List of ventriloquists

This is a list of notable ventriloquists and their best known characters. It is ordered by nationality or country in which they were notable in an alphabetical order, and then by alphabetical order of surname. It does not include voice-over artists who did not perform with a figure, or "dummy" as it is usually called.

Brazil

• Yakko Sideratos

India

• Ramdas Padhye
• Satyajit Padhye
• Mimicry Srinivos – "Old Man", "Little Boy", "Caesar Chimp"

Italy

• Pietro Ghislandi – "Sergio"

Germany

• Sascha Grammel – "Frederic Freiherr von Furchensumpf", "Josie", "Prof. Dr. Peter Hacke", "Herr Schröder & Ursula" ^[1]
• Benjamin Tomkins – "Fliege "Der Hildegard"", "Alte Sack", "Heinz", ... ^[2]

Singapore

• Shawn Chua

Spain

• Señor Wences – "Johnny", "Pedro", "Cecilia Chicken"

Sweden

• Zillah & Totte

United Kingdom

• Ray Alan – "Mickey the Martian", "Lord Charles", "Tich and Quackers"
• Peter Brough – "Archie Andrews"
• Nina Conti – "Monkey", "Granny", "Nina", "Killer", "Great Uncle John",
• Roger De Courcey – "Nookie Bear"
• Terry Hall – "Lenny the Lion"
• Keith Harris – "Orville the Duck", "Cuddles the Monkey"
• Steve Hewlett – "Arthur Lager", "Pongo", "Chii Chii"
• Sandy Powell
• Terri Rogers – "Shorty Harris"
• Fred Russell – "Coster Joe"
• Saveen – "Daisy May"
• Ian Saville
• Dennis Spicer – " James Green"
• Max Terhune – "Elmer"
• Arthur Worsley – "Charlie Brown"
• Paul Zerdin – "Sam", "Baby", "Albert", "Alasdair Rimmer"
• Wendy Morgan -"Apricot", "Michelle", "Baby Dinosaur"

United States

• Jim Barber – "Barber & Seville", "Diva", "Chico Pete", "Baby", "Ventriloquist Karaoke", "Strum the Guitar", "JR"^[3]
• Edgar Bergen – "Charlie McCarthy", "Mortimer Snerd", "Effie Klinker"^[4]
• Shirley Dinsdale – "Judy Splinters"
• Jeff Dunham – "Peanut", "Walter", "Jose Jalapeño", "Bubba J", "Sweet Daddy Dee", "Achmed the Dead Terrorist"^[5]
• Alyse Eady – "Rosie", "Molly", "Crazy Bird", "Rocky"
• Terry Fator – "Emma Taylor", "Ernie", "Winston the Impersonating Turtle", "Walter T. Airedale", "Andy", "Julius", "Maynard Thomkins", "Johnny Vegas", "Dougie Scott Walker", "Vicky the Cougar", "Berry Fabulous"
• Wayne Federman – "Beuford"
• Wayland Flowers – "Madame"
• Jay Johnson – "Squeaky, Bob, Grits, Darwin"
• Kevin Johnson – "Clyde", "Matilda"
• Mallory Lewis – "Lamb Chop"
• Shari Lewis – "Lamb Chop", "Charlie Horse", "Hush Puppy"
• Ronn Lucas – "Buffalo Billy", "Scorch", "Tillie the Troll"
• Taylor Mason – "Paco the Pig (Zorcon the Alien Telletubby)", "Romeo", "Juliet", "Sumo", "Robert the Sheep", "Barack Obama", "Colonel", "Paquito"
• Meghan Miller – "Kat", "Abner Smooch", "Shannon", "Lexi", "Baby"
• Angelique Monét – "Gracie"
• Jimmy Nelson – "Danny O'Day", "Farfel the Dog"
• Otto Petersen – "George"
• Carla Rhodes – "Cecil Sinclaire"
• Alan Semok - "Eugene", "Uncle Laszlo". "Wade Smoothlee"
• Robert Smigel – "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog"
• David Strassman – "Chuck Wood", "Ted E. Bare", "Sid Beaverman", "Kevin the Alien", "Grandpa Fred", "A.N.G.E.L.", "Dinosaurs", "Vinny", "The Crows", "Little Ricky", "Mr. Invisible", "Guido the Teddy Impersonator", "Charley", "Mumbles"
• Willie Tyler – "Lester"
• Jules Vernon – "Old Maid", "George", "Nettie", "Sailor Joe", "Happy"
• Mark Wade – "Grits", "Karl the Alligator"
• Lisa Whelchel – "Arthur" (The Mickey Mouse Club)
• Paul Winchell – "Jerry Mahoney", "Knucklehead Smiff"
• Dan Horn - "Orson"
• Daniel Jay - "Zifferino Loon Pablo Misello", "Fuzzball", "Gill", "Slate Asterisk", "Leo the Lion", "Girl"

References

3. http://jimbarber.com/
4. Britannica, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61730/Edgar-Bergen
5. Jeff Dunham, http://www.jeffdunham.com