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Charlie McCarthy
Description
Charlie McCarthy centers on Edgar Bergen's top-hatted ventriloquist character, whose radio fame made the dummy one of Bergen's best-known comic partners.
Charlie McCarthy was a dummy partner of American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. Charlie was part of Bergen's act as early as high school, and by 1930 was attired in a top hat, tailcoat and monocle. The character was so well known that his popularity exceeded that of his performer, Bergen.
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 1937–19398:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19408:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1940–19418:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1941–19428:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1942–19438:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19448:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1944–19458:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1945–19468:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1946–19478:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1947–19488:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19488:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1949–19508:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1950–19518:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1951–19528:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1952–19538:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19539:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1953–19549:30 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1954–19559:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1955–19567:05 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
Ben Alexander
Announcer
B
BBill Baldwin
Announcer
Bill Goodwin
Announcer
B
HBuddy Twiss
Announcer
Howard Petrie
Announcer
K
Kenneth 'Ken' Carpenter
Announcer
B
CBobby Winkler
Cast
Candice Bergen
Cast
CCarol Richards
Cast
EEddie Mayehoff
Cast
GGary Crosby
Cast
Jack Kirkwood
Cast
J
James Gilmore Backus
Cast
J
June Kilgore
Cast
S
Sally Eilers
Cast
S
Sir Lancelot
Cast
T
The Stroud Twins
Cast
T
Tony Galento
Cast
Victor Moore
Cast
V
Virginia Sale
Cast
W
William Gaxton
Cast
E
Earl Ebi
Director
Ray Noble
Musician
Robert Armbruster
Musician
AAnita Ellis
Vocalist
A
AAnita Gordon
Vocalist
Arch Oboler
wrote the Adam and Eve skit
BBarbara Jo Allen
Vera Vague, the vocalist
Barbara Stanwyck
Cast
Basil Rathbone
Cast
Bob Burns
Cast
Charlie McCarthy
Cast
Dale Evans
Vocalist
Don Ameche
Pasquale
D
Donald Dixon
Vocalist (Baritone)
Dorothy Lamour
Cast
Edgar Bergen
Cast
E
Effie Klinker
Edgar Bergen's dummy
Ethel Barrymore
Cast
Frances Langford
Blanche Bickerson
George Raft
Cast
Jane Powell
Cast
J
Joan Merrill
Vocalist
John Barrymore
Cast
Marsha Hunt
Blanche Bickerson
M
Mortimer Snerd
Edgar Bergen's dummy
Nelson Eddy
Cast
NNorman Field
Charlie's school principal
Orson Welles
Cast
PPat Patrick
Ersel Twing
RRichard Haydn
Professor Lemuel Carp
R
Robert S. Kerr
Cast
Rosalind Russell
Cast
Rudy Vallee
Cast
T
The Pied Pipers
Vocals
W
W. C. Fields
Cast
H
H. Calvin 'Cal' Kuhl
Producer
A
CAlan Smith
Writer
Carroll Carroll
Writer
D
Dick Mack
Writer
Audio Clips
0m17s
References
Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
Buxton, Frank and Owen, Bill. The Big Broadcast 1920-1950. OtrrPedia Forum.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR BROADCAST THIS WEEK.” New York Times, January 4, 1931.
“RADIO PROGRAMS SCHEDULED FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.” New York Times, March 17, 1929.
Terrace, Vincent. Radio's Golden Years - The Encyclopedia of Radio Programs 1930-1960. Collector's Corner.