Edgar Bergen Autographs
Edgar John Bergen (né Berggren; February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, vaudevillian and radio performer. He was best known for his characters Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Bergen pioneered modern-day ventriloquism and has been described by puppetry organization UNIMA as the “quintessential ventriloquist of the 20th century”. He was the father of actress Candice Bergen.
Bergen was born in Chicago, one of five children and the younger of two sons of Swedish immigrants Nilla Svensdotter (née Osberg) and Johan Henriksson Berggren. He lived on a farm near Decatur, Michigan until he was four, when his family returned to Sweden, where he learned the language. After his family had returned to Chicago, when he was eleven, he taught himself ventriloquism from a pamphlet called "The Wizard's Manual". He attended Lake View High School. After his father died, when Edgar was 16, he went out to work as an apprentice accountant, a furnace stoker, a player-piano operator, and a projectionist in a silent-movie house.
Edgar so impressed the famous ventriloquist Harry Lester that he gave the teenager almost daily lessons for three months in the fundamentals of ventriloquism. In the fall of 1919, Edgar paid Chicago woodcarver Theodore Mack $36 to sculpt a likeness of a rascally red-headed Irish newspaper boy he knew. The head went on a dummy named Charlie McCarthy, which became Bergen's lifelong sidekick. He had created the body himself, using a nine-inch length of broomstick for the backbone, and rubber bands and cords to control the lower jaw mechanism of the mouth.
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Current items with a signature of Edgar Bergen
These are the most current items with a signature of Edgar Bergen that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 |  |
| Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
Traded items with a signature of Edgar Bergen
The most expensive item with a signature of Edgar Bergen (Bette Davis Edgar Bergen Philip Ober ? Autographed Brown Derby Matchbook covers) was sold in June 2026 for $1,000.00 while the cheapest item (Edgar Bergen signed autograph book page) found a new owner for $0.99 in May 2013. The month with the most items sold (4) was May 2011 with an average selling price of $72.15 for an autographed item of Edgar Bergen. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2026 with $1,000.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.69 was December 2008. In average, an autographed item from Edgar Bergen is worth $40.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Edgar Bergen were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Bette Davis Edgar Bergen Philip Ober ? Autographed Brown Derby Matchbook covers | $1,000.00 |  |
| Bette Davis Edgar Bergen Philip Ober ? Autographed Brown Derby Matchbook covers | $1,000.00 | |
| Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
| Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
| Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
| Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
 | Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
| Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
| Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
| Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
| Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
| Edgar Bergen Autographed Signed Program You Can't Take It With You 1963 Dayton | $99.99 | |
| letters signed by Jimmy Nelson and Edgar Bergen | $40.00 | |
| Vintage Edgar Bergen & Charlie Autograph Signed With Rare | $67.42 | |
| Vintage Edgar Bergen & Charlie Autograph Signed With Rare | $67.42 | |
