Edgar Bergen Filmography

Born:: February 16, 1903 in Chicago, IL
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Edgar John Bergen
Biography:: Edgar Bergen was still in grammar school when he sent away for a 25-cent ventriloquism instruction book. By the time he was 11, Bergen was driving his family crazy with his prankish voice-throwing. While attending medical school at Northwestern University, Bergen paid his tuition by performing a...Read More

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The Muppet Movie

Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Charles Durning, Dave Goelz

Synopsis: Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, from of the large crew of loveably fuzzy characters created by puppetmaster Jim Henson, have embarked on a quest for stardom. They take a trip to Hollywood, riding in or on a wide variety of vehicles along the way. They begin their journey on a bicycle pedalled by Read More

1979
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Actors: Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney, Phil Silvers, Ron Leibman

Synopsis: This spoof makes fun of a certain famous German shepherd movie star from the 1920s. The mayhem begins when the head honcho of a financially struggling studio turns a lost dog into a legend. The story features a number of old stars making cameo appearances. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1976
The Homecoming

Actors: Patricia Neal

Synopsis: This made-for-TV drama, based on the book by Earl Hamner Jr., was the basis for the popular long-running television series The Waltons. In this opening installment, the Waltons, led by matriarch Olivia Walton (Patricia Neal), spend an anxious 1933 Christmas Eve together as they await the arrival Read More

1971
The Phynx

Actors: Michael Miller, Ray Chippeway, Dennis Larden, Lonny Stevens, Lou Antonio

Synopsis: Have you ever longed for the day when James Brown, Martha Raye, and Col. Harland Sanders would appear in a movie together? Well, that's barely the tip of the improbable casting iceberg in this bizarre cold-war spoof. The leaders of the American intelligence organization the S.S.A. ("Super Secret Read More

1970
Rogue's Gallery

Synopsis: Roger Smith plays private eye Richard Rogue in this cinematic revival of the old radio series. Rogue gallantly tries to help would-be suicide Greta Baldwyn. This selfless act enmeshes him in a murder scheme, with himself as the fall guy. The film's chief value is its veteran supporting cast Read More

1968
Don't Make Waves

Actors: Tony Curtis, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Webber, Joanna Barnes, Sharon Tate

Synopsis: British director Alexander MacKendrick helmed this farcical romantic comedy set in Southern California. Carlo Cofield (Tony Curtis) is a footloose tourist who meets Laura Califatti (Claudia Cardinale) when she accidentally edges his car off the highway. Laura invites Carlo to her home; he seems Read More

1967
One Way Wahini

Actors: Joy Harmon, Anthony Eisley, Adele Claire, David Whorf, Edgar Bergen

Synopsis: Set in Hawaii and featuring a mixture of thrills, comedy and tropical splendor, two young women on vacation find themselves entangled with a scheme to rob a pair of bankrobbers of their loot. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1965
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: The Fear Makers

Synopsis: The shakedown cruise of the Seaview's sister ship, the Polidor, ends in tragedy when the new ship is lost with all hands. Nelson (Richard Basehart) and Crane (David Hedison) must determine if it was a design failure or some other problem that caused the wreck. The Seaview repeats the dive with two Read More

1964
The Hanged Man

Synopsis: Don Siegal directed this made-for-TV remake of the western drama Ride The Pink Horse, in which Robert Culp stars as Harry Pace, who has set out to avenge the violent death of a good friend. Pace's search leads him to New Orleans during the Mardi Gras celebration, where he meets a beautiful woman Read More

1964
More Edgar Bergen / Charlie McCarthy - Do You Trust Your Wife?

1956
Do You Trust Your Wife (1956) / I've Got a Secret (1961)

Synopsis: This video contains episodes from two popular television quiz shows from the 1950s. Do You Trust Your Wife starred the talented Edgar Bergen and his wooden counterpart Charlie McCarthy while I've Got a Secret featured host Garry Moore. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1956
Game Show Program 1

Synopsis: This video features a collection of game-show episodes dating from the '50s, including "The Price Is Right," "Do You Trust Your Wife," and "Play Your Hunch." The video even includes the original commercials. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

1955
Mystery Lake

Actors: George Fenneman, Edgar Bergen

Synopsis: Popular radio and TV announcer George Fenneman is the leading man in this semi-documentary adventure yarn. Filmed on location at Tennessee's Reelfoot Lake, the film casts Fenneman as naturalist Bill Richards, who undertakes a difficult expedition into the wilderness. When Richards runs into Read More

1953
Captain China

Actors: John Payne, Gail Russell, Jeffrey Lynn, Lon Chaney, Jr., Edgar Bergen

Synopsis: Paramount's Pine-Thomas production unit was afforded a larger budget than usual for Captain China. The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a Read More

1949
I Remember Mama

Actors: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka, Philip Dorn, Cedric Hardwicke

Synopsis: George Stevens's charming film version of Kathryn Forbes' collection of short stories entitled Mama's Bank Account features Irene Dunne as Mama in one of her finest and most ingratiating performances. The film is narrated by Mama's daughter Katrin (Barbara Bel Geddes), recalling the trials and Read More

1948
Fun and Fancy Free

Actors: Edgar Bergen, Dinah Shore, Luana Patten

Synopsis: A blend of live-action and animation, Fun and Fancy Free is comprised of two distinct tales linked by additional footage featuring Jiminy Cricket. Disney had been planning to use each story for separate feature films but the involvement of the United States in WWII disrupted his plans and the Read More

1947
Song of the Open Road

Actors: Edgar Bergen, Jane Powell, W.C. Fields

Synopsis: A beautiful child (14-year-old Jane Powell in her feature film debut) star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids. It doesn't take her long to discover that being "normal" isn't easy as it looks. Read More

1944
Stage Door Canteen

Actors: Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Marjorie Riordan, Lon McCallister, Margaret Early

Synopsis: This star-studded musical drama was largely financed by Theatre Guild, with all proceeds going to various wartime fundraising concerns. Most of the story takes place at the Stage Door Canteen, a Manhattan-based home away from home for soldiers, sailors and marines (the real-life Canteen on 44th Read More

1943
Show Business at War

1943
Here We Go Again!

Actors: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Edgar Bergen, Dummy: Charlie McCarthy, Harold Peary

Synopsis: Filmed on leftover Magnificent Ambersons sets, Here We Go Again is the most endearingly wacky of RKO Radio's Fibber McGee & Molly vehicles. The story begins as the popular radio duo prepares to leave their home town of Wistful Vista and embark upon a second honeymoon. After discovering that hotel Read More

1942
Look Who's Laughing

Actors: Edgar Bergen, Dummy: Charlie McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Lucille Ball

Synopsis: Several popular radio personalities converge in the RKO Radio "comedy salad" Look Who's Laughing. Taking a vacation from his radio series, ventriloquist Edgar Bergen sets out in his private plane, accompanied by his dummy Charlie McCarthy. Developing engine trouble, Bergen makes a forced landing Read More

1941
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Actors: Ivan Lebedeff, W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Constance Moore

Synopsis: In his starring film for Universal Pictures, W.C. Fields plays circus manager and all-around flim flam man Larson E. Whipsnade. When he's not trying to fleece the customers or elude the sheriff, Whipsnade busys himself trying to break up the romance between his daughter Vicky (Constance Moore) and Read More

1939
Charlie McCarthy, Detective

Actors: Edgar Bergen, Robert Cummings, Constance Moore, John Sutton, Louis Calhern

Synopsis: Having proven their box-office value in such films as A Letter of Introduction, Goldwyn Follies and You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his wise-lipped dummy Charlie McCarthy were awarded with a starring vehicle of their own. While entertaining at the home of magazine Read More

1939
A Letter of Introduction

Actors: Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, Edgar Bergen, George Murphy, Rita Johnson

Synopsis: A master blend of high comedy and tense emotional drama, A Letter of Introduction reteams Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, and Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, who'd previously costarred in the negligible Goldwyn Follies. Menjou plays John Mannering, a Barrymoresque actor who years earlier had Read More

1938
The Goldwyn Follies

Actors: Adolphe Menjou, The Ritz Brothers [Al, Jimmy, Harry], Vera Zorina, Kenny Baker, Andrea Leeds

Synopsis: A longtime admirer of Broadway impresario Flo Ziegfeld, Hollywood producer Sam Goldwyn hoped to emulate the success of The Ziegfeld Follies by producing an annual movie-musical revue. Goldwyn's dream began and ended with 1938's Goldwyn Follies, a film centering on Goldwyn-like movie producer Read More

1938