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Paul Wilchinsky
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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
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1922-12-21
- event Death Date 2005-06-24
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 0.7
- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Paul Winchell
7.3
The Aristocats
1970-12-24
7.2
The Fox and the Hound
1981-07-10
6.8
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
1983-03-11
7.4
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
1999-01-01
9
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
2000-11-06
7.2
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
1997-08-05
4.5
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
1983-11-12
10
Kingdom Chums - Little David's Adventure
1986-11-28
6
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
1986-07-18
8
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1974-09-20
0
The Wizard of Id
1971-09-02
0
Goldilocks
1970-03-31
7
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
1995-01-10
4.3
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
1960-01-07
4.8
Which Way to the Front?
1970-09-03
0
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
1983-09-17
7.4
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1968-12-20
4.8
Everything's on Ice
1939-10-05
3
A Christmas Story
1972-12-01
6.9
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
1999-02-12
6.7
The Smurfs Springtime Special
1982-04-07
6.6
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
1998-11-22
7
The Smurfic Games
1984-05-20
7.4
My Smurfy Valentine
1983-02-13
6
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
1996-03-27
6
The Tiny Tree
1975-12-14
5
Blue Aces Wild
1973-05-16
5
Killarney Blarney
1973-05-16
7.2
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1977-03-11
6.4
The Smurfs Christmas Special
1982-12-13
7
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
1991-12-14
0
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
1994-02-18
7.1
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
1973-10-15
0
The Man from Clover Grove
1975-12-12
6.9
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
1981-10-04
8.5
Winnie the Pooh: Playtime - Pooh Party
1994-02-15
6.8
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
1987-11-22
5.2
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
1972-11-25
6.9
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002-11-12
6.8
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
1999-11-08
8
The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
2003-06-01
0
Vernon's Volunteers
1969-01-01
5
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
1978-01-13
7
Here Are the Smurfs
1984-03-28
0
Romeo and Smurfette
1981-10-10
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10
7.3
Wacky Races
1968-09-14
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968-09-23
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10
6
Love, American Style
1969-09-29
6.7
The Brady Bunch
1969-09-26
6.2
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
1969-09-13
7
The Lucy Show
1962-10-01
7.5
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
1985-09-14
6.8
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26
7.7
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
1988-09-10
7.3
Spider-Man
1981-09-12
7.8
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
6.9
McMillan & Wife
1971-09-29
6
Nanny and the Professor
1970-01-21
6.8
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
1974-09-07
6
Wake, Rattle, and Roll
1990-09-17
7.2
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
1969-09-13
6.3
Hong Kong Phooey
1974-09-07
7
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
1971-09-11
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
1964-01-04
6.5
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968-01-22
6.4
Your Show of Shows
1950-02-25
5.6
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
1973-09-08
4
Clue Club
1976-08-14
4.8
The Robonic Stooges
1977-09-10
6.4
Heathcliff
1980-10-04
6.2
The Donna Reed Show
1958-09-24
7.4
The Dean Martin Show
1965-09-16
0
Circus Time
1956-10-04
7.2
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
1985-09-02
8
The Oddball Couple
1975-09-06
7.2
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
1968-09-07
5.3
Lights Out
1949-07-19
0
The Bigelow Show
1948-10-14
7
Joe Forrester
1975-09-09
7.1
Ghost Story
1972-09-15
0
Shake, Rattle and Roll
1977-09-10
6
Trollkins
1981-09-12
6
Fender Bender 500
1990-09-17
7
The Smurfs
1981-09-12
7
The Paul Winchell Show
1950-09-18
6.7
The Lone Ranger
1966-09-10
6.7
Here's Lucy
1968-09-23
7
The Lucy Show
1962-10-01
7.3
The Jetsons
1962-09-23
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
6.9
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
6.9
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
5.5
Droopy, Master Detective
1993-09-11
7.3
Garfield and Friends
1988-09-17
6
Love, American Style
1969-09-29
0
The Pink Panther
1964-12-18