Joe Berg

{{Short description|American professional magician}}

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| image = Joe Berg in his magic shop 1977.jpg

| caption = Joe Berg in his magic shop 1977

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| birth_date = 1903

| birth_place = Pinsk, Russian Empire

| death_date = 1984

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| occupation = Magician

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Joe Berg (1903–1984){{cite journal

| title = Joe Berg, 80, Magician and Writer

| journal = Chicago Tribune

| pages = 6

| date = February 27, 1984

}} was a professional magician and magic dealer who lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois and Hollywood, California.

{{cite journal

| title = Memoirs of a Magicians Ghost: The Autobiography of William Booth (Chapter 118)

| journal = The Linking Ring

| volume = 57

| issue = 4

| pages = 51–53, 56

| publisher = The International Brotherhood of Magicians

| date = April 1977

}}

Berg was born in Pinsk, Russian Empire (now Belarus) and immigrated to the United States with his parents in 1914.

He supplied magic effects and props to such noteworthy entertainers as Harry Houdini, Harry Blackstone Sr. and Howard Thurston

{{cite journal

| title = Magician Joe Berg dies

| journal = Deseret News

| pages = 2A

| date = February 26, 1984

}}

among others, and self-published books on magic.

His brother, Hy Berg (1908-1982), was also a magician.{{cite journal |last=Berg |first=Joe|date=May 1982 |title=Obituary: Hy Berg|journal=Genii |volume=46|issue=5 |page=324}}