This Charlie McCarthy ventriloquist figure, or dummy, is the original, the first created and used by entertainer Edgar Bergen in his popular act. The dummy is made of wood and plastic, with human hair ...

The big-screen project will tell the story of her late father, famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy ...

Dear Harry: I have a 1977 Charlie McCarthy ventriloquist doll still in the box. He has his top hat and monocle. What is it worth? K.McC., e-mail A: Edgar Bergen (1903-1978) and his dummies, Charlie… ...

Bergen, the son of Swedish immigrants, attended Northwestern University and then went on the Chautauqua vaudeville circuit for 10 years with his dummy, Charlie McCarthy. Then came radio stardom.

EFFanBEE (a trade name of Fleischaker & Baum, doll-makers in New York) produced its first Charlie McCarthy doll in 1937, modelled after the dummy used by popular ventriloquist Edgar Bergen.

I still remember the first time I ever saw a ventriloquist in action. The legendary Edgar Bergen and his dummy sidekicks, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, appeared on an episode of The Muppet ...

A famously flirtatious exchange between Charlie and Mae West in 1938 prompted NBC to ban Mae West for nearly a decade. Bergen and McCarthy were back on the air a week later, their ratings up two ...

This Charlie McCarthy ventriloquist figure, or dummy, is the original, the first created and used by entertainer Edgar Bergen in his popular act. The dummy is made of wood and plastic, with human hair ...