Dennis Spicer

Who was Dennis Spicer?

Dennis Spicer 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 his TVR sports car on the A1, near RAF Wittering, near Stamford, Lincolnshire, on 16 November 1964.