Valentine Vox

Valentine Vox is an British born American ventriloquist and author known for his scholarly book on the history of ventriloquism I Can See Your Lips Moving, the history and art of ventriloquism which traces the practice back some three thousand years. As a ventriloquist Vox's career spanned over 50 years appearing in venues around the world in theatre, cabaret and on television. Besides English, he has performed his act in Japanese and German languages. The late Edgar Bergen once described Valentine as "A dishonest ventriloquist- because he doesn't move his lips"! In 1997 Vox became the director of the International Ventriloquist Association and organized annual conventions in Las Vegas from 1997 to 2003 where he brought together some of the world top ventriloquists which included Jeff Dunham, Nina Conte, Jay Johnson, Ronn Lucas, Mallory Lewis and the late Paul Winchell. He was also the editor of Distant Voices a quarterly magazine for ventriloquists (2003-2009).