American ventriloquist, comedian and actor (1903–1978)
Edgar Bergen
Bergen with his ventriloquist dummies Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd in 1949
Born
Edgar John Berggren
(1903-02-16)February 16, 1903
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
September 30, 1978(1978-09-30) (aged 75)
Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Resting place
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Occupations
Ventriloquist
comedian
actor
vaudevillian
radio performer
Years active
1919–1978
Spouse
Frances Westerman
(m. 1945)
Children
2; including Candice
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. Bergen pioneered modern-day ventriloquism and has been described by puppetry organization UNIMA as the “quintessential ventriloquist of the 20th century”.[1] He was the father of actress Candice Bergen.
Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren; February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, vaudevillian and...
of ventriloquist EdgarBergen and the mother of actress Candice Bergen and film and television editor Kris Bergen. In 1933, Bergen's father died of tuberculosis...
McCarthy is famed dummy partner of American ventriloquist EdgarBergen. Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930 was attired in...
professionally as Frances Westcott. Her father, EdgarBergen, was a ventriloquist, comedian, and actor. Bergen's paternal grandparents were Swedish immigrants...
Bongo" by Sinclair Lewis; and Mickey and the Beanstalk, narrated by EdgarBergen and based on the "Jack and the Beanstalk" fairy tale. Though the film...
Lester, Frank Byron Jr., and EdgarBergen. Bergen popularized the idea of the comedic ventriloquist.[citation needed] Bergen, together with his favorite...
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announced it would terminate its contract with EdgarBergen at the end of the year. The remaining Bergen/McCarthy programs eschewed guest stars in favor...
listen to EdgarBergen and Charlie McCarthy's radio program (in tribute to Bergen, who played Grandpa in the pilot film). However, Bergen's radio show...
ventriloquism and doing more to promote the art form than anyone since EdgarBergen. Dunham was born on April 18, 1962, in Dallas, Texas. When he was three...
Pendleton, and it features cameo appearances by Dom DeLuise, James Coburn, EdgarBergen (in his final film appearance before his death), Orson Welles, Carol...
from left: Ronald Reagan, Nick Adams, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Rooney, EdgarBergen, Jack Carson, Ralph Bellamy, Kay Thompson, Dean Jones. Seated, from left:...
of his adolescence", being heavily influenced by radio ventriloquist EdgarBergen and the early television puppets of Burr Tillstrom on Kukla, Fran and...
1943. The program was short-lived, however, as he was overshadowed by EdgarBergen. Winchell also created Ozwald, a character that resembled Humpty Dumpty...
from left: Ronald Reagan, Nick Adams, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Rooney, EdgarBergen, Jack Carson, Ralph Bellamy, Kay Thompson, Dean Jones. Seated, from left...
It featured Disney as host, with Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, EdgarBergen & Charlie McCarthy (who appeared on radio for Coke), and other celebrities...
children and adults. Ventriloquism is also returning to radio in the EdgarBergen and Charlie McCarthy style. In 1831, the Presbyterian Mission Agency...
The film stars John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney Jr., EdgarBergen, Michael O'Shea and Ellen Corby. The film was released on February 2...
from left: Ronald Reagan, Nick Adams, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Rooney, EdgarBergen, Jack Carson, Ralph Bellamy, Kay Thompson, Dean Jones. Seated, from left...
effort to cut into the rating leads of The Jack Benny Program and The EdgarBergen and Charlie McCarthy Show, which had jumped from NBC radio to CBS radio...
seventh episode of the second season of The Muppet Show to its guest star EdgarBergen and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy. A rearranged version of the song was...
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