Paul Winchell Net Worth



Paul Wilchinsky net worth is
$850,000

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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. 

Full Name	Paul Wilchinsky
Net Worth	$850,000
Date Of Birth	December 21, 1922
Died	2005-06-24
Place Of Birth	New York City, New York, USA
Occupation	Ventriloquist, comedian, actor, voice actor, humanitarian, inventor
Profession	Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
Work Position	Paul's ProtectGod.com website
Spouse	Dorothy "Dottie" Movitz
Nicknames	Paul Winchell, Winchell, Paul
Star Sign	Sagittarius

#	Trademark
1	Voice of Gargamel from _'The Smurfs'_
2	Distinct high-pitched, whooping laugh
3	Voice of Tigger
4	Exuberant voice

#	Quote
1	Ventriloquism 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.
2	Television 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
1	His most famous puppets each had a distinctive name for him. Jerry Mahoney called him "Winch" and Knucklehead Smiff referred to him as "Mr. Winkle".
2	Formerly courted June Foray.
3	Was 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.
4	Recounts, 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 () and book.
5	Died one day before the death of John Fiedler, who was the voice of Piglet in the animated Winnie the Pooh specials and films.
6	He 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.
7	Published the book "Ventriloquism for Fun and Profit" in 1954.
8	Other 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).
9	Credits his British born third wife Jean who came up with Tigger's signature phrase "TTFN: Ta-ta for now".
10	Earned 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).
11	Became 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.
12	Started 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.
13	Held 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!
14	Attended Columbia University, then studied and practiced acupuncture and hypnosis, the latter of which he used on his son Stacy when he underwent a tonsillectomy.
15	Named television's most versatile performer by Look magazine in 1952 and 1953.
16	Was 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.
17	Second 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).
18	Winchell 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.
19	Father 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.
20	Skilled voice-over artist for many Disney and Hanna-Barbera films.
21	His puppet side-kicks, Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff, are now in the Smithsonian Institution.
22	Ventriloquist star from 1950s and 1960s television and films.
23	Winchell was an amateur medical inventor who patented an artificial human heart.

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Sing Along Songs: Sing a Song with Pooh Bear and Piglet Too	2003	Video short
Winnie the Pooh: Imagine That, Christopher Robin	1999	Video short	Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Friendship: Clever Little Piglet	1999	Video	Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Friendship: Pooh Wishes	1999	Video short	Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Learning: Working Together	1999	Video	Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You	1999	TV Movie	Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Fun 'N Games	1998	Video	Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Happy Pooh Day	1998	Video	Tigger (voice)
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving	1998	Video short	Tigger (voice)
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin	1997	Video	Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Un-Valentine's Day	1995	Video	Tigger (voice)
Garfield and Friends	1991-1994	TV Series	Gramps / Mr. Baggett
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Cowboy Pooh	1994	Video	Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Detective Tigger	1994	Video	Tigger (voice)
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too	1991	TV Short	Tigger (voice)
Wake, Rattle & Roll	1990	TV Series	Dick Dastardly (1990) (voice)
Adventures of the Gummi Bears	1985-1990	TV Series	Zummi Gummi / Nip / Shepherd / ...
The Smurfs	1981-1989	TV Series	Gargamel Baby Smurf
Winnie the Pooh Friendship: Tigger-ific Tales	1988	Video short	Tigger (voice)
Yogi's Treasure Hunt	1985-1988	TV Series	Dick Dastardly
Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose	1987	TV Movie	Dread Baron (voice)
The Kingdom Chums: Little David's Adventure	1986	TV Movie	King Saul (voice)
Smurfquest	1986	TV Movie	Gargamel (voice)
The Jetsons	1985	TV Series	Dr. Input
Here Are the Smurfs	1984	TV Movie	Gargamel (voice)
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore	1983	Short	Tigger (voice)
The Smurfic Games	1983	TV Movie	Gargamel (voice)
The Smurfs Christmas Special	1982	TV Movie	Gargamel (voice)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color	1982	TV Series	Tigger (segment "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too")
Meatballs and Spaghetti	1982	TV Series voice
The Smurfs Springtime Special	1982	TV Short	Gargamel (voice)
Spider-Man	1982	TV Series	Silvermane
My Smurfy Valentine	1982	TV Movie	Gargamel (voice)
Trollkins	1981	TV Series	Mayor Lumpkin
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma	1981	TV Short	Umpire / Thief / Reporter (voice)
The Fox and the Hound	1981	Boomer (voice)
Heathcliff	1980	TV Series	Marmaduke (1981-1982) (voice)
The Super Globetrotters	1979	TV Series	Bad Blue Bart
Casper and the Angels	1979	TV Series voice
To Catch a Halibut	1978	Short	Fearless Freddy (voice)
The Robonic Stooges	1978	TV Series	Moe (voice)
All-Star Comedy Ice Revue	1978	TV Movie	Bubi Bear / Fleego (voice)
Fred Flintstone and Friends	1977	TV Series voice
C B Bears	1977	TV Series	Shake (voice)
The Skatebirds	1977	TV Series	Moe Howard Woofer (voice)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	1977	Tigger (voice)
Clue Club	1976	TV Series	Woofer
Joe Forrester	1976	TV Series
The Man from Clover Grove	1975	Jefferson Swickle
The Tiny Tree	1975	TV Short	Turtle (voice)
The Oddball Couple	1975	TV Series	Fleabag (voice)
Adams of Eagle Lake	1975	TV Series	Monty
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too	1974	Short	Tigger (voice)
Hong Kong Phooey	1974	TV Series	Mr. Shrink / The Mayor
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch	1974	TV Series	Revs
These Are the Days	1974	TV Series voice
Little Boa Peep	1974	Short	Dr. Owlsley-Hoot / Ed / Caterpillar / ... (voice, uncredited)
Goober and the Ghost Chasers	1973	TV Series	Goober / Stage Manager / Macbeth's Ghost
Yogi's Gang	1973	TV Series
Dr. Seuss on the Loose	1973	TV Short	Sneetches / Sam-I-Am / Green Eggs and Ham Hater (voice)
Blue Aces Wild	1973	Short	Wizard (voice)
Killarney Blarney	1973	Short	Jamie / Timmy (voice)
Circle of Fear	1973	TV Series	Mr. Carlson
A Christmas Story	1972	TV Movie	Goober (voice)
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie	1972	TV Series	Ronk / Mr. McGurk / Haji / ...
McMillan & Wife	1972	TV Series	TV Interviewer
The New Scooby-Doo Movies	1972	TV Series	Voice
Love, American Style	1969-1972	TV Series	Sam 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 Snark	1972	Short	Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!	1971	TV Series	Bubi Bear
The Brady Bunch	1971	TV Series	Skip Farnum
The Wizard of Id	1970	The King of Id / Peasant (voice)
Nanny and the Professor	1970	TV Series	Herbert T. Peabody
The AristoCats	1970	Shun Gon- Chinese Cat (voice)
Which Way to the Front?	1970	Schroeder
Goldilocks	1970	TV Short	Bobcat, other animals (voice)
The Perils of Penelope Pitstop	1969-1970	TV Series	Clyde / Softy
Here's Lucy	1969-1970	TV Series	Carlo, The Tailor / French Knife Thrower / Little Old Jeweler
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines	1969-1970	TV Series	Dick Dastardly / The General
The Pink Panther Show	1969	TV Series	Fearless Freddy the Shark Hunter (1976-1977) (voice)
Vernon's Volunteers	1969	TV Movie	Chief Vernon
The Flying Nun	1969	TV Series	Claudio
Laugh-In	1968-1969	TV Series	Lucky Pierre
Wacky Races	1968-1969	TV Series	Dick Dastardly / Clyde / Pvt. Meekley
The Banana Splits Adventure Hour	1969	TV Series	Fleegle
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day	1968	Short	Tigger (voice)
The Virginian	1968	TV Series	Jingo
The Lucy Show	1967	TV Series	Doc Putman
The Dick Van Dyke Show	1966	TV Series	Claude Wilbur
Day in Court	1964	TV Series
Perry Mason	1964	TV Series	Henry Clement
The Donna Reed Show	1963	TV Series	Mr. Morton / Auctioneer
77 Sunset Strip	1963	TV Series	Skeets Riley
The Beverly Hillbillies	1962	TV Series	Homer Winch
Saints and Sinners	1962	TV Series	The Promoter
Dan Raven	1960	TV Series	Morgan
The Lineup	1959	TV Series
Season's Greetings	1953	TV Movie
Lights Out	1949	TV Series
Everything's on Ice	1939	Voice of Dummy
Pearl of Love	1925	Atkinson

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story	2009	Documentary performer: "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers"
Halloween Is Grinch Night	1977	TV Short performer: "Grinch is Gonna Get You / Members of the Un-human Race / The Spooks Tour"
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	1977	performer: "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers", "Hip-Hip Pooh-ray!"
The Tiny Tree	1975	TV Short performer: "Tell It To A Turtle"
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too	1974	Short performer: "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers"
The AristoCats	1970	performer: "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat"
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day	1968	Short performer: "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers"
The Beverly Hillbillies	1962	TV Series performer - 1 episode
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall	1956	TV Series performer - 1 episode

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Paul Winchell Show	1952	TV Series writer - 1 episode

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
Dummy	2002	special technical advisor

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece	2002	Video documentary short thanks
Dummy	2002	special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece	2002	Video documentary short	Himself - Voice of 'Tigger'
The Disney Family Album	1985	TV Series documentary	Himself
Runaround	1972	TV Series	Host
The Hollywood Squares	1969-1972	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Center Square
Della	1969-1970	TV Series	Himself
The Steve Allen Show	1970	TV Series	Himself
The Joey Bishop Show	1969	TV Series	Himself
The Storybook Squares	1969	TV Series	Himself
The Linkletter Show	1968	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Talking Pictures	1968	TV Movie	Himself
The Dean Martin Show	1967	TV Series	Himself
The Lucy Show	1966	TV Series	Himself / Doc Putman
Winchell-Mahoney Time	1965	TV Series	Himself / Mr. Mahoney / Mr. Knucklehead (voice)
The Hollywood Palace	1964	TV Series	Himself - Ventriloquist
Your First Impression	1963	TV Series	Himself
Candid Camera	1961	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	1961	TV Series	Himself
Stop! Look! and Laugh!	1960	Himself - Ventriloquist
The Arthur Murray Party	1957-1960	TV Series	Himself
Keep Talking	1959	TV Series	Himself
The Polly Bergen Show	1957	TV Series	Himself - Guest Ventrilquist
The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom	1957	TV Series	Himself
What's My Line?	1952-1956	TV Series	Himself - Guest Panelist / Jerry Mahoney
The Julius LaRosa Show	1956	TV Series	Himself
Person to Person	1956	TV Series documentary	Himself
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall	1956	TV Series	Himself - Ventriloquist
The Paul Winchell Show	1950-1956	TV Series	Himself - Host / Himself
I've Got a Secret	1953-1955	TV Series	Himself - Guest
The Colgate Comedy Hour	1951-1955	TV Series	Himself / Himself - Ventriloquist
Texaco Star Theatre	1949-1954	TV Series	Himself - Ventriloquist
The Dave Garroway Show	1954	TV Series	Himself
All Star Summer Revue	1952	TV Series	Himself - Host
All Star Revue	1952	TV Series	Himself - Host
The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter	1951	TV Series	Himself
Your Show of Shows	1950	TV Series	Himself - Guest Performer
The Ed Sullivan Show	1948-1950	TV Series	Himself - Ventriloquist / Himself
Cavalcade of Stars	1949-1950	TV Series	Himself - Guest Ventriloquist / Himself
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse	1948	TV Series	Himself - Guest Ventriloquist
The Bigelow Show	1948	TV Series	Himself (regular performer)

Archive Footage

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1997	Winsor McCay Award	Annie Awards
1975	Grammy	Grammy Awards	Best Recording for Children	Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974)
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Television	On 8 February 1960. At 6333 Hollywood Blvd.

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1998	Annie	Annie Awards	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production	Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997)

Known for movies

The AristoCats (1970)
as Shun Gon- Chinese Cat

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

The Fox and the Hound (1981)
as Boomer

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988-1990)
as Tigger / Nasty Jack's Gang Member 1 / Tigger (segm