Beginning with the television series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh", he alternated in the role with Jim Cummings, the current voice of Pooh. Winchell's final performances as Tigger were in 1999 for "" and "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" attraction at Walt Disney World. Following his retirement, Cummings permanently took over the role of Tigger starting with "Sing a Song with Pooh Bear" in 1999 (though some of Winchell's vocals from previous Pooh animations were included). Other Disney roles included parts in "The Aristocats" as a Siamese cat named Shun Gon, and "The Fox and the Hound" as Boomer the woodpecker. He was also the original voice of Zummi Gummi on the TV series "Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears" for seasons 1–5; Jim Cummings took over for the final season in 1990.