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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.
Edgar Bergen was born on 16 February 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Fun and Fancy Free (1947), The Muppet Movie (1979) and Letter of Introduction (1938). He was married to Frances Bergen. He died on 30 September 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Feb 17, 2024 · Bringing Charlie to life was Edgar Bergen, a man described by puppetry organisation UNIMA as a performer who "rose to national stature" and left audiences "spellbound". On what would have been his 121st birthday, we take a look back at the — sometimes controversial — life of America's "quintessential ventriloquist".
Edgar Bergen (born Feb. 16, 1903, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Sept. 30, 1978, Las Vegas, Nev.) was an American ventriloquist and radio comedian whose career in vaudeville, radio, and motion pictures spanned almost 60 years. Bergen was best known as the foil of his ventriloquist’s dummy Charlie McCarthy. The Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show ...
Edgar Bergen was born on February 16, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Fun and Fancy Free (1947), The Muppet Movie (1979) and Letter of Introduction (1938). He was married to Frances Bergen. He died on September 30, 1978 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
May 21, 2017 · Edgar John Bergen was a famous American actor, radio performer, comedian, and ventriloquist. He is best known as the foil of his ventriloquist dummies Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Edgar was the youngest of the five children of Nilla Svensdotter and John Henriksson Berggren, who were Swedish immigrants.
Edgar Bergen was an American actor, comedian, and radio performer. He was best known for his ventriloquism act, in which he performed with his dummy Charlie McCarthy. Bergen was born in Chicago, Illinois, and began performing in vaudeville at the age of 15.
Edgar Bergen was an American ventriloquist, actor, and comedian. Bergen's career spanned almost 60 years, encompassing vaudeville, radio, television, and motion pictures. He was best known as the straight man for his ventriloquist's dummy, Charlie McCarthy.
Bergen, Edgar (1903-1978) Chicago-born Edgar Bergen put himself through college as a part-time ventriloquist with a doll he had acquired while in high school. It was to his relationship with this doll, the cheeky, monocled toff Charlie McCarthy, that Edgar Bergen owed his fame and a special Oscar.
Edgar Bergen was first heard over-the-air on Rudy Vallee’s “Royal Gelatin Hour” in 1936, accompanied by Charlie McCarthy, the wooden dummy who added color to the act with his flippant verbal assaults. Bergen was involved in radio broadcasting for over 20 years.
