zauggru
06-26-2005, 11:50 AM
He had a great voice. Also invented the artificial heart.
quote below is from:
Paul Winchell (http://www.paulwinchell.com/biography.htm)
Winchell has one of the most recognized voices throughout the world. Paul created the voice of "Tigger" for Disney's "Winnie The Pooh" motion pictures and TV series. In 1974 he won the Grammy Award for the best children’s recording, “The Most Wonderful Things About Tiggers” from the
film “Winnie The Pooh And Tigger Too”. Paul has played Tigger in Disney films and also supplied the voice for Boomer in “The Fox and The Hound”-the Siamese cat in “The Aristocats” and a number of incidental voices. For Hanna-Barbera he was Dick Dastardly of the Wacky Races, Fleagle 0f the Banana Splits, Zummi of the Gimmi Bears and Gargamel of The Smurfs, Paul gained the admiration of millions of animation fans and won the prestigious title of “A Disney Icon”. Married to a British lady named Jean, he inserted the phrase “Ta-Ta For Now” (TTFN) into the script against Disney’s orders and it caught on with the youngsters. When the film appeared in England it created a sensation. A national survey was taken recently where over a thousand children were asked, "If you could meet any cartoon character, which one would it be?" Well, it wasn't Mickey Mouse. Believe it or not, the majority of the children said "Tigger".
Inventing the Artificial Heart - Click to Enlarge
Although largely self-taught, Paul Winchell pursued several educational avenues that inspired him as an inventor, hypnotist and acupuncture practitioner. Paul attended Columbia University in 1959 and became a Doctor of Acupuncture after graduating from The Acupuncture Research College of Los Angeles in 1974. Dr. Winchell worked at the Gibbs Institute in Hollywood as a medical hypnotist, creating new innovations in the field of hypnotherapy. He was honored by The National Christian University with an honorary doctorate in Science for his invention and patent of the artificial heart. Paul Winchell is the original patent holder of the artificial heart, which he donated to the University of Utah and spent time with Robert Jarvik and heart surgeon Dr. William Devries. The rest is history.
quote below is from:
Paul Winchell (http://www.paulwinchell.com/biography.htm)
Winchell has one of the most recognized voices throughout the world. Paul created the voice of "Tigger" for Disney's "Winnie The Pooh" motion pictures and TV series. In 1974 he won the Grammy Award for the best children’s recording, “The Most Wonderful Things About Tiggers” from the
film “Winnie The Pooh And Tigger Too”. Paul has played Tigger in Disney films and also supplied the voice for Boomer in “The Fox and The Hound”-the Siamese cat in “The Aristocats” and a number of incidental voices. For Hanna-Barbera he was Dick Dastardly of the Wacky Races, Fleagle 0f the Banana Splits, Zummi of the Gimmi Bears and Gargamel of The Smurfs, Paul gained the admiration of millions of animation fans and won the prestigious title of “A Disney Icon”. Married to a British lady named Jean, he inserted the phrase “Ta-Ta For Now” (TTFN) into the script against Disney’s orders and it caught on with the youngsters. When the film appeared in England it created a sensation. A national survey was taken recently where over a thousand children were asked, "If you could meet any cartoon character, which one would it be?" Well, it wasn't Mickey Mouse. Believe it or not, the majority of the children said "Tigger".
Inventing the Artificial Heart - Click to Enlarge
Although largely self-taught, Paul Winchell pursued several educational avenues that inspired him as an inventor, hypnotist and acupuncture practitioner. Paul attended Columbia University in 1959 and became a Doctor of Acupuncture after graduating from The Acupuncture Research College of Los Angeles in 1974. Dr. Winchell worked at the Gibbs Institute in Hollywood as a medical hypnotist, creating new innovations in the field of hypnotherapy. He was honored by The National Christian University with an honorary doctorate in Science for his invention and patent of the artificial heart. Paul Winchell is the original patent holder of the artificial heart, which he donated to the University of Utah and spent time with Robert Jarvik and heart surgeon Dr. William Devries. The rest is history.