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Paul Winchell

American actor (1922-2005) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 82

Paul Winchell was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950 to 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?

Paul Winchell is read about 450 times a day, in 30 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.

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2005Died24 June 20052003The Magical World of Winnie the Pooh: A Great Day of DiscoveryFilm, Tigger2000Winnie the Pooh: Spookable FunFilm, Tigger (voice)1998A Winnie the Pooh ThanksgivingFilm, Tigger (voice)1996The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the MasterpieceFilm1995Winnie the Pooh: FrankenpoohFilm, Tigger (voice)1991Winnie the Pooh & Christmas TooFilm, Tigger (voice)1988Garfield and FriendsSeries1986Gummi Bears: A New BeginningFilm, Zummi Gummi (voice)1983My Smurfy ValentineFilm, Gargamel (voice)1981Spider-ManSeriesThe Flintstones: Wind-Up WilmaFilm, 1981Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)1975The Man from Clover GroveFilm, Jefferson Swickle1974Winnie the Pooh and Tigger TooFilm, Tigger (voice)1972A Christmas StoryFilm, Goober (voice)1971McMillan & WifeSeries, TV Interviewer1969Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying MachinesSeries, Dick Dastardly / The General (voice)1968Here's LucySeries, Knife Thrower / JewelerWinnie the Pooh and the Blustery DayFilm, 1968Tigger (voice)1962The Beverly HillbilliesSeries, Grandpa Winch1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1957Perry MasonSeries, Henry Clement1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeries1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1939Everything's on IceFilm, Voice of Dummy1922Born21 December 1922

People around Paul

  • Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too 1974
  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 1977
  • The Aristocats 1970
  • Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day 1968
  • Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin 1997

Filmography 40

102 credits on file

Television 24

Awards

Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

About this person

From 1965 to 1968, Winchell hosted the children's television series Winchell-Mahoney Time.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2005 · aged 82