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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. |
[[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. |
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His daughter, April Winchell, is a well-known voice actress in her own right as well as a radio DJ, and |
His daughter, [[April Winchell]], is a well-known voice actress in her own right as well as a radio DJ, and ran the now-defunct comedy blog [[Regretsy|Regretsy.com]]. |
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* [[Game Show Host]]: He worked with his puppet, Jerry Mahoney, on the children's game show ''Runaround'' in the early 1970s. |
* [[Game Show Host]]: He worked with his puppet, Jerry Mahoney, on the children's game show ''Runaround'' in the early 1970s. |
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* [[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". |
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* [[Lost Episode]]: Tragically, all the surviving episodes of the show ''Winchell |
* [[Lost Episode]]: Tragically, all the surviving episodes of the show ''Winchell/Mahoney Time'' were lost when the studio vindictively destroyed the tapes during a syndication dispute. |
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* [[Man of a Thousand Voices]] |
* [[Man of a Thousand Voices]] |
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