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
as Chinese Cat (voice)When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s...
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The Fox and the Hound
as Boomer (voice)When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends...
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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
as Tigger (voice)Whether we’re young or forever young at heart, the Hundred Acre Wood calls to that place in each...
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Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
as Tigger (voice)Pooh gets confused when Christopher Robin leaves him a note to say that he has gone back to...
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Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
as Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too") (voice)It's Christmastime in the Hundred Acre Wood and all of the gang is getting ready with presents...
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Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
as Tigger (voice)A collection of Winnie the Pooh's memorable holiday adventures, as Winnie, Piglet, and Tigger...
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Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
as Tigger (voice)Winnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre...
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Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You
as Tigger (voice)After Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Rabbit see Christopher Robin making a valentine for -- gasp! --...
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Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
as Tigger (voice)Winnie the Pooh and friends decide to throw a birthday celebration for gloomy, old Eeyore.
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The Smurfs Christmas Special
as Gargamel (voice)The Smurfs come to the rescue of two children and their grandfather when an evil mysterious...
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Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
as Tigger (voice)Rabbit is tired of Tigger always bouncing him, so he gets Pooh and Piglet together to come up...
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Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
as Dread Baron (voice)Yogi and the gang mistakenly board the famous Howard Hughes' plane The Spruce Goose. They...
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Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
as Tigger (voice)Pooh is so busy gathering up his friends' wish lists for Santa that he forgets to include his...
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The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
as Gargamel (voice)Baby Smurf is all set to enjoy the wonder and delight of her very own first Christmas. Then, the...
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Which Way to the Front?
as SchroederBrendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve...
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The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
as Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)Wilma is a celebrity when she gets a shot at the big leagues and becomes a pitcher for the...
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In Search of Dr. Seuss
as (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)A nosy reporter wants to find out all she can about Dr. Seuss, aka Ted Geisel, and gets told the...
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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
as Himself - Voice of 'Tigger'The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece is a behind-the-scenes...
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The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
as TiggerJoin all your pals from the Hundred Acre Wood as they laugh, play and learn important lessons in...
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Everything's on Ice
as Voice of DummyComedy about a little girl who's uncle makes her an ice skating star, only to take all of her money.
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The Smurfs Springtime Special
as Gargamel (voice)The evil wizard Gargamel--who hates spring because it makes the Smurfs happy, and he hates...
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My Smurfy Valentine
as Gargamel (voice)What could be more smurfy than spending Valentine's Day with the most lovable little blue...
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A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
as Tigger (voice)It's Thanksgiving time in the Hundred Acre Wood and Winnie the Pooh and all his friends bring...
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The Smurfic Games
as Gargamel (voice)The Smurfs engage in athletic competition to settle a dispute between both ends of the village...
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Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
as Tigger (voice)Winnie the Pooh's Spookable Fun is a Walt Disney video release containing five terror-themed...
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A Christmas Story
as Goober (voice)The special is set in a town almost like in Disney's Lady and the Tramp, and it was Christmas...
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Dr. Seuss on the Loose
as Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice)The pressure to conform, the inevitability of change, and the resistance to trying something new...
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Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
as Tigger (voice)In "Frankenpooh", it's a dark night in the Hundred Acre Wood, and Piglet wants to tell a nice,...
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Stop! Look! and Laugh!
as Paul WinchellMoe, Larry and Curly appear in short subjects linked by ventriloquist Paul Winchell and his dummies.
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Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
as Tigger (voice)It's the time of year when Pooh and his pals like to show how much they care. But Rabbit insists...
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The Man from Clover Grove
as Jefferson SwickleA poor farmer, always inventing things. A lot don't work but the toys he makes brings joy to the...
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The Ghost of Potter's Field
as Mr. CarlsonWhile at Potter's Field cemetery doing research for a story, reporter Bob Herrick sees a ghost...
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Killarney Blarney
as Jamie / Timmy (voice)The shipwrecked Blue Racer spots an island and also spots two mischievous leprechauns giving the...
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The Tiny Tree
as TurtleA little girl is injured in an accident and confined to a wheelchair. When Christmas arrives,...
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The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
as Fleegle / Tree (voice)A girl named Susie goes to an amusement park and are greeted by a couple of costumed tour...
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The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
as Tigger (voice)Video compilation of "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh"; an American animated television...
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The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
as uncredited60 minute preview for NBC's Saturday morning cartoon line up presented as a mock awards show....
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Blue Aces Wild
as Wizard (voice)Feeling down about his reptilian appearance, Blue Racer wonders what it would be like to instead...
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Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
as Zummi Gummi (voice)As Duke Igthorn plans an attack on King Gregor's castle, Cavin (a page in the castle) is left in...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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Love, American Style
as DaleAn anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...
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The Lucy Show
as Paul WinchellThe Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...
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The Lucy Show
as Doc PutnamThe Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...
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Perry Mason
as Henry ClementThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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What's My Line?
as Self - PanelistFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Beverly Hillbillies
as Grandpa WinchJed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
as SelfThe Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...
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The Donna Reed Show
as uncreditedRevolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a...
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77 Sunset Strip
as uncreditedStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...
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Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears
as Zummi Gummi (voice)Join the world’s sweetest heroes for high adventure in a mystical land of giants and wizards,...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as SelfThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - VentriloquistThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Brady Bunch
as uncreditedWhen widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one....
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as SelfAn American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.
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Ghost Story
as Mr. CarlsonGhost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from...
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Your Show of Shows
as uncreditedYour Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...
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Nanny and the Professor
as uncreditedNanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and...
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The Hollywood Palace
as Self - VentriloquistThe Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...
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The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
as Tigger (voice)An American animated children's television series inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
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The Dean Martin Show
as uncreditedThe Dean Martin Show, also known as The Dean Martin Variety Show, is a TV variety-comedy series...
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Hong Kong Phooey
as Mr. ShrinkHong Kong Phooey is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions...
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The Smurfs
as Gargamel (voice)Classic Saturday-morning cartoon series featuring magical blue elf-like creatures called Smurfs....
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Wake, Rattle, and Roll
as uncreditedWake, Rattle, and Roll is a live-action/animated television show produced by Hanna-Barbera...
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Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
as Dick Dastardly / The General (voice)Dick Dastardly and his snickering canine co-pilot Muttley plot to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon...
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The Jetsons
as Dr. Input (voice)Meet George Jetson and his quirky family: wife Jane, son Elroy and daughter Judy. Living in the...
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Yogi's Treasure Hunt
as Dick Dastardly (voice)Yogi's Treasure Hunt is a cartoon series first aired in 1985 as part of the weekend/weekday...
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Lights Out
as uncreditedLights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a...
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McMillan and Wife
as uncreditedMcMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September...
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The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
as uncreditedThe Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television variety program featuring...
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Wacky Races
as Clyde (voice)The cartoon revolves around several racers with various themes who are each allowed to use...
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The Lone Ranger
as The RainmakerThe Lone Ranger is the central character of an American animated television series that ran 26...
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Goober and the Ghost Chasers
as uncreditedA dog, able to become temporarily invisible, and his human companions investigate mysteries...
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Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
as uncreditedThe adventures of three fun-loving hippie bears, who always find a way to escape the Wonderland Zoo.
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The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
as uncreditedThe Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American animated television series produced by...
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Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
as Revs/Captain Tough (voice)Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch is a 30-minute cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired for...
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Heathcliff
as MarmadukeHeathcliff is an animated TV series that debuted on October 4, 1980. It was the first series...
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Spider-Man
as uncreditedSpider-Man is an American animated TV series based on the popular Marvel Comics character of the...
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Joe Forrester
as uncreditedJoe Forrester is an American Crime/Drama TV series, starring Lloyd Bridges.
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Fender Bender 500
as Dick Dastardly (voice)A revival of Wacky Races in the 1990s, in which the racers drove monster trucks made for racing....
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The Robonic Stooges
as Moe / Mummy / Professor OctaneThe Robonic Stooges was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series featuring the characters of...
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The Oddball Couple
as uncreditedThe Oddball Couple was an animated half hour Saturday morning show that ran on the ABC TV...
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Shake, Rattle and Roll
as ShakeShake, Rattle, and Roll is one of the six short segments part of the CB Bears animated comedy...
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Clue Club
as WooferClue Club is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions...
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Trollkins
as uncreditedTrollkins is a 1981 animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired for one season on CBS....
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