Ventriloquists in History

Events in Film & TV

1896-04-17 Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet) and comedian, born in Peñaranda de Bracamonte, Salamanca, Spain (d. 1999)
1903-02-16 Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), born in Chicago, Illinois
1922-12-21 Paul Winchell (Wilchinsky), American ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff), inventor (mechanical artificial human heart,1963), voice actor (Winnie the Pooh - "Tigger"; Dick Dastardly; The Banana Splits -"Fleegle"),, and acupuncturist, born in NYC, New York
1926-10-31 Shirley Dinsdale, ventriloquist (Judy Splinters), born in San Francisco, California
1926-11-20 Terry Hall, English ventriloquist, born in Chadderton, Lancashire, England (d. 2007)
1928-12-15 Jimmy Nelson, American ventriloquist (Nestles, Farfel), born in Chicago, Illinois
1930-09-18 Ray Alan, British ventriloquist and television entertainer (Lord Charles), born in Greenwich, London (d. 2010)
1933-01-17 Shari Lewis [Phyllis Hurwitz], American ventriloquist, puppeteer (Lamb Chop), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1998)
1940-09-08 Willie Tyler, American ventriloquist (Lester), born in Red Level, Alabama

2012-10-12 Comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham (50) weds fitness model Audrey Murdick (32) at the Sunstone Vineyards in Santa Ynez, California

1978-09-30 Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), dies at 75
1988-10-11 Wayland Flowers, American ventriloquist (Madame), dies of AIDS at 48
1998-08-02 Shari Lewis [Phyllis Hurwitz], American puppeteer and ventriloquist (Lamb Chop), dies of breast cancer at 65
1999-04-20 Señor Wences, Spanish ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet) and comedian, dies at 103
2005-06-24 Paul Winchell (Wilchinsky), American ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff), inventor (mechanical artificial human heart,1963), voice actor (Winnie the Pooh - "Tigger"; Dick Dastardly; The Banana Splits -"Fleegle"),, and acupuncturist, dies at 82
2007-04-04 Terry Hall, English ventriloquist, dies at 80
2010-05-24 Ray Alan, English ventriloquist & television entertainer (Lord Charles), dies at 79