Highest rated as cast or director
Wacky Races
1968 · 1 Season
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
1968 · 2 Seasons
The Smurfs
1981 · 9 Seasons
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
1969 · 1 Season
The Aristocats
1970
Biography
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
Acted in 85
2000s
- 2003
The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of Discovery
Tigger
- 2002
- 2000
Winnie the Pooh: Spookable Fun
Tigger (voice)
1990s
- 1999
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving
Tigger (voice)
- 1998
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
Tigger (voice)
- 1997
- 1995
Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh
Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day
Tigger (voice)
- 1994
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh
Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party
Tigger (voice)
Winnie The Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger
Tigger (voice)
- 1993
- 1991
- 1990
Fender Bender 500
Dick Dastardly (voice) · 50 episodes
1980s
- 1988
- 1987
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose
Dread Baron (voice)
- 1986
Gummi Bears: A New Beginning
Zummi Gummi (voice)
- 1985
Yogi's Treasure Hunt
Dick Dastardly (voice) · 27 episodes
- 1984
The Smurfic Games
Gargamel (voice)
Here Are the Smurfs
Gargamel (voice)
- 1983
The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas
Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Halloween Special
Gargamel
The 1st Annual NBC Yummy Awards
Movie
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Tigger (voice)
My Smurfy Valentine
Gargamel (voice)
- 1982
The Smurfs Christmas Special
Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Springtime Special
Gargamel (voice)
- 1981
Romeo and Smurfette
Gargamel (Voice)
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
Trollkins
TV
- 1980
1970s
- 1978
Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue
Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice)
- 1977
The Robonic Stooges
Moe / Mummy / Professor Octane · 32 episodes
Shake, Rattle and Roll
Shake · 13 episodes
- 1976
Clue Club
Woofer · 16 episodes
- 1975
The Tiny Tree
Turtle
The Man from Clover Grove
Jefferson Swickle
The Oddball Couple
Fleabag (voice) · 16 episodes
- 1974
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Tigger (voice)
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
Revs/Captain Tough (voice) · 39 episodes
- 1973
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice)
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
TV
Killarney Blarney
Jamie / Timmy (voice)
Blue Aces Wild
Wizard (voice)
- 1972
A Christmas Story
Goober (voice)
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
Fleegle / Tree (voice)
- 1971
The Wizard of Id
The King of Id/Peasant
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
TV
- 1970
Goldilocks
Bobcat / Various Animals (voice)
1960s
- 1969
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
TV
- 1968
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Tigger (voice)
- 1966
The Lone Ranger
The Rainmaker (voice) · 1 episode
Winnie the Pooh
Tigger · 3 episodes
- 1965
- 1962
- 1960
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
Paul Winchell
1950s
- 1958
- 1957
- 1950
1930s
- 1939
Everything's on Ice
Voice of Dummy
Appearances7
1990s
- 1996
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece
Self - Voice of 'Tigger'
1960s
- 1968
- 1964
- 1961
1940s
- 1948
