Dan O'Bannon was a ventriloquist and doctor.
 However, other performers were beginning to incorporate dolls or puppets into their performance, notably the Irishman James Burne who "carries in his pocket, an ill-shaped doll, with a broad face, which he exhibits 
 Another ventriloquist act popular in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s was Seor Wences

