Paul Winchell Net Worth

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Paul Winchell Net Worth

Paul Winchell Net Worth is
$1.2 Million

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Paul Winchell (December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) was an American ventriloquist, actor, and comedian whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950-1954, he hosted The Paul Winchell Show, which also used two other titles during its prime time run on NBC, The Speidel Show, and What's My Name?. From 1965-1968, Winchell hosted the children's television series, Winchell-Mahoney Time.Winchell made guest appearances on Emmy Award-winning television series from the late 1950s to the mid 1970s, such as Perry Mason, The Dick Van Dyke Show, McMillan & Wife, The Donna Reed Show, and two appearances as Homer Winch on The Beverly Hillbillies in 1962. In animation, he was the original voice of Tigger, Dick Dastardly, Gargamel, and other characters.Winchell, who had medical training, was also an inventor, becoming the first person to build and patent a mechanical artificial heart, implantable in the chest cavity (US Patent #3097366). He has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in television.

Date Of BirthDecember 21, 1922
Died2005-06-24
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
ProfessionActor, Soundtrack, Writer
SpouseDorothy "Dottie" Movitz
Star SignSagittarius
#Trademark
1Voice of Gargamel from _'The Smurfs'_
2Distinct high-pitched, whooping laugh
3Voice of Tigger
4Exuberant voice
#Quote
1Ventriloquism is closely related to magic. It's all about misdirection. You practice speaking from your diaphragm and low in your throat. You substitute letters for 'B' and 'P' that allow you to speak without moving your lips.
2Television and its use of computers can make everything talk, so there's no need for the art of ventriloquism anymore. I don't think young kids today would even understand it.
#Fact
1His most famous puppets each had a distinctive name for him. Jerry Mahoney called him "Winch" and Knucklehead Smiff referred to him as "Mr. Winkle".
2Formerly courted June Foray.
3Was the voice for the "scrubbing bubbles" mascot for Dow Bathroom Cleaner, and after Dow sold its consumer products line to S.C. Johnson, the product was renamed to Scrubbing Bubbles.
4Recounts, in his autobiography, "Winch", about overcoming a severe childhood stutter, and tells about being severely abused by his mother. He had horrendous relationships with all of his children, according to his daughter, April Winchell, as told on her website (www.aprilwinchell.com) and book.
5Died one day before the death of John Fiedler, who was the voice of Piglet in the animated Winnie the Pooh specials and films.
6He won a $17.8-million jury verdict in his lawsuit against Metromedia Inc. over Metromedia's destruction of the only remaining tapes of his Winchell-Mahoney Time (1965) children's television series. Metromedia, which produced the show from 1964 to 1968, erased the 288 tapes in a dispute with Winchell over the syndication rights.
7Published the book "Ventriloquism for Fun and Profit" in 1954.
8Other famous cartoon voices over the years included Gargamel in "The Smurfs," the mustache-twirling Dick Dastardly of Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969) and Boomer in The Fox and the Hound (1981).
9Credits his British born third wife Jean who came up with Tigger's signature phrase "TTFN: Ta-ta for now".
10Earned a 1974 Grammy award for Best Children's Recording with "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" from the feature Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974). He was also nominated for an Annie award for the animated feature Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997).
11Became the voice for Tigger in 1968 for the Walt Disney Company's Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968) which earned an Academy Award for best animated short. He retired the vocal role after 33 years with "Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving" in 1999 at the age of 76. Jim Cummings, who voiced Pooh since the death of Sterling Holloway, took over the role of Tigger.
12Started his career with a puppet named Terry in 1936 on radio's "Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour," and earned first prize. When Paul was not satisfied with the figure that Frank Marshall had carved for him, It looked like Paul, he created Jerry Mahoney by modifying a stock figure (Noseyboy) from the Frank Marshall's line of dummies. His dim-witted Knucklehead Smiff puppet debuted in 1950 on TV's "The Spiedel Show," which was later renamed "What's My Name?" was a Jerry Mahoney that "Winch" later modified himself.
13Held patents on over 30 devices, a flameless cigarette lighter, an invisible garter belt, a method of breeding Tilapia fish so that poorer countries could feed their citizens, and an indicator to show when frozen food had gone bad after a power outage. As for his major achievement, the artificial heart, which he built in 1963, was donated to the University of Utah for research. The first implant on a human happened in 1982.Paul Winchell invented the disposable razor which he neglected to get a patent on. when friends told him "Who would buy a razor just to throw it away?" Paul abandoned the idea, later to Winch's dismay, a major razor company proved Paul was right!
14Attended Columbia University, then studied and practiced acupuncture and hypnosis, the latter of which he used on his son Stacy when he underwent a tonsillectomy.
15Named television's most versatile performer by Look magazine in 1952 and 1953.
16Was extremely shy as a youth and had a stuttering problem. Awed by famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen (who became his idol) and his monocled dummy Charlie McCarthy as a youth, Paul learned to throw his own voice and gradually overcame his speech impediment.
17Second wife, Nina Russel, was an actress. Their child April Winchell was born in 1960, and has done her father proud by becoming a top-notch vocal artist of her own. She has voiced "Clarabelle Cow", "Baby Herman's Mother", "Peg" in the Goof Troop (1992) series, and "Cruelle De Vil" for Disney; and contributed voices for such TV shows as The Simpsons (1989), and films such as Men in Black (1997).
18Winchell worked for years developing his ideas on artificial hearts and was mentioned in the news stories about the Utah man who got the first artificial heart and later when the Jarvik heart came to the fore. He hold several patents in artificial organ development.
19Father of five children: Stephanie and Stacy (with first wife, Dottie Morse); April Winchell (with second wife, Nina Russel); and has adopted Larry and Keith (through his third wife, Jean Freeman). He's also got three grandchildren.
20Skilled voice-over artist for many Disney and Hanna-Barbera films.
21His puppet side-kicks, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, are now in the Smithsonian Institution.
22Ventriloquist star from 1950s and 1960s television and films.
23Winchell was an amateur medical inventor who patented an artificial human heart.
Paul Winchell

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sing Along Songs: Sing a Song with Pooh Bear and Piglet Too2003Video short
Winnie the Pooh: Imagine That, Christopher Robin1999Video shortTigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Friendship: Clever Little Piglet1999VideoTigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Friendship: Pooh Wishes1999Video shortTigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Learning: Working Together1999VideoTigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You1999TV MovieTigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Fun 'N Games1998VideoTigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Happy Pooh Day1998VideoTigger (voice)
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving1998Video shortTigger (voice)
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin1997VideoTigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Un-Valentine's Day1995VideoTigger (voice)
Garfield and Friends1991-1994TV SeriesGramps / Mr. Baggett
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh1994VideoTigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger1994VideoTigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too1991TV ShortTigger (voice)
Wake, Rattle & Roll1990TV SeriesDick Dastardly (1990) (voice)
Adventures of the Gummi Bears1985-1990TV SeriesZummi Gummi / Nip / Shepherd / ...
The Smurfs1981-1989TV SeriesGargamel Baby Smurf
Winnie the Pooh Friendship: Tigger-ific Tales1988Video shortTigger (voice)
Yogi's Treasure Hunt1985-1988TV SeriesDick Dastardly
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose1987TV MovieDread Baron (voice)
The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure1986TV MovieKing Saul (voice)
Smurfquest1986TV MovieGargamel (voice)
The Jetsons1985TV SeriesDr. Input
Here Are the Smurfs1984TV MovieGargamel (voice)
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore1983ShortTigger (voice)
The Smurfic Games1983TV MovieGargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Christmas Special1982TV MovieGargamel (voice)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1982TV SeriesTigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too")
Meatballs and Spaghetti1982TV Series voice
The Smurfs Springtime Special1982TV ShortGargamel (voice)
Spider-Man1982TV SeriesSilvermane
My Smurfy Valentine1982TV MovieGargamel (voice)
Trollkins1981TV SeriesMayor Lumpkin
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma1981TV ShortUmpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
The Fox and the Hound1981Boomer (voice)
Heathcliff1980TV SeriesMarmaduke (1981-1982) (voice)
The Super Globetrotters1979TV SeriesBad Blue Bart
Casper and the Angels1979TV Series voice
To Catch a Halibut1978ShortFearless Freddy (voice)
The Robonic Stooges1978TV SeriesMoe (voice)
All-Star Comedy Ice Revue1978TV MovieBubi Bear / Fleego (voice)
Fred Flintstone and Friends1977TV Series voice
C B Bears1977TV SeriesShake (voice)
The Skatebirds1977TV SeriesMoe Howard Woofer (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh1977Tigger (voice)
Clue Club1976TV SeriesWoofer
Joe Forrester1976TV Series
The Man from Clover Grove1975Jefferson Swickle
The Tiny Tree1975TV ShortTurtle (voice)
The Oddball Couple1975TV SeriesFleabag (voice)
Adams of Eagle Lake1975TV SeriesMonty
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too1974ShortTigger (voice)
Hong Kong Phooey1974TV SeriesMr. Shrink / The Mayor
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch1974TV SeriesRevs
These Are the Days1974TV Series voice
Little Boa Peep1974ShortDr. Owlsley-Hoot / Ed / Caterpillar / ... (voice, uncredited)
Goober and the Ghost Chasers1973TV SeriesGoober / Stage Manager / Macbeth's Ghost
Yogi's Gang1973TV Series
Dr. Seuss on the Loose1973TV ShortSneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice)
Blue Aces Wild1973ShortWizard (voice)
Killarney Blarney1973ShortJamie / Timmy (voice)
Circle of Fear1973TV SeriesMr. Carlson
A Christmas Story1972TV MovieGoober (voice)
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie1972TV SeriesRonk / Mr. McGurk / Haji / ...
McMillan & Wife1972TV SeriesTV Interviewer
The New Scooby-Doo Movies1972TV SeriesVoice
Love, American Style1969-1972TV SeriesSam Mayberry (segment "Love and the New Act") / Harry Watkins (segment "Love and Lover's Lane") / Harvey (segment "Love and the Nutsy Girl") / ...
Why We Have Elections, or The Kings of Snark1972ShortNarrator (voice, uncredited)
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!1971TV SeriesBubi Bear
The Brady Bunch1971TV SeriesSkip Farnum
The Wizard of Id1970The King of Id / Peasant (voice)
Nanny and the Professor1970TV SeriesHerbert T. Peabody
The AristoCats1970Shun Gon- Chinese Cat (voice)
Which Way to the Front?1970Schroeder
Goldilocks1970TV ShortBobcat, other animals (voice)
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop1969-1970TV SeriesClyde / Softy
Here's Lucy1969-1970TV SeriesCarlo, The Tailor / French Knife Thrower / Little Old Jeweler
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines1969-1970TV SeriesDick Dastardly / The General
The Pink Panther Show1969TV SeriesFearless Freddy the Shark Hunter (1976-1977) (voice)
Vernon's Volunteers1969TV MovieChief Vernon
The Flying Nun1969TV SeriesClaudio
Laugh-In1968-1969TV SeriesLucky Pierre
Wacky Races1968-1969TV SeriesDick Dastardly / Clyde / Pvt. Meekley
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour1969TV SeriesFleegle
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day1968ShortTigger (voice)
The Virginian1968TV SeriesJingo
The Lucy Show1967TV SeriesDoc Putman
The Dick Van Dyke Show1966TV SeriesClaude Wilbur
Day in Court1964TV Series
Perry Mason1964TV SeriesHenry Clement
The Donna Reed Show1963TV SeriesMr. Morton / Auctioneer
77 Sunset Strip1963TV SeriesSkeets Riley
The Beverly Hillbillies1962TV SeriesHomer Winch
Saints and Sinners1962TV SeriesThe Promoter
Dan Raven1960TV SeriesMorgan
The Lineup1959TV Series
Season's Greetings1953TV Movie
Lights Out1949TV Series
Everything's on Ice1939Voice of Dummy
Pearl of Love1925Atkinson

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story2009Documentary performer: "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers"
Halloween Is Grinch Night1977TV Short performer: "Grinch is Gonna Get You / Members of the Un-human Race / The Spooks Tour"
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh1977performer: "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers", "Hip-Hip Pooh-ray!"
The Tiny Tree1975TV Short performer: "Tell It To A Turtle"
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too1974Short performer: "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers"
The AristoCats1970performer: "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat"
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day1968Short performer: "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers"
The Beverly Hillbillies1962TV Series performer - 1 episode
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall1956TV Series performer - 1 episode

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Paul Winchell Show1952TV Series writer - 1 episode

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Dummy2002special technical advisor

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece2002Video documentary short thanks
Dummy2002special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece2002Video documentary shortHimself - Voice of 'Tigger'
The Disney Family Album1985TV Series documentaryHimself
Runaround1972TV SeriesHost
The Hollywood Squares1969-1972TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Center Square
Della1969-1970TV SeriesHimself
The Steve Allen Show1970TV SeriesHimself
The Joey Bishop Show1969TV SeriesHimself
The Storybook Squares1969TV SeriesHimself
The Linkletter Show1968TV SeriesHimself - Guest
Talking Pictures1968TV MovieHimself
The Dean Martin Show1967TV SeriesHimself
The Lucy Show1966TV SeriesHimself / Doc Putman
Winchell-Mahoney Time1965TV SeriesHimself / Mr. Mahoney / Mr. Knucklehead (voice)
The Hollywood Palace1964TV SeriesHimself - Ventriloquist
Your First Impression1963TV SeriesHimself
Candid Camera1961TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Jack Paar Tonight Show1961TV SeriesHimself
Stop! Look! and Laugh!1960Himself - Ventriloquist
The Arthur Murray Party1957-1960TV SeriesHimself
Keep Talking1959TV SeriesHimself
The Polly Bergen Show1957TV SeriesHimself - Guest Ventrilquist
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom1957TV SeriesHimself
What's My Line?1952-1956TV SeriesHimself - Guest Panelist / Jerry Mahoney
The Julius LaRosa Show1956TV SeriesHimself
Person to Person1956TV Series documentaryHimself
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall1956TV SeriesHimself - Ventriloquist
The Paul Winchell Show1950-1956TV SeriesHimself - Host / Himself
I've Got a Secret1953-1955TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Colgate Comedy Hour1951-1955TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Ventriloquist
Texaco Star Theatre1949-1954TV SeriesHimself - Ventriloquist
The Dave Garroway Show1954TV SeriesHimself
All Star Summer Revue1952TV SeriesHimself - Host
All Star Revue1952TV SeriesHimself - Host
The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter1951TV SeriesHimself
Your Show of Shows1950TV SeriesHimself - Guest Performer
The Ed Sullivan Show1948-1950TV SeriesHimself - Ventriloquist / Himself
Cavalcade of Stars1949-1950TV SeriesHimself - Guest Ventriloquist / Himself
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse1948TV SeriesHimself - Guest Ventriloquist
The Bigelow Show1948TV SeriesHimself (regular performer)

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Candid Camera: 5 Decades of Smiles2005VideoHimself
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year2002Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too")
Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving1999VideoTigger
In Search of Dr. Seuss1994TV MovieSneetches (uncredited)
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious1990VideoTigger
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: The Bare Necessities1987Video shortShun Gon
Adventures of the Gummi Bears1987TV SeriesZummi Gummi
Stooge Snapshots1984TV Movie documentaryHimself - Interviewee
Hey Moe, Hey Dad!2015TV Series documentaryVarious characters
Oprah's Next Chapter2012TV SeriesHimself
The 48th Annual Grammy Awards2006TV SpecialHimself
12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2006TV SpecialHimself - In Memoriam
The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards2005TV SpecialHimself - In Memoriam

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1997Winsor McCay AwardAnnie Awards
1975GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Recording for ChildrenWinnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameTelevisionOn 8 February 1960. At 6333 Hollywood Blvd.

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1998AnnieAnnie AwardsOutstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature ProductionPooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997)

Known for movies

Shun Gon- Chinese Cat

The AristoCats (1970)
as Shun Gon- Chinese Cat

Gargamel / Baby Smurf

The Smurfs (1981-1989)
as Gargamel / Baby Smurf

Boomer

The Fox and the Hound (1981)
as Boomer

Tigger / Nasty Jack's Gang Member 1 / Tigger (segment -

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988-1990)
as Tigger / Nasty Jack's Gang Member 1 / Tigger (segment - "Eeyi Eeyi Eeyore") / Tigger (segment: "What's the Score, Pooh?")

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IMDB Wikipedia

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