Ronn Lucas is an American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian.
Lucas grew up in El Paso, Texas and was graduated from Eastwood High School in 1972. He began his career performing at Saint Timothy's Lutheran church located in El Paso, Texas. He has received many accolades for his work, including several titles as the best entertainer in Las Vegas. He has performed in numerous live shows and television performances. He first made the national scene by winning the Showtime cable network's national "Laff-Off" competition (he was one of several regional winners) in 1982 (Eddie Murphy had won the previous year).
Lucas has headlined six separate stints in Las Vegas at five different hotels, most recently at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino (formerly known as the Aladdin), where his show was signed a five year deal in December 2006, but closed midway through 2007 for unknown reasons. His headlining stint prior to that was at the Rio Hotel. His show there ran from some time prior to 2003 until Fall 2006. He was the first ventriloquist in the history of Vegas to have a long-running show.
Lucas has been a performer on specials at the Kennedy Center for President Reagan, at Ford's Theatre for President Clinton, and again at Ford's Theatre for President George W. Bush (all three for CBS). He also performed at the London Palladium for Queen Elizabeth. He had a television series in the United Kingdom called The Ronn Lucas Show in the early 1990s. He was also a semi-regular (with Scorch and another puppet named Chuck a somewhat punkish character) on the 1990 revival of Match Game. Also in 1990 Ronn made an appearance on the TV series Night Court. He has also appeared on Silk Stalkings, L.A. Law, and, most recently Nip/Tuck, along with appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, America's Funniest Home Videos, and Circus of the Stars (he rode a bicycle on a high wire with his puppet Buffalo Billy on his shoulders). Ronn was also part of the Broadway cast of The Will Rogers Follies. During the 2008-2009 pantomime season in London he played the part of Buttons in Cinderella at the Wimbledon Theatre.
Some of his most frequently used puppets include a cowboy named Buffalo Billy and a dragon named Scorch; the latter was the star of a 1992 sitcom. He also has a routine in which he uses an audience member as a dummy. [1]
Lucas has a video/DVD of his Disney Channel special Who's In Charge Here? which is available for sale at on his website[2]. He recently co-authored a book entitled "Better Living Through Ventriloquism: How to Say What You Shouldn't And Get What You Want" which is scheduled for release at the end of the summer 2006.