Paul Winchell Biography (1922-)

Born December 21, 1922, New York, NY; son of Sol and Clara (maiden name, Fuchs) Winchell; married Jean; children: Stephanie, Stacey Paul, April Terri. Addresses: Contact: 78845 Golden Reed Dr., Palm Desert, CA 92211-1843.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, writer, ventriloquist, inventor
Birth Details: December 21, 1922; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Ventriloquist and star, Winchell and Mahoney Show, NBC, 1947
Show Business Inc., 1947
Regular performer, The Bigelow Show, 1948
Host, Dunninger and Winchell, CBS and NBC, 1948-1949
Host, The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Speidel Show, NBC, 1950-1953
Host, Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney's What's My Name, NBC, 1952-1954
Host, Jerry Mahoney's Club House, NBC, 1954
Host, Toyland Express, ABC, 1955
Host, Circus Time, ABC, 1956-1957
Host, Five Star Comedy, ABC, 1957
Host, The Paul Winchell Show, ABC, 1957-1960
Regular, Keep Talking, 1958
Homer Winch, The Beverly Hillbillies, CBS, 1962
Voice of Knucklehead Smiff, Cartoonsville (animated), ABC, 1963
Winchell and Mahoney Time, 1965
Voice of Dick Dastardly, Clyde, and Red Max, The Wacky Races (animated), CBS, 1968
Voice of the General and Dick Dastardly, Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (animated), CBS, 1969
Voices of Claude and Softy, not Softly, The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (animated), CBS, 1969
Voice of Fleegle, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (also known asThe Banana Splits and Friends), NBC, 1970
Voice of Bubi Bear, Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch (animated), CBS, 1971
Host, Runaround, NBC, 1972-1973
Voice of Goober, Goober and the Ghost Chasers (animated), ABC, 1973
Voice of Fleabag, The Oddball Couple (animated), ABC, 1975
Monty, Adams of Eagle Lake, ABC, 1975
Voices of Woofer and Wimper, The Clue Club (animated), CBS, 1976
Voice of Shake, The C.B. Bears (animated), CBS, 1977
Voice of Moe Howard/Woofer, The Skate Birds (animated), CBS, 1977
Voice, Fred Flintstone and Friends (animated), 1977
Voice of Dick Dastardly, Yogi's Treasure Hunt (also known as Yogi's Space Race; animated), 1978
Voice of Moe, The Three Robotic Stooges (animated), NBC, 1979
Voice of Revs, Wheelie and the Chopper (animated), NBC, 1979
Voice, Casper and the Angels (animated), 1979
Voices of Marmaduke and Phil Winslow, The Heathcliff and Marmaduke Show (also known as Cats & Co., The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show, Heathcliff, and Heathcliff and the Cadillac Cats; animated), ABC, 1981-1982
Voices of Gargamel, Baby Smurf, and Nosey Smurf, The Smurfs (alsoknown as Smurfs' Adventures; animated), NBC, 1981
Voice of Mayor Lumpkin, Trollkins (animated), CBS, 1981
Voice, Spider-Man (also known as Spiderman 2000 and Spiderman; animated), 1981
Meatballs and Spaghetti, 1982
The New Jetsons, 1985
Voice of Zummi Gummi and Toadie, Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, 1985
Voices of Zummi and Tigger, Disney's Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour (also known as The Gummi Bears and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears; animated), 1989

Voice of Tigger, The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The New Adventuresof Winnie the Pooh, 1988-1990
Voice of Dick Dastardly, Wake, Rattle and Roll, "Fender Bender 500," 1990
Also appeared as voice of Turtle, The Tiny Tree; voice of Woofer,Woofer and Whimper, Dog Detectives.
Pilots
Host, The Paul Winchell Show, CBS, 1956
Movies
Chief Vernon, Vernon's Volunteers, 1969
The Treasure Chest Murder, 1975
Also appeared as voices of Ducks, Haji, Mr. McGurk, railroad conductor, Ronk, "Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family," ABC Saturday Superstar Movie, ABC; voices of Fleegle and Tree, "The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park," ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.
Specials
Voice of White Dog in Hat, "Green Eggs and Ham," Dr. Seuss on the Loose (animated), 1973
Voice of Gargamel, My Smurfy Valentine, 1983
Stooge Snapshots, 1984
Voice of Gargamel, Smurfily Ever After, 1985
Voice of Gargamel, The Smurfs Christmas Special, 1986
Voice of Tigger, Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You (animated),ABC, 1998
Also appeared as voice of O. G. Readmore, ABC Weekend Specials (animated); as voices of Goober and Sleezer Cat, A Christmas Story.
Episodic
Your Show of Shows, 1950
Grandpa Winch, "Home for Christmas," The Beverly Hillbillies, 1962
Grandpa Winch, "No Place Like Home," The Beverly Hillbillies, 1962
Henry Clement, "The Case of the Nervous Neighbor," Perry Mason, 1964
Claude Wilbur, "Talk to the Snail," The Dick Van Dyke Show, 1966
Paul Winchell, "Lucy and Paul Winchell," The Lucille Ball Show, 1966
"Dark Corridor," The Virginian, 1968
Skip Farnum, "And Now a Word from Our Sponsor," The Brady Bunch, 1971
Also appeared as voice of Gramps, "Supermarket Mania," Garfield and Friends (animated); voice of Meramon, Digimon (animated); voices, Hong Kong Phooey (animated); voice, Tom & Jerry Show (animated); voice, Droopy Master Detective (animated); voice of Moe Howard, "Ghastly Ghost Town" and "Ghost of the Red Baron," New Scooby Doo Movies(animated).
Television Producer
Series
The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show, NBC, 1950
Toyland Express, ABC, 1955
Television Work
Series
Additional voices, The Jetsons (animated), 1962
Film Appearances
Voice of Dummy, Everything's On Ice, 1939
Himself, Stop! Look! and Laugh!, 1959
Voice of Tigger, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (animated),Walt Disney Productions/Buena Vista, 1968
Voice of Chinese Cat, The Aristocats (animated), Buena Vista, 1970
Schroeder, Which Way to the Front?, Warner Bros., 1970
Jefferson Swickle, The Man from Clover Grove, 1973
Voice of Tigger, Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! (animated), 1974
Voice of Tigger, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (animated), 1977
Voice of Boomer, The Fox and the Hound (animated), Buena Vista, 1981
Voice of Dread Baron, Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose (animated), 1987
Voice of Tigger, Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too (animated), 1991
Himself, Belly Talkers, 1995
Voice of Tigger, Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (also known as Winnie the Pooh's Most Grand Adventure; animated), Buena Vista Home Video, 1997
Voice of Tigger (speaking), A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving (animated), Walt Disney Home Video, 1998
Voice of Tigger, Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (also known asDisney's Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving; animated), Buena Vista Home Video, 1999
Also appeared as Mrs. Herman, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.
Radio Appearances
Appeared on Major Bowes Radio Amateur Hour, 1936; had own radio show, 1943.
RECORDINGS
Appeared on album Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too with Sebastian Cabotand Sterling Holloway, c. 1974.
WRITINGS
Television Episodes
(With Carl Jampel, Stan Dreben, and Hannah Goodman) The Paul Winchelland Jerry Mahoney Show, NBC, 1950
(With Bud Burston) Jerry Mahoney's Club House, NBC, 1954
Nonfiction
Ventriloquism for Fun and Profit, 1954
(With Keith E. Kenyon) Acupuncture without Needles, 1974
SIDELIGHTS
Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff puppets were donated to the Smithsonian Institution.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Chicago Tribune, August 18, 1999

Electronic

Paul Winchell Web Site, http://www.paulwinchell.com, January 17, 2002

User Contributions:

judi

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Unbelievably talented! I wonder if he worked with Ralph Friedlander, M.D.? Did he get his medical degree? What an underated person, he seems larger than life! I suppose he wanted it that way. I hope his family has inherited his talents.

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