(Self - Voice of 'Tigger')
The Tiny Tree
(Turtle)
Killarney Blarney
(Jamie / Timmy (voice))
Blue Aces Wild
(Wizard (voice))
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
(Tigger (voice))
The Smurfs Christmas Special
(Gargamel (voice))
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
(Tigger (voice))
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
(Tigger (voice))
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
(Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice))
The Man from Clover Grove
(Jefferson Swickle)
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
(Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice))
Winnie the Pooh: Playtime - Pooh Party
(Tigger (voice))
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
(Dread Baron (voice))
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
(Fleegle / Tree (voice))
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
(Tigger (voice))
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
(Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too") (voice))
The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
(Tigger)
Vernon's Volunteers
(Fire Chief Vernon)
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
(Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice))
Here Are the Smurfs
(Gargamel (voice))
Pearl of Love
(Atkinson)
77 Sunset Strip
Wacky Races
(Clyde (voice))
Here's Lucy
(Knife Thrower / Jeweler)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(Self)
Love, American Style
(Dale)
The Brady Bunch
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
The Lucy Show
(Paul Winchell)
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
(Zummi Gummi (voice))
The Beverly Hillbillies
(Grandpa Winch)
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
(Tigger (voice))
Spider-Man
Perry Mason
(Henry Clement)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
McMillan and Wife
Nanny and the Professor
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
(Revs/Captain Tough (voice))
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
(Dick Dastardly / The General (voice))
Hong Kong Phooey
(Mr. Shrink)
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
The Hollywood Palace
(Self - Ventriloquist)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(Self)
Your Show of Shows
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
Clue Club
(Woofer)
The Robonic Stooges
(Moe / Mummy / Professor Octane)
Heathcliff
(Marmaduke)
The Donna Reed Show
The Dean Martin Show
Circus Time
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
(Dick Dastardly (voice))
The Oddball Couple
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
Lights Out
The Bigelow Show
Joe Forrester
Ghost Story
(Mr. Carlson)
Shake, Rattle and Roll
(Shake)
Trollkins
Fender Bender 500
(Dick Dastardly (voice))
The Smurfs
(Gargamel (voice))
The Paul Winchell Show
(Host)
The Lone Ranger
(The Rainmaker (voice))
Here's Lucy
(Carlo)
The Lucy Show
(Doc Putnam)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self - Ventriloquist)
The Jetsons
(Dr. Input (voice))
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
What's My Line?
(Self - Panelist)
Droopy, Master Detective
(Rumpley's Dad (voice))
The Flintstones
(Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice))
Garfield and Friends