Before he became the voice of Tigger in Winnie the Pooh, Paul Winchell had impressed audiences with decades of work as a ventriloquist, inventor, and children's TV host. New interviews on Nostalgia ...

Paul Winchell made many smile as Tigger. Behind the scenes, however, he struggled deeply. In an interview on Nostalgia Tonight with Joe Sibilia, the ventriloquist's daughter, April Winchell, discussed ...

No matter what era you grew up in, you must love Winnie the Pooh. Whatever form you encountered Pooh bear, the story of this stuffed animal and his friends have been passed down from generation to ...

Paul Winchell, 82, an early television ventriloquist who provided goofy voice-overs for such animated characters as Winnie the Pooh's friend Tigger and who invented a version of the artificial heart, ...

Paul Winchell was incredibly accomplished, but struggled behind the scenes Michael Ochs Archives/Getty; Entertainment Pictures / Alamy Stock Photo Tigger was a light-hearted and carefree character, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paul Winchell, a ventriloquist, inventor and children's TV show host best known for creating the lispy voice of Winnie the Pooh's animated friend Tigger, has died. He was 82.

Paul Winchell,* mouthpiece-godfather of a goggle-eyed dummy named Jerry Mahoney, is out to prove that there is more to his talents than dandling a doll on his knee. Television’s top ventriloquist, ...

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 Days -- An Evening With Paul Winchell,” featuring an interview with the veteran ventriloquist and a screening of clips from his vintage shows from the 1950s and ‘60s, will be Saturday at 8 p.m.

Paul Winchell originally voiced Tigger in Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh featurettes and won a Grammy Award for his performance in Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too Paul's daughter, April Winchell, appeared on ...