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The University of Utah developed a similar apparatus around the same time, but when they tried to patent it, Winchell's heart was cited as prior art.  Bernstein, Adam (27 June 2005). The original Marshall Jerry Mahoney and one copy of Knucklehead Smiff are in storage at the Smithsonian Institution. Mahoney was carved by Chicago-based figure maker Frank Marshall.



Winchell appeared as himself in 1963 in the NBC game show Your First Impression.

He appeared in the late 1960s in a gag on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in as a French ventriloquist named Lucky Pierre, who has the misfortune of having his elderly dummy die of a heart attack in the middle of his act. Winchell also created Oswald, a character that resembled Humpty Dumpty.

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stacy paul winchell biography

His father was a tailor; his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Austria-Hungary.[2][3][4]

Winchell's initial ambition was to become a doctor, but the Depression wiped out any chance of his family being able to afford medical school tuition.  Salamon, Julie (2005-06-27). Customer Service can also provide information about practitioner race/ethnicity upon request.

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Winchell provided the voices of Sam-I-Am and his unnamed friend in Green Eggs and Ham from the animated television special Dr. Seuss on the Loose in 1973. "TV Ventriloquist, Cartoon Voice And Inventor Paul Winchell Dies".


EARLY LIFE

Winchell was born Paul Wilchinsky in New York City, New York, the son of Solomon and Clara (Fuchs) Wilchinsky.

 Lawson, Tim; Persons, Alisa, eds (2004).  Winchell, April. Back at school, he asked his art teacher, Jerry Magon, if he could receive class credit for creating a ventriloquist's dummy. "Along Amusement Row".


DEATH

Winchell died on June 24, 2005, of natural causes, at his home in Los Angeles California.