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He played the role of H.R. Pufnstuf (1969), actually wearing the character's costume, for a Los Angeles comic-book convention's promotion of Sid Krofft and Marty Krofft's series. He worked along with original "H.R. Pufnstuf" star Jack Wild.

In The Double-D Avenger (2001) he put on Kitten Natividad's superhero costume and performed all the stunts.

Was the youngest producer of an English-language anime series in syndicated TV in 1984. He wrote and produced Tekkaman: The Space Knight (1984) when he was 20. Since then he has written, produced, directed and provided voices for hundreds of hours of English-language anime for Toei Animation Company, Ltd., the biggest cartoon studio in Japan.

He studied acting and directing with Don Richardson, the director of more than 800 prime-time television shows, among them Emmy and Peabody winners. Richardson's other former students included Anne Bancroft, Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Montgomery, Lois Nettleton, John Cassavetes, Zero Mostel and many more.

Son of Robert Winkler.

Worked with Ike Ashida, of Shinwa Corporation in Japan, in the early 1980s. Ashida was the Japanese agent for Hasbro and Milton Bradley in Japan, and the man responsible for introducing the Takara DiaClone toys to Hasbro, which ultimately became The Transformers.

His mother, Elisabeth Winckler--aka Betty Sturm--was an actress in the 1960s and she appeared in Timothy Carey's infamous underground cult film, The World's Greatest Sinner (1962(.

Owner of California based TV and film production and distribution company William Winckler Productions, Inc. .

Is an American writer, producer, director who often works for Tsuburaya Productions, Co., Ltd., the Tokyo studio responsible for Ultraman, Japan's most famous superhero franchise/brand.