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
Known for
ActingBirthday
December 21, 1922Deathday
June 24, 2005Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
44Place of birth
New York City, New York, USAAlso known as
Paul WilchinskyCast credits
The Aristocats
Chinese Cat (voice)The Fox and the Hound
Boomer (voice)Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Tigger (voice)Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
Tigger (voice)Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Tigger (voice)The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Tigger (voice)Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
Tigger (voice)Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
Tigger (voice)Stop! Look! and Laugh!
Paul WinchellWhich Way to the Front?
SchroederWinnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Tigger (voice)Everything's on Ice
Voice of DummyWinnie 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
Himself - Voice of 'Tigger'The Tiny Tree
TurtleBlue Aces Wild
Wizard (voice)Killarney Blarney
Jamie / Timmy (voice)