Paul Winchell

Born: 1922-12-21

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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The Aristocats

as Chinese Cat (voice)
Released: 1970-11-13

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)
Released: 1981-07-10

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)
Released: 1977-03-11

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)
Released: 1997-08-05

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)
Released: 2002-11-12

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)
Released: 1999-11-08

A collection of Winnie the Pooh's memorable holiday adventures, as Winnie, Piglet, and Tigger...

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Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore

as Tigger (voice)
Released: 1983-03-11

Winnie the Pooh and friends decide to throw a birthday celebration for gloomy, old Eeyore.

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Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too

as Tigger (voice)
Released: 1991-12-14

Pooh is so busy gathering up his friends' wish lists for Santa that he forgets to include his...

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Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

as Tigger (voice)
Released: 1968-12-20

Winnie the Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre...

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A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving

as Tigger (voice)
Released: 1998-11-22

It's Thanksgiving time in the Hundred Acre Wood and Winnie the Pooh and all his friends bring...

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Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

as Tigger (voice)
Released: 1974-09-20

Rabbit is tired of Tigger always bouncing him, so he gets Pooh and Piglet together to come up...

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Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You

as Tigger (voice)
Released: 1999-02-12

After Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Rabbit see Christopher Robin making a valentine for -- gasp! --...

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The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery

as Tigger
Released: 2003-06-01

Join all your pals from the Hundred Acre Wood as they laugh, play and learn important lessons in...

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Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose

as Dread Baron (voice)
Released: 1987-11-22

Yogi and the gang mistakenly board the famous Howard Hughes' plane The Spruce Goose. They...

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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece

as Self - Voice of 'Tigger'
Released: 1996-03-27

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece is a behind-the-scenes...

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Which Way to the Front?

as Schroeder
Released: 1970-09-03

Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve...

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Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh

as Tigger (voice)
Released: 1999-01-01

In "Frankenpooh", it's a dark night in the Hundred Acre Wood, and Piglet wants to tell a nice,...

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My Smurfy Valentine

as Gargamel (voice)
Released: 1983-02-13

What could be more smurfy than spending Valentine's Day with the most lovable little blue...

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Everything's on Ice

as Voice of Dummy
Released: 1939-10-05

Comedy about a little girl who's uncle makes her an ice skating star, only to take all of her money.

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Dr. Seuss on the Loose

as Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice)
Released: 1973-10-15

The pressure to conform, the inevitability of change, and the resistance to trying something new...

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The Smurfic Games

as Gargamel (voice)
Released: 1984-05-20

The Smurfs engage in athletic competition to settle a dispute between both ends of the village...

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The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park

as Fleegle / Tree (voice)
Released: 1972-11-25

A girl named Susie goes to an amusement park and are greeted by a couple of costumed tour...

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The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma

as Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
Released: 1981-10-04

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)
Released: 1994-11-06

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 Tiny Tree

as Turtle
Released: 1975-12-14

A little girl is injured in an accident and confined to a wheelchair. When Christmas arrives,...

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Here Are the Smurfs

as Gargamel (voice)
Released: 1984-03-28

A compilation of episodes from the first season of Smurfs (1981), including The Smurf's...

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The Smurfs Christmas Special

as Gargamel (voice)
Released: 1982-12-13

The Smurfs come to the rescue of two children and their grandfather when an evil mysterious...

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The Smurfs Springtime Special

as Gargamel (voice)
Released: 1982-04-07

The evil wizard Gargamel--who hates spring because it makes the Smurfs happy, and he hates...

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Stop! Look! and Laugh!

as Paul Winchell
Released: 1960-01-07

Moe, 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)
Released: 1995-01-10

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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Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun

as Tigger (voice)
Released: 2000-11-06

Winnie the Pooh's Spookable Fun is a Walt Disney video release containing five terror-themed...

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Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue

as Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice)
Released: 1978-01-13

A live-action/animated television special produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

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The Ghost of Potter's Field

as Mr. Carlson
Released: 1973-03-23

While 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)
Released: 1973-05-16

The shipwrecked Blue Racer spots an island and also spots two mischievous leprechauns giving the...

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The Man from Clover Grove

as Jefferson Swickle
Released: 1975-12-12

A poor farmer, always inventing things. A lot don't work but the toys he makes brings joy to the...

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Blue Aces Wild

as Wizard (voice)
Released: 1973-05-16

Feeling down about his reptilian appearance, Blue Racer wonders what it would be like to instead...

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A Christmas Story

as Goober (voice)
Released: 1972-12-01

The special is set in a town almost like in Disney's Lady and the Tramp, and it was Christmas...

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Goldilocks

as Bobcat / Various Animals (voice)
Released: 1970-03-31

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Gummi Bears: A New Beginning

as Zummi Gummi (voice)
Released: 1986-07-18

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 Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas

as Gargamel (voice)
Released: 1983-11-12

Baby Smurf is all set to enjoy the wonder and delight of her very own first Christmas. Then, the...

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The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards

as uncredited
Released: 1983-09-17

60 minute preview for NBC's Saturday morning cartoon line up presented as a mock awards show....

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The Wizard of Id

as The King of Id/Peasant
Released: 1971-09-02

Short cartoon based on the comic strip by Johnny Hart and Brant Parker.

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Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh

as Tigger (voice)
Released: 1994-02-18

Three stories from "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh": "The Masked Offender", "Rabbit Marks...

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Perry Mason

as Henry Clement
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Smurfs

as Gargamel (voice)
First aired: 1981-09-12

Classic Saturday-morning cartoon series featuring magical blue elf-like creatures called Smurfs....

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Love, American Style

as Dale
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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The Flintstones

as Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
First aired: 1960-09-30

The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.

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The Beverly Hillbillies

as Grandpa Winch
First aired: 1962-09-26

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Lucy Show

as Paul Winchell
First aired: 1962-10-01

The 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 Putnam
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...

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Garfield and Friends

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-09-17

The animated stories of Garfield the cat, Odie the dog, their owner Jon and the trouble they get...

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The Donna Reed Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-24

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a...

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The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

as Tigger (voice)
First aired: 1988-09-10

An American animated children's television series inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories.

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Here's Lucy

as Knife Thrower / Jeweler
First aired: 1968-09-23

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Here's Lucy

as Carlo
First aired: 1968-09-23

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The Jetsons

as Dr. Input (voice)
First aired: 1962-09-23

Meet George Jetson and his quirky family: wife Jane, son Elroy and daughter Judy. Living in the...

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The Brady Bunch

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-26

When widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one....

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Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

as Zummi Gummi (voice)
First aired: 1985-09-14

Join the world’s sweetest heroes for high adventure in a mystical land of giants and wizards,...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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77 Sunset Strip

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Lights Out

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-07-19

Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a...

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McMillan and Wife

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-09-29

McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September...

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Nanny and the Professor

as uncredited
First aired: 1970-01-21

Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and...

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-09

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The 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 - Ventriloquist
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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Ghost Story

as Mr. Carlson
First aired: 1972-09-15

Ghost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from...

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Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines

as Dick Dastardly / The General (voice)
First aired: 1969-09-13

Dick Dastardly and his snickering canine co-pilot Muttley plot to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon...

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Heathcliff

as Marmaduke
First aired: 1980-10-04

Heathcliff is an animated TV series that debuted on October 4, 1980. It was the first series...

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Droopy, Master Detective

as Rumpley's Dad (voice)
First aired: 1993-09-11

Droopy, Master Detective is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera in...

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Wacky Races

as Clyde (voice)
First aired: 1968-09-14

The cartoon revolves around several racers with various themes who are each allowed to use...

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The Dean Martin Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-16

The 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. Shrink
First aired: 1974-09-07

Penrod Pooch leaps into action as Hong Kong Phooey to fight villains.

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The Hollywood Palace

as Self - Ventriloquist
First aired: 1964-01-04

The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...

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Spider-Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-09-12

Spider-Man is an American animated TV series based on the popular Marvel Comics character of the...

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The Perils of Penelope Pitstop

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-13

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop is an American animated television series produced by...

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Wake, Rattle, and Roll

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-09-17

Wake, Rattle, and Roll is a live-action/animated television show produced by Hanna-Barbera...

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Joe Forrester

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-09

Joe Forrester is an American Crime/Drama TV series, starring Lloyd Bridges.

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Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-09-11

The adventures of three fun-loving hippie bears, who always find a way to escape the Wonderland Zoo.

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Goober and the Ghost Chasers

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-09-08

A dog, able to become temporarily invisible, and his human companions investigate mysteries...

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Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch

as Revs/Captain Tough (voice)
First aired: 1974-09-07

Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch is a 30-minute cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired for...

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Clue Club

as Woofer
First aired: 1976-08-14

Clue Club is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions...

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Yogi's Treasure Hunt

as Dick Dastardly (voice)
First aired: 1985-09-02

Yogi's Treasure Hunt is a cartoon series first aired in 1985 as part of the weekend/weekday...

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The Lone Ranger

as The Rainmaker (voice)
First aired: 1966-09-10

An ex-Texas Ranger fights injustice in the Old West his with Native-American partner.

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The Robonic Stooges

as Moe / Mummy / Professor Octane
First aired: 1977-09-10

The Robonic Stooges was a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series featuring the characters of...

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The Banana Splits Adventure Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1968-09-07

The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television variety program featuring...

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Fender Bender 500

as Dick Dastardly (voice)
First aired: 1990-09-17

A revival of Wacky Races in the 1990s, in which the racers drove monster trucks made for racing....

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Shake, Rattle and Roll

as Shake
First aired: 1977-09-10

Shake, Rattle, and Roll is one of the six short segments part of the CB Bears animated comedy...

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Trollkins

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-09-12

Trollkins is a 1981 animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera that aired for one season on CBS....

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The Oddball Couple

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-06

The Oddball Couple was an animated half hour Saturday morning show that ran on the ABC TV...

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