Arthur Worsley

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Arthur Worsley(1920 - 2001) was a ventriloquist who appeared regularly on British television from the 1950s to the 1970s.

[edit] Career

As a child he was billed as 'the world's youngest ventriloquist' going on to be dubbed 'the world's greatest ventriloquist' by no lesser person than Ed Sullivan. During a hugely successful career, he appeared on most of the variety shows on British TV and was one of the few British acts who achieved success in the USA, appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show in the US returning to perform a variation of his act for ten years in a row. All the talking was done by his dummy Charlie Brown, who would turn to the impassive Worsley and say, "Look at me, son, when I'm talking to you". In the days of live variety, he was a regular at the UK's top venue, the London Palladium.

[edit] Later years

He retired from the stage in 1983 and thereafter declined all requests for guest appearances on TV and radio. He died in 2001, aged 80.