Paul Winchell

Actor, known for The Smurfs, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears

Born Paul Wilchinsky on December 21, 1922, the son of Sol and Clara Wilchinsky, Paul Winchell grew up to be the most beloved ventriloquist of American children. Ironically, as famous as Paul was, his dummy, Jerry Mahoney, was probably more famous. Not since Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in the previous two…