Someone recently sent me a link to the list of ventriloquists on Wikipedia and asked why I wasn't listed.

I have no clue.

At one time someone had added me, and apparently someone else removed my name. The Wikipedia list includes names of people who are not ventriloquists, several amateurs and some who no longer perform.

So I felt it was time to put up a list of ventriloquists that I have.


IMPORTANT – Just because a ventriloquist is on this list does not mean they are recommended for performances. Some people on this list are amateurs or beginners who have only done a few shows. If you are searching for a ventriloquist for your event, please contact our office for assistance.

* – Not members of the International Ventriloquist Society

Australia:
Dean Atkinson*
Desmond Bradley, South Australia
Darren Carr, New South Wales
Phillip (Pip) Michael Carter, New South Wales
Christie-Lee Henderson, New South Wales
Stephen Hansen, New South Wales
Lindi James*
Sarah Jones
London and Lawton, Queensland
SHOWKO Entertainment, VIC
Dennis Murphy, New South Wales
Glenn Pearce, New South Wales
Eric Read, Victoria
Andrew Ready, South Australia
Peter Richter, South Australia
Ben Veenkamp, New South Wales

Austria:
Ralf Thaller

Belarus:
Maria Kravchenko, Minsk

Canada:
Neale Bacon, British Columbia
Gary Barlotta, Alberta
George Bazios, Ontario
Don Bryan*
Gayle Chiykowski, Ontario
Tony Cole, British Columbia
Dave Dixon, Manitoba
Ronald Elliston, Ontario
Michael Harrison*
Valerie Jean Hilliker, Alberta
John Hopman*, Sarnia, Ontario
Surendra Jugdave, Ontario
Bob Layton, Edmonton, Alberta
Judith MacNeil, Ontario
Patrick Murray, British Columbia
Barbara Phoenix, Ontario
Elizabeth Underhill, Ontario

Denmark:
Manfred Werner

Finland:
Sari Aalto

France:
Jean Marie Dourcy, Deuil La Barre

Gilraltar:
Levi Attias

Greece:
Katerina Sopidi*

India
Ramdas Padhye
Satyajit Padhye, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Italy:
Alessio Masini, FI
Scapinelli, Roma

Israel:
Allan Blumenstyk
Daniela Hadasy, Rakefet

Japan:
Takeshi Ikeda, Tokyo
Keiko Nakanishi
Tazuko Tanimoto

Germany:
Markus Christ
Siegfried Eberle
Andreas Minz
Christoph Quernheim
Dr. Stevo Schooling
Dr. Markus Winter, Baden-Wuerttemberg

Netherlands:
Niels Duinker, Zuid-Holland

New Zealand:
Ray Cooper

Nigeria
Frederick Agbonika
Bariyu Yesufu, Lagos

Philippines:
Jen Belen*
Only Carcamo*
Wanlu, Rizal

Poland:
Grzegorz Choluj-Rybacki, Rybnik

Romania
Crina Zvoboda, Sector 2

Singapore:
Tan Alex
Khor Choon Kiat
Joseph Then

Slovakia:
Jaroslav Seman

South Africa:
Conrad Koch*
Douglas F Price

South Korea:
Jaewoo Ann, Gyeonggi-do

Spain:
Mariano Dilema
Ramon Irizar, Guipuzcoa

Sweden:
Thorbjorn Holmqvist
Martin Rosvall
Zillah & Totte

Switzerland:
Fridolin Kalt, Zurich
Carmelo Pesenti, Stettlen

United Arab Emirates:
Sugumar John Ratnam

United Kingdom:
Dave Andrews, London
Jamie Clark, West Sussex
Nina Conti
Rodney Davies, England
Roger De Courcey*
Colin Dymond, Gloucestershire
Max Fulham*, Surrey
Steve Hewlett*
Martin Newman, Berkshire
John Orr, Dumfries and Galloway
Alec Powell, West Bromwich
Kieran Powell, Gloucestershire
Peter Pullon
Owen Reid, Buckinghamshire
Paul Roach, Derbyshire
Bob Thomson, Kent
Neil Walker, Devon
Shane West, Coventry
Colin Spencer
Paul Zerdin

United States:
Alabama:
Mark McClintock
Darrell Osborn

Arkansas:
Danny Jones

Arizona:
Tamara Hamada
Dan Horn
Susan Johnson
Israel Juarez
Jeanne Missey Osgood
Aleida Quick
Wilma Schwartz*
Edward Siller

California:
Steve Axtell
Robert Bunton
Grant Carter
Jack Dill
Jeff Dunham
Charles Flanagan
Dirk Golden
Tommy Goodwin
Pesach Greenberg
Carol Greene
Andy Gross*
Gregory Hinman
Jay Johnson
Kevin Johnson
Mallory Lewis*
Ronn Lucas*
William Passmore
Dan Sachoff
David Strassman
Mark Truman
Justin Ver Burg*
Andrew Vondersaar

Colorado:
James Chaput
Meghan Casey
Joy Morrison
Andrew Mrkvicka
Liz VonSeggen

Connecticut:
Donald Beebe
Peter Dzubay
Joseph Lantiere

Florida:
Arthur Barrett
Tanya Belasky
Ronald Bohn
Michael Brown
Kevin Butler
Bob Carlson
Margaret Davis
Thomas Dahl
Warren Eck
Wayne Fitzpatrick
Miguel Fox*
Charley Mack
Jackie Manna*
John Morgan
Jimmy Nelson
Mike Palma
Charlie Tomlinson
Jimmy Vee
Mark Wade
Lee Wolfson
Donald Woodford

Georgia:
Steve Aldridge
Willie Brown*
Catherine Dee Holly
Keith Karnok
Scott Kays
Jeffrey Knight
Gary Koepke
William McCorkle
Mark Merchant
Virginia M Petersen
M. Towne
Cole Tucker

Iowa:
Dave Allen
Barb Gregersen
Richard Jenkins
Lisa Laird
Christopher Ortiz
Steven Parker
Timothy Silcott*

Idaho:
Micki Simpson

Illinois:
George Bellefeuille*
Janice Hartmann
Anthony Hughes
Robert Isaacson
Kevin Kelly
Charles Lyons
Anne Wilson

Indiana:
Fred L. Church
Tommy Conner
Lee Cornell
Christie Hazen
Heather Hazen
Barbara Kalvelage
John Lutton Sr
Jack Marshall
Sharon Poby Olson
David Pendleton
Kenneth Sherman

Kansas:
Bobby Franklin
Phil Grecian
Harris Deutsch*
Diana Rockwell

Kentucky:
Barbara Baxter
Lori Bruner
Tony Garcia
Lew M. Newton
Steven Todd

Louisiana:
Brian Cockerhm*
Andy Partington
Charles Pichoff

Maine:
Christopher Morin
Winfield Pipher

Massachusetts:
Lydia Beebe
Harold Crocker
Steven Devitt
Richard S. McKinney
Louis Toledo

Maryland:
Tom Crowl
Ronald Furlong
Gita Ladd
Matthew Miller
Al Moessinger
Val Smalkin*

Michigan:
Daniel Batten
Marshall Brown
David Fowler
Chris Johnson
Rick Morse
Ken Watts

Minnesota:
Janis Edwards
Beth Salo
Mike Stenberg

Mississippi:
John Lowe

Missouri:
Jim Barber
Paul Cotter
David L. Farris
Louis Grabow
Brenda Hahne
Evelyn Hickam
Angela Hollenberg
Sammy King
Bob May
Kerry Joe Miller
Michael Niehaus
Todd Oliver
Ronald Scherer
Jimmy Smith*
Esther Sweigart

Nebraska:
Jeffrey Buttars

New Hampshire:
Eleanor Horne

New Jersey:
Bob Conrad
Bonnie Corcia
Dr. Joan “Cookie” Jensen
Taylor Mason
John Pizzi*
Alan Semok
Michael J. Terletzky

New Mexico:
Kevin T Boekhoff*
Thomas Myers
Kent Shelton

New York:
Robert Baker
April Brucker*
Kenny Byrd
Wallace Campbell
Sylvia Fletcher* 
Robert McNeill
Pete Michaels
Pete Michaels Jr.
Steve Petra
John Piper
Carla Rhodes*
Jay Straus
Michael Terzella

Nevada:
Ed Cima
Terry Fator
Duane Echols
Joseph LaPenna
Keny Stewart

North Carolina:
George Boosey
Steve Brogan
Robert Cisneros
Jeff Duckworth
Theresa Gardner
Joseph Mazzola
Danny Reeves

Ohio:
Bob Abdou*
David Crone
Tom Farrell
Ken Groves
Tristan Hostetter
J Wayne Keyser
Gary Lare
Michael Miller
Michael Night
Daniel Robison
Donald Turner
David Weyrick

Oklahoma:
Darin (Doodles) Baughman
Gary Ray Howell
Del Wilson

Oregon:
Kenny Croes
Martin Sipes

Pennsylvania:
Matthew Bailey*
Ryan Bomgardner*
John Bobik
Del Burkholder
Wallace Cady
David Carruth
Christopher Donahoe
Dan Freed
Phil Hughes
Susan Klein
Douglas Morrison
Wesley Mullen
Patricia Nissel
Steven Pataky
Bob Rumba
Laverne Seibert
Dorothy Seitz
Jim Swogger
Ken Tucker
Bruce Weaver

South Carolina:
Conrad Hartz*
Phillip Jones
David M. McClurkin
Barbara A. Smith
James Williams

Tennessee:
Jim Bryson
Gene Cordova
Randall Ervin
Bob Hamill
Stephen Knowles*
Nancy Rosekrans
Kyle Scribner
Ronald Spears
Roy Stone
William D. Turner

Texas:
Jenna Caraway
Timothy Cowles*
L.A. Hudson
Meghan Miller*
David Pitts
Rodger Riggs
Thomas Rogers
Susan Wilhelmi
Thomas Rogers

Utah:
Bruce Chamberlain

Vermont:
Des LaFratta
Robert Lizzari, Jr.

Virginia:
John Byrd
Mariann Martin
Paul Shearer

Washington:
Jerry Breeden
Jerry Busselle
Vikki Gasko Green
Ryan Hellevang
Jay Hurwitz
Shawn Lock
Kenneth Lyon
Michael Stelzer
Barbara Watson

Wisconsin:
William Blagg Jr.
Gerald Carman
Bonnie Felten
Tansy Pocernich

West Virginia:
Michael Eakins
Sharyn Hicks

If you are looking for ventriloquists to hire for your next event, contact our office today.

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