Otto Petersen
| Otto Petersen | |
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Petersen in 2006 during the Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus Comedy Tour | |
| Birth name | Otto Sol Petersen |
| Born | July 29, 1960 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | April 13, 2014 (aged 53) Keyport, New Jersey |
| Medium | Stand-up comedy Film Television |
| Years active | 1970s–2014 |
| Genres | Ventriloquism, observational comedy, black comedy, insult comedy, prop comedy |
Otto Sol Petersen (July 29, 1960 – April 13, 2014) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, and actor known for his act Otto and George, which he performed with his dummy George Dudley. Petersen began performing with George as a street act in Manhattan and Brooklyn in the early 1970s. In the late 1970s the act moved into night clubs and began to evolve into an "X-rated" act.