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2 | [[caption-width-right:305:Paul Winchell with Jerry Mahoney.]] |
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4 | Paul Winchell (born Paul Wilchinsky; December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) was an American ventriloquist, voice actor and inventor from New York City. |
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6 | His best-known animation voice roles include Tigger of Creator/{{Disney}}'s ''[[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]]'' films, Dick Dastardly of ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'', and Gargamel and Baby Smurf of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981''. Winchell also invented the artificial heart and, in his later years, produced museum-quality paintings. |
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8 | His daughter, Creator/AprilWinchell, is a well-known voice actress in her own right, and used to run the now-discontinued comedy blog Regretsy.com. |
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11 | !!Tropes relating to Paul Winchell: |
12 | * CompilationMovie: Winchell starred in the 1960 film ''Film/StopLookAndLaugh'' with both Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff. The movie though is better known from multiple clips from various shorts of Film/TheThreeStooges. |
13 | * GameShowHost: He worked with his puppet, Jerry Mahoney, on the Creator/{{NBC}} children's game show ''Runaround'' (produced by [[Creator/MerrillHeatter Heatter-Quigley]], which also co-produced ''Wacky Races'' {which was originally planned to have a live-action game show segment}) in 1968. |
14 | * ManOfAThousandVoices: Two of which can easily fall into Hey, It's That Voice! His Tigger voice was used on ''Series/TheBananaSplits'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRobonicStooges,'' while his Gargamel voice was previously used for Dick Dastardly. |
15 | * MissingEpisode: Tragically, all the surviving episodes of the show ''Winchell/Mahoney Time'' were lost when the studio, Metromedia (which later evolved into Creator/{{Fox}}), vindictively destroyed all the tapes during a syndication dispute. |
16 | * SadClown: Winchell had a troubled life off the stage, as revealed in his autobiography. He suffered through an abusive childhood, was involved in multiple strained marriages, and battled depression throughout his life (culminating in a breakdown which saw him briefly institutionalized), while his relationship with his own children was so strained that they were not immediately notified of his death in 2005. |
17 | * TenorBoy: Paul Winchell is known for using his high tenor voice as the characters. |
18 | * {{Ventriloquism}}: Winchell was regarded as a master of the form, with his dummies Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff. |
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