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[[Paul Winchell]] was an American ventriloquist, voice actor and inventor. His best-known animation voice roles include Tigger of [[Disney]]'s ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'' films, Dick Dastardly of ''[[Wacky Races]]'' and Gargamel of ''[[Smurfs]]''. Winchell also invented the artificial heart and, in his later years, produced museum-quality paintings.
His daughter, [[April Winchell]], is a well-known voice actress in her own right as well as a radio DJ, and
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* [[Badass Mustache]]
* [[Game Show Host]]: He worked with his puppet, Jerry Mahoney, on the children's game show ''Runaround'' in the early 1970s.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: In case you didn't see it above, let's just repeat: This puppeteer and children's show host ''invented the first practical artificial heart''. That puts him right up there with [[Hedy Lamarr]] in the pantheon of "Hollywood stars who were also badass engineers".
* [[Lost Episode]]: Tragically, all the surviving episodes of the show ''Winchell
* [[Man of a Thousand Voices]]
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