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
Fotos
Películas (47)
The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
2003 · Tigger
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002 · Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too") (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
2000 · Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
1999 · Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
1999 · Tigger (voice)
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
1998 · Tigger (voice)
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
1997 · Tigger (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
1996 · Self - Voice of 'Tigger'
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
1995 · Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
1995 · Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
1994 · Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party
1994 · Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger
1994 · Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
1991 · Tigger (voice)
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
1987 · Dread Baron (voice)
Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure
1986 · (voice)
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
1986 · Zummi Gummi (voice)
The Smurfic Games
1984 · Gargamel (voice)
Here Are the Smurfs
1984 · Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
1983 · Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Halloween Special
1983 · Gargamel
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
1983
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
1983 · Tigger (voice)
My Smurfy Valentine
1983 · Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Christmas Special
1982 · Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Springtime Special
1982 · Gargamel (voice)
Romeo and Smurfette
1981 · Gargamel (Voice)
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
1981 · Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
The Fox and the Hound
1981 · Boomer (voice)
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
1978 · Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977 · Tigger (voice)
The Tiny Tree
1975 · Turtle
The Man from Clover Grove
1975 · Jefferson Swickle
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1974 · Tigger (voice)
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
1973 · Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice)
Blue Aces Wild
1973 · Wizard (voice)
Killarney Blarney
1973 · Jamie / Timmy (voice)
A Christmas Story
1972 · Goober (voice)
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
1972 · Fleegle / Tree (voice)
The Wizard of Id
1971 · The King of Id/Peasant
The Aristocats
1970 · Chinese Cat (voice)
Which Way to the Front?
1970 · Schroeder
Goldilocks
1970 · Bobcat / Various Animals (voice)
Vernon's Volunteers
1969 · Fire Chief Vernon
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1968 · Tigger (voice)
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
1960 · Paul Winchell
Everything's on Ice
1939 · Voice of Dummy
Series (50)
Droopy, Master Detective
1993 · Rumpley's Dad (voice)
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
1990
Fender Bender 500
1990 · Dick Dastardly (voice)
Garfield and Friends
1988
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1988 · Tigger (voice)
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
1985 · Zummi Gummi (voice)
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
1985 · Dick Dastardly (voice)
Spider-Man
1981
Trollkins
1981
The Smurfs
1981 · Gargamel (voice)
Heathcliff
1980 · Marmaduke
The Robonic Stooges
1977 · Moe / Mummy / Professor Octane
Shake, Rattle and Roll
1977 · Shake
Clue Club
1976 · Woofer
Joe Forrester
1975
The Oddball Couple
1975 · Fleabag (voice)
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
1974 · Revs/Captain Tough (voice)
Hong Kong Phooey
1974 · Mr. Shrink
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
1973
Ghost Story
1972 · Mr. Carlson
McMillan & Wife
1971 · TV Interviewer
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
1971
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Love, American Style
1969 · Dale, Harvey, Ralph
The Brady Bunch
1969
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
1969 · Dick Dastardly / The General (voice)
Here's Lucy
1968 · Knife Thrower / Jeweler, Carlo
Wacky Races
1968 · Clyde (voice)
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited), Self
The Lone Ranger
1966 · The Rainmaker (voice)
Winnie the Pooh
1966 · Tigger
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
The Lucy Show
1962 · Paul Winchell, Doc Putnam
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962 · Grandpa Winch
The Jetsons
1962 · Dr. Input (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
77 Sunset Strip
1958
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Perry Mason
1957 · Henry Clement
Circus Time
1956
The Paul Winchell Show
1950 · Host
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
Your Show of Shows
1950
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Lights Out
1949
The Bigelow Show
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self