Chase And Sanborn Hour Guest Basil Rathbone

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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“Chase And Sanborn Hour Guest Basil Rathbone.” Charlie McCarthy. Radio broadcast, January 30, 1944.