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In his first appearance on network television, Edgar Bergen hosts a Thanksgiving Day special featuring three of his partners in ventriloquism - Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and the lesser known ...

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: February 16th, 1903, 111 years ago today . . . a day that's worth talking about. For that was the day Edgar Bergen was born in Decatur, Michigan.

Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen received a special wooden Oscar in 1937 for his comedic creation, Charlie McCarthy. Bergen's career spanned live theater, radio, and film, and he appeared in 14 movies. The ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Candice Bergen is producing a film about her late father, the famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The big-screen project will tell the story of ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Candice Bergen is producing a film about her late father, the famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The big-screen project will tell the story of Bergen's ...

DECATUR, Mich. — Anyone that’s been around long enough to remember radio and television comedy and ventriloquism in the early days will most likely know the name Edgar Bergen. He was famous with ...

A new book reveals that the CIA refers to V.P. Dick Cheney as “Edgar,” as in Edgar Bergen, the ventriloquist, casting “Mr. Bush in the puppet role of Charlie McCarthy, and cites one instance after ...

As I was sorting through old negatives from the 1960s, I came across an envelope labeled “Edgar Bergen at Sunshine Mission, Tues. Oct. 22/63.” What was Edgar Bergen, the famed ventriloquist whose ...

Autograph, pencil on pink paper, of ventriloquist, Edgar Bergen. The donor, Dreda K. Schieller, described how she acquired the signatures: "In 1938, Blanche Calloway and her band was appearing on ...

Candice Bergen is producing a film about her late father, the famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The big-screen project will tell the story of Bergen's dad and his ...