Edgar Bergen (born Feb. 16, 1903, Chicago—died Sept. 30, 1978, Las Vegas) was elected to The Lambs in 1934 as a Professional member.
Bergen was a ventriloquist and radio comedian whose career in vaudeville, radio, and motion pictures spanned almost 60 years. Bergen was best known as the foil of his ventriloquist’s dummy Charlie McCarthy. The Edgar Bergen-Charlie McCarthy Show was a permanent fixture on American network radio from 1937 until 1957. Other characters created by Bergen, such as Mortimer Snerd and Effie Klinker, were woven into the perennially popular program, which was rated as radio’s most popular in 1937–40 and 1942–43 and among the top seven from 1937 to 1952.