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Gonzaga L68 - 89Charlie McCarthy is famed dummy partner of American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930 was attired in his famous top hat, tuxedo and monocle.
Feb 17, 2024 · Learn about the life and legacy of Edgar Bergen, the "quintessential ventriloquist" who created Charlie McCarthy, a wooden star who performed with Frank Sinatra, Groucho Marx and more. Discover how Bergen and Charlie faced controversy, fame and fortune in radio, movies and TV.
Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen with his ventriloquist's dummy Charlie McCarthy (1967)
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Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren; February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, vaudevillian and radio performer. He was best known for his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd.
Sep 12, 2011 · Comedian and radio performer Edgar Bergen performs his classic ventriloquism act with "Charlie McCarthy" at the 1975 AFI Tribute to Orson Welles.
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Jan 5, 2024 · While the idea that Orson Welles’s radio dramatization of War of the Worlds started a nationwide panic of people believing the planet to be under the threat of an alien invasion, most people actually had their radios tuned to the comedic chatter of a ventriloquist dummy named Charlie McCarthy.
Nov 10, 2021 · ventriloquist Edgar Bergen in his first appearance on network television with Charlie McCarthy (1950) ...more.
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