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JONATHAN WINTERS BIOGRAPHY |
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actor, voice actor, abstract painter & comedian
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Jonathan Winters
Name: Jonathan Harshman Winters III
Birth: November 11, 1925 in Dayton, OH
Death: April 11, 2013 in Montecito, CA
Best Known For:
CARTOONS (Voice Actor)
The Smurfs
Garfield and Friends
The Little Prince
The Christmas Carol
Paul Bunyan
Little Dracula
Grimley Show
Peter and The Wolf | MOVIES & TV SERIES
The Smurfs 1 & 2
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World
The Flintstones
The Shadow
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Loved One
Mork & Mindy |
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SMURFY INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN WINTERS
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Jonathan Winters was interviewed about his role as Papa Smurf and this is what the comedy legend had to say...
"Papa is older and wiser. If Papa doesn't have all the answers, he certainly has most of them. Papa is the leader, but he leads in a way that it's all about teamwork. With Papa in charge, no Smurf is left behind." |
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TRIVIA
Jonathan voiced Grandpa Smurf on The Smurfs Cartoon TV Series (by Hanna-Barbera) and Papa Smurf in The Smurfs Movies 1 & 2.
Jonathan met his wife, Eileen Schauder, in 1948 and married her one month later. They were married over 60 years - until her death in 2009.
QUOTES & JOKES
"I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it."
"Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others."
"If God had really intended man to fly, He’d make it easier to get to the airport."
"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it!"
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FUN FACTS
* Close friend Robin Williams and Jonathan ad-libbed much of their material on the TV Show Mork & Mindy
* Claimed the movie King Kong (1933) made the biggest impression in his youth
* Jonathan earned a salary of $130,000 for his role in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
* Painted a series of abstractionist artwork featured in the book titled "Hang Ups"
* Was voluntarily institutionalized twice in his life (and joked about it in his stand-up comedic act)
* Played a dead champion pool-player opposite Jack Klugman in the episode "A Game of Pool" in The Twilight Zone |
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FILMOGRAPHY
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