List of ventriloquists
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This is a list of notable ventriloquists and their best known characters. It is ordered by nationality or country in which they were notable in an alphabetical order, and then by alphabetical order of surname. It does not include voice-over
artists who did not perform with a figure, or "dummy" as it is usually called.
Voice-over
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artists who did not perform with a figure, or "dummy" as it is usually called.
Germany
- Sascha Grammel - Frederic Freiherr vom Furchensumpf, Josie, Prof. Dr. Peter Hacke
Philippines
- Wanlu - Niccolo, Manny Pexman, Congressman Dominador, Enchong Go
- Ony Carcamo - Mr. Parley
United Kingdom
- Ray AlanRay AlanRay Alan was an English ventriloquist and television entertainer from the 1950s until the 1980s. He was associated primarily with the puppet Lord Charles and later also with the puppets Tich and Quackers.-Biography:...
- Mickey the Martian, Lord Charles, Titch and Quackers - Peter BroughPeter BroughPeter Brough was an English radio ventriloquist who became a well-known name to audiences in the 1950s. He is associated with the puppet Archie Andrews.-Radio days:...
- Archie Andrews - Nina ContiNina ContiNina Conti is a British actress, comedian and ventriloquist. Her on-stage puppet sidekick is a depressed monkey named Monk.- Early life :...
- Monk, Nana - Roger De CourceyRoger De CourceyRoger De Courcey is a British ventriloquist best known for performing with Nookie Bear. He was the winner of the 1976 New Faces televised talent competition grand final....
- Nookie Bear - Terry HallTerry Hall (ventriloquist)Terry Hall , born Terence Hall, was an English ventriloquist. He appeared regularly on television with his puppet, Lenny the Lion, whose catchphrase was "Aw, don't embawass me!" Hall is credited as being one of the first ventriloquists to use a non-human puppet.Hall was born in Chadderton,...
- Lenny the Lion - Keith Harris - Orville the DuckOrville the DuckOrville the Duck is the puppet of ventriloquist Keith Harris and was named after Orville Wright . Orville is a green duckling who wears nothing but a nappy with a large safety pin on the front...
, Cuddles the MonkeyCuddles the MonkeyCuddles the Monkey was one half of Keith Harris's puppet act, the sidekick and nemesis of Orville the Duck. The monkey was orange, with a blue face. He wore a white shirt collar and blue tie, and his catchphrase was "I hate that duck."- External links :*... - Sandy PowellSandy Powell (comedian)Sandy Powell MBE was an English comedian best known for his radio work of the 1930s and for his catchphrase Can You Hear Me, Mother?-Life and career:...
- Terri RogersTerri RogersTerri Rogers, born Ivan Southgate was a transsexual English ventriloquist and magician.Rogers was born in Ipswich and was a somewhat isolated youth but determined to build a career in variety...
Shorty Harris - Fred RussellFred Russell (ventriloquist)Fred Russell was an English ventriloquist. Usually credited as being the first to use a knee-sitting figure, he is known as "The Father of Modern Ventriloquism"....
- Coster Joe - Wendy Morgan - "Michelle", "Apricot"
- SaveenSaveenAlbert Saveen was a British ventriloquist who was the first to have a national radio series on the BBC Light Programme after World War II. Among his many puppet characters were the tiny schoolgirl dummy Daisy May, a cockney boy dummy Andy the Spiv and two dogs...
- Daisy May - Ian SavilleIan SavilleIan Saville is an English magician whose act incorporates ventriloquism and comedy. His performance is distinctive primarily for the fact that it is geared towards a comic form of socialist propaganda...
- Dennis SpicerDennis SpicerDennis Spicer was a British ventriloquist who appeared on British television, and in variety in its twilight years, with his dummies: mainly James Green and Maxwell Monkey, but also Sexy Rexy The Wolf, Puppy Doll The Poodle, Rikki Tikki The Tiger, The Ugly Duckling and Russian bear...
- James Green - Max TerhuneMax TerhuneMax Terhune , was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956....
- Elmer - Arthur WorsleyArthur WorsleyArthur Wilkinson Worsley was a ventriloquist who appeared regularly on British television from the 1950s to the 1970s.-Early years:He was born at Failsworth, Manchester...
- Charlie Brown - Paul ZerdinPaul ZerdinPaul Zerdin is an English comedian/ventriloquist. That Paul should choose a career in the entertainment industry is not entirely unexpected as both his parents attended drama school and his mother went on to become a BBC Radio 2 presenter and his father a producer for the BBC World Service.When...
- Sam - Penny Page - Googie the Duck
United States
- Jim Barber - Barber & Seville, Diva, Chico Pete, Baby, Ventriloquist Karaoke, Strum the Guitar, JR
- Edgar BergenEdgar BergenEdgar John Bergen was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist.-Early life:...
- Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Effie Klinker - Bill Boley - Freddie
- Warren Chaney - Danny O'Kaye, Bedford Bulkley, Aunt Minnie
- Shirley DinsdaleShirley DinsdaleShirley Dinsdale Layburn , better known by her maiden name of Shirley Dinsdale, was an American ventriloquist and television and radio personality of the 1940s and early 1950s....
- Judy Splinters - Jeff DunhamJeff DunhamJeff Dunham is an American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including Late Show with David Letterman, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show and Sonny With a Chance...
- Peanut, Walter, Jose Jalapeño (on a stick), Bubba J, Sweet Daddy Dee, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, Melvin the Super Hero Guy, Diane, Achmed Junior (AJ), The worm at the bottom of a wine bottle, and little "Ugly-Ass" Jeff. - Terry FatorTerry FatorTerry Wayne Fator is a ventriloquist, impressionist, comedian, and singer from Dallas, Texas. Fator is capable of doing over 100 ventriloquial impersonations, and uses 16 different puppets in his act. He was the winner of Season 2 of America's Got Talent, and received the million dollar prize...
- Emma Taylor, Ernie, Winston the Impersonating Turtle, Walter T. Airedale, Andy, Julius, Maynard Thomkins, Johnny Vegas, Dougie Scott Walker, Vicky the Cougar, Berry Fabulous and others - Wayne FedermanWayne FedermanWayne Federman is an American comedian, actor, author, and comedy writer. He is noted for his numerous stand-up comedy appearances in clubs, theaters, and on television; his biography of "Pistol" Pete Maravich; and his supporting comedic acting roles in The X-Files, The Larry Sanders Show, Curb...
- Beuford - Wendy Morgan - "Michelle" , "Apricot"
- Wayland FlowersWayland FlowersWayland P. Flowers, Jr. was an American puppeteer. He was born and raised in Dawson, Georgia. Flowers was best known for the puppet act he created with his puppet Madame...
- Madame - Jay JohnsonJay Johnson (ventriloquist)Jay Johnson is a ventriloquist best known for his role on the television show Soap. He played Chuck Campbell, a ventriloquist who believed his puppet Bob was real and demanded everyone treat Bob as human...
- BobGrits - Kevin JohnsonKevin Johnson (ventriloquist)Kevin Johnson is a ventriloquist, comedian, and magician who, along with his "fine feathered friends" Clyde and Matilda, has entertained many people. Johnson currently performs every Wednesday at the Welk Resorts Theater in Escondido, California...
- Clyde, Matilda - Mallory LewisMallory LewisMallory Hurwitz Lewis is an American writer, television producer, and puppeteer. Lamb Chop is a "sock puppet" of the mother and daughter. Like Shari's daughter, Lamb Chop remains a "sister" legacy to Mallory.-Early life:Mallory Lewis was born Mallory Tarcher in New York City...
- Lamb ChopLamb Chop (puppet)Lamb Chop is a sock puppet sheep created by comedian and ventriloquist Shari Lewis. In 1957, Lamb Chop, a ewe, first appeared with Lewis on Hi Mom, a local morning show that aired on WNBC in New York.... - Shari LewisShari LewisShari Lewis was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's television show host, most popular during the 1960s and 1990s...
- Lamb ChopLamb Chop (puppet)Lamb Chop is a sock puppet sheep created by comedian and ventriloquist Shari Lewis. In 1957, Lamb Chop, a ewe, first appeared with Lewis on Hi Mom, a local morning show that aired on WNBC in New York....
, Charlie Horse, Hush Puppy - Ronn LucasRonn LucasRonn Lucas is an American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian.Lucas grew up in El Paso, Texas and was graduated from Eastwood High School in 1972. He began his career performing at Saint Timothy's Lutheran church located in El Paso, Texas. He has received many accolades for his work, including...
- Buffalo Billy, Scorch, Tillie the Troll - Taylor MasonTaylor Mason-Early life and career:The son of a radio farm broadcaster and a homemaker mother, Mason was born in Hinsdale, Illinois, and grew up in suburban Chicago. His father, Bill Mason, worked at WGN Radio and Television, a local Chicago station that featured farm news in the early mornings and every day...
- Paco the Pig (Zorcon the Alien Telletubby), Romeo, Juliet, Sumo, Robert the Sheep, Barack Obama, Colonel, Paquito - Meghan MillerMeghan MillerMeghan Miller is a beauty queen and ventriloquist from Beaumont, Texas, who has held the Miss America's Outstanding Teen title, and was a competitor on the second season of America's Got Talent.- Beauty pageant work :...
- Abner Smooch, Shannon, Lexi, Baby - Jimmy NelsonJimmy Nelson (ventriloquist)Jimmy Nelson is an American ventriloquist who appeared on television in the 1950s and 1960s. He was famous for commercials for Nestlé chocolate featuring his puppet Farfel the dog. He hosted a children's show sponsored by Nestlé....
- Farfel the DogFarfel the DogFarfel the Dog was a hound dog ventriloquist's dummy created by Jimmy Nelson. The Farfel character is probably best known for television commercials for Nestlé's Quik which ran from 1953 to 1965.-Creation:... - Otto & GeorgeOtto & GeorgeOtto & George is an adult-themed ventriloquist comedy team composed of comedian Otto Petersen and his dummy George Dudley. Petersen began performing with George as a street act in Manhattan and Brooklyn in the early 1970s...
- George - Carla RhodesCarla RhodesCarla Rhodes is an American ventriloquist, comedienne and musician who was mentored by Shari Lewis as a teenager. She currently lives in New York City and appears regularly at alternative performance establishments and rock clubs all over New York City and Brooklyn...
- Cecil Sinclaire - Robert SmigelRobert SmigelRobert Smigel is an American actor, humorist, comedian and writer known for his Saturday Night Live "TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice behind Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.-Early life:...
- Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - David StrassmanDavid StrassmanDavid Strassman, is an American ventriloquist who is best known for his ventriloquism act with the characters Ted E. Bare and Chuck Wood. He began performing magic at the age of twelve after a visit to the Magic Castle in Hollywood.-Biography:David Strassman is the second of four children. His...
- Chuck Wood, Ted E. Bear - Willie TylerWillie TylerWillie Tyler is an American ventriloquist, comedian and actor. Most of the time, he is credited as Willie Tyler and Lester or Willie Tyler & Lester. He has appeared in many television commercials, sitcoms, and movies. He got his first big break in 1972 on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.-Personal...
- Lester - Jules VernonJules VernonJules Vernon was born Walter Lester Pope Knyvette, in East India, as the son of an English officer in the army...
- Old Maid, George, Nettie, Sailor Joe, Happy - Lisa WhelchelLisa WhelchelLisa Diane Whelchel is an American actress, singer, ventriloquist, and writer best known for her role in the television series The Facts of Life as the preppy and wealthy Blair Warner.-Life and career:...
- Arthur (The Mickey Mouse Club) - Paul WinchellPaul WinchellPaul Winchell was an American ventriloquist, voice actor and comedian, whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s...
- Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff - Angelique MonétAngelique MonetAngelique Monét is an American multi-media talent and former Ms. Black South Carolina USA. Monét is the owner and CEO of [film and television production company] as well as the owner and CEO of AM Releasings . Both companies are based in New York City. Monét graduated from St...
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