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| 3 | Jonathan Harshman Winters III (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American actor and improvisational comedian from UsefulNotes/{{Ohio}}. |
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| 5 | A staple of variety shows, he had three comedy-variety TV shows (including ''The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters'') and several comedy specials and albums. He was also known for his appearances in films like ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' and ''Film/TheRussiansAreComingTheRussiansAreComing''. Not to mention he was a recurring figure in animation, including giving improvisation lessons to Creator/NancyCartwright. He also did all the voices in the anime adaptation of Thornton W. Burgess's ''Fables of the Green Forest''. |
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| 7 | Creator/RobinWilliams cited Winters as a major influence upon him and Winters got to return the favor in becoming his co-star in the last season of ''Series/MorkAndMindy''. |
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| 9 | !! Notable Roles |
| 10 | * [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 The Twilight Zone]] ("[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E5AGameOfPool A Game Of Pool]]"; 1961) as James "Fats" Brown |
| 11 | * Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld (1963) as Lennie Pike |
| 12 | * Film/TheRussiansAreComingTheRussiansAreComing (1965) as Norman Jonas |
| 13 | * Film/VivaMax (1969) as General Hallson |
| 14 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'' (1972) as Himself |
| 15 | * Film/MoonOverParador (1988) as Ralph |
| 16 | * WesternAnimation/FrostyReturns (1992) as the Narrator |
| 17 | * WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler as the Thief (in the ''Arabian Knight'' version) (1993) |
| 18 | * Film/TheShadow (1994) as Wainwright Cranston |
| 19 | * Film/TheSmurfs (2011) and Film/TheSmurfs2 (2013) as Papa Smurf (the latter being his final film role) |
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