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Edgar Bergen (1903–1978)

Actor | Soundtrack | Writer

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Ventriloquist, father of Candice Bergen See more trivia »

Born:

Edgar John Berggren
in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 75) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Candice Bergen and father Edgar Bergen 12/16/1955 Candice Bergen w/ father Edgar Bergen C. 1970
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1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Professor Quicksand
 
1975 Police Story (TV series)
Mr. Farber
– Company Man (1975) … Mr. Farber
 
1972 My Sister Hank (TV movie)
Grandpa Bennett
 
1972 The ABC Comedy Hour (TV series)
– The Twentieth Century Folies (1972)
 
1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (TV movie)
Ebenezer Walton
 
1971 The Waltons (TV series)
Grandpa Zebb Walton
– The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) … Grandpa Zebb Walton
 
1970 The Phynx
Edgar Bergen
 
1969 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Doctor
– The Emergency Case or See Your Doctor Once a Year Even If It Kills You (1969) … Doctor
 
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Charlie McCarthy
– Episode #2.8 (1968) … Charlie McCarthy (voice) (uncredited)
 
1968 Rogue's Gallery
Roy Benz
 
1967 Don't Make Waves
Madame Lavinia
 
1965 One Way Wahine
Sweeney
 
1964-1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Clyde Olsen / George Smith / Horton Galbraith
– Who Killed Wimbledon Hastings? (1965) … Clyde Olsen
– Who Killed Cornelius Gilbert? (1964) … Horton Galbraith
– Who Killed What's His Name? (1964) … George Smith
 
1964 The Hanged Man (TV movie)
Hotel Clerk
 
1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Kenner
– The Fear-Makers (1964) … Kenner
 
1964 The Greatest Show on Earth (TV series)
McTavish
– There Are No Problems, Only Opportunities (1964) … McTavish
 
1964 The Littlest Hobo (TV series)
Hjalmer
– Every Girl Should Have a Doll (1964) … Hjalmer
 
1961-1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Coombs / Dr. Samuels / Eugene Swanson
– Special Assignment (1962) … Eugene Swanson
– A Time to Die (1962) … Dr. Samuels
– Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961) … Dr. Coombs
 
1962 Bachelor Father (TV series)
Edgar Bergen
– A Visit to the Bergens (1962) … Edgar Bergen
 
1960 The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV series)
Charlie
– Moment of Fear (1960) … Charlie
 
1959 Five Fingers (TV series)
Joseph Heidegger
– Dossier (1959) … Joseph Heidegger
 
1959 The Milton Berle Show (TV series)
Edgar Bergen
– April Fool's Day (1959) … Edgar Bergen
 
1959 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Edgar Bergen
– The Bergen Show (1959) … Edgar Bergen
 
1954-1955 Shower of Stars (TV series)
– All-Star Line-Up (1955)
– Lend an Ear (1954)
 
1954 Ponds Theater (TV series)
The Yankee
– A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1954) … The Yankee
 
1954 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
Narrator
– Alice in Wonderland (1954) … Narrator
 
1953 Mystery Lake
Dr. Sorenson
 
1950 Captain China
Mr. Haasvelt
 
1950 Charlie's Haunt
Edgar Bergen
 
1948 I Remember Mama
Mr. Thorkelson
 
1947 Mickey and the Beanstalk (short)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1947 Fun & Fancy Free
Edgar Bergen
 
1946 Hour Glass (TV series)
– Episode dated 14 November 1946 (1946)
 
1944 Song of the Open Road
Edgar Bergen
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen
Edgar Berger
 
1942 Here We Go Again
Edgar Bergen-Character / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
 
1941 Look Who's Laughing
Edgar Bergen
 
1939 Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Edgar Bergen
 
1939 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
The Great Edgar
 
1937 Double Talk (short)
Dr. Bergen
 
1936 Nut Guilty (short)
Judge Bergen
 
1935 All American Drawback (short)
Coach Bergen
 
1935 Two Boobs in a Balloon (short)
Prof. Cicero Pu
 
1934 At the Races (short)
Charlie McCarthy
 
1934 Pure Feud (short)
Edgar Albert Appletree
 
1933 Africa Speaks -- English (short)
Uncle
 
1931 Free and Easy (short)
Professor
 
1931 The Eyes Have It (short)
Dr. Wilbur Grant
 
1931 Donkey Business (short)
 
1930 The Office Scandal (short)
Mr. Depew
 
1930 The Operation (short)
Doctor Bruce Langdon
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (6 titles)
1942 Here We Go Again (performer: "Delicious Delirium" 1942, "Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground" 1863)
 
1939 Charlie McCarthy, Detective (performer: "I'm Charlie McCarthy, Detective")
 
1938 The Goldwyn Follies (performer: "I Love to Rhyme" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 A Neckin' Party (short) (performer: "Cattle Ropin' Romeo" - uncredited)
 
1937 Double Talk (short) (performer: "By a Waterfall" - uncredited)
 
1935 All American Drawback (short) (performer: "Go Into Your Dance" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1942 Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 7 (short) (additional material - uncredited)
 
1941 Look Who's Laughing (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (73 titles)
1979 The Muppet Movie
Himself/Charlie McCarthy - (voice)
 
1978 Mickey's 50 (documentary)
Himself
 
1978 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
Himself
– Mickey's 50 (1978) … Himself
 
1978 The Vent Event (TV movie)
Himself
 
1977 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 October 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1970-1977 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 August 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 February 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1977 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Charlie McCarthy / Himself / Mortimer Snerd
– Edgar Bergen (1977) … Himself / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
 
1977 The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1977) … Himself
 
1976 The Good Old Days of Radio (TV documentary)
 
1975 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Orson Welles (TV special)
Himself
 
1975 The Lion Roars Again (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1965-1973 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 2 August 1973 (1973) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.30 (1965) … Himself
 
1973 Jack Paar Tonite (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.33 (1973) … Himself
 
1972 The Great Radio Comedians (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1971 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Cliff Robertson (1971) … Himself
 
1971 Mantrap (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 Happy Days (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.193 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.25 (1970) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.251 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.6 (1968) … Himself (as Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy)
 
1968 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 September 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Jonathan Winters Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.14 (1968) … Himself - Guest
 
1968 The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.17 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1967) … Himself
 
1966 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 December 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1964-1966 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Ventriloquist
– Episode #3.21 (1966) … Himself - Ventriloquist
– Episode #2.12 (1964) … Himself - Ventriloquist
 
1952-1965 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest / Mortimer Snerd
– Episode dated 12 September 1965 (1965) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 29 April 1956 (1956) … Himself - Mystery Guest / Mortimer Snerd
– Episode dated 26 December 1954 (1954) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 6 April 1952 (1952) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1964 The Celebrity Game (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 September 1964 (1964) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 August 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1964 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Joey Meets Edgar Bergen (1964) … Himself
 
1955-1961 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Ventriloquist / Himself / Himself - Ventriloquist
– Episode #15.13 (1961) … Ventriloquist
– Episode #14.40 (1961) … Himself - Ventriloquist
– Episode #14.15 (1961) … Ventriloquist
– See America with Ed Sullivan: Chicago (1960) … Ventriloquist
– Episode #13.42 (1960) … Ventriloquist
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1956-1961 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself - Celebrity Guest / Charlie McCarthy
– Episode dated 14 June 1961 (1961) … Himself - Celebrity Guest
– Episode dated 29 April 1956 (1956) … Himself - Celebrity Guest / Charlie McCarthy
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 June 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1960 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
– Christmas Show (1960) … Himself
 
1960 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Ken Murray (1960) … Himself
– Harry Blackstone (1960) … Himself
 
1960 Sunday Showcase (TV series)
Himself - Host
– The Devil and Daniel Webster (1960) … Himself - Host
 
1959 The Strawberry Blonde (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1959 Disneyland '59 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1959 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.32 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Frances Langford Presents (TV series)
Himself
 
1958 December Bride (TV series)
Himself
– The Edgar Bergen Show (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Bob Crosby Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.9 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 You Bet Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #7.34 (1958) … Himself
 
1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Ventriloquest / Himself - Ventriloquist
– Episode #3.27 (1958) … Himself - Ventriloquest
– From the Riviera Hotel, Havana Cuba (1958) … Himself - Ventriloquist
 
1957 The Gisele MacKenzie Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.13 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 Chelsea at Nine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 Screen Snapshots 1856: The Mocambo Party (short)
Himself
 
1957 The Heart of Show Business (short)
Himself
 
1957 The Kate Smith Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 28 April 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 Who Do You Trust? (TV series)
Host
 
1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself - Ventriloquist / Ventriloquist / …
– Episode #5.38 (1955) … Himself - Ventriloquist
– Episode #5.37 (1955) … Himself - Host/Ventriloquist
– Episode #5.36 (1955) … Himself - Host/Ventriloquist
– Episode #5.35 (1955) … Himself - Host/Ventriolquist
– Episode #5.24 (1955) … Himself - Ventriloquist
 
1954 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars on Parade (documentary short)
Himself
 
1954 General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (TV movie)
Himself/Host
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself (as Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy)
 
1951 In Town Today (TV movie)
Himself
 
1951 The James Melton Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1951) … Himself
 
1950 One Hour in Wonderland (TV special)
Himself / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
 
1950 Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd in Sweden (short)
Himself
 
1950 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Famous Feet (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1950 Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy (TV movie)
Himself
 
1947 Is Everybody Listening? (documentary short)
Edgar Bergen - Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Radio Program
 
1943 Show-Business at War (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1942 Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 7 (short)
Himself, Edgar Bergen
 
1940 Screen Snapshots: Seeing Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself - Rodeo Spectator
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 6 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1938/I Unusual Occupations (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1938 Letter of Introduction
Himself
 
1938 Hollywood Handicap (short)
Himself
 
1938 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself - Oscar Presenter
 
1938 The Goldwyn Follies
Himself
 
1937 A Neckin' Party (short)
Himself
 
1937 Bring on the Girls (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (18 titles)
2008 Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (video documentary)
Charlie McCarthy (archive sound)
 
2006 The Story of Light Entertainment (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2005 Weird U.S. (TV series documentary)
 
1994-1999 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1999 Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
 
1992 Legends of Comedy (TV documentary)
 
1988 Muppet Babies (TV series)
 
1986 Classic Comedy Teams (video documentary)
Himself/Charlie McCarthy
 
1986 W.C. Fields: Straight Up (TV documentary)
Himself - 1956 (voice)
 
1984 The Great Standups (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1970 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1953 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Laugh Parade (short)
Himself
 
1950 Screen Snapshots 2856: It Was Only Yesterday (short)
Himself
 
1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 8: Looking Back (short)
Himself
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy

Height:

5' 11½" (1.82 m)
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Trivia:

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Star Sign:

Aquarius