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Paul Winchell

Paul Winchell (born December 21, 1922), born Paul Wilchen, is a ventriloquist whose fame flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also an amateur inventor and patented an artificial human heart.

His puppets included Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff.

His later career included a great deal of voice-over acting for animated cartoons.

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