Dennis Spicer

Dennis Spicer (1936 - 1964) was a British ventriloquist who appeared on British television, and in variety in its twilight years, with his dummies: mainly James Green and Maxwell Monkey, but also Sexy Rexy The Wolf, Puppy Doll The Poodle, Rikki Tikki The Tiger, The Ugly Duckling and Russian bear. He was also well known in America, with five performances on The Ed Sullivan Show between 1962 and 1964. He appeared on the Royal Variety Performance on 2 November 1964 with a corgi as a dummy.

He died in car crash on the A1, near RAF Wittering, near Stamford, Lincolnshire on 15 November 1964.

References

• Ventriloguist Central
• imdb site
• Activ Coventry web-site

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Name	Spicer, Dennis
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Date of birth	1936
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Date of death	1964
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