David "Dave" Strassman (born September 6, 1957) is an American ventriloquist, stand-up comedian, actor, voice artist, and comedian.
 He is best known for his ventriloquism act with Chuck Wood and Ted E. Bare.
Vince Dantona (April 2, 1949 – February 27, 2012) was an American ventriloquist.
Jeffrey "Jeff" Dunham (born April 18, 1962) is an American ventriloquist and comedian who has also appeared on numerous television shows, including "Late Show with David Letterman", "Comedy Central Presents", "The Tonight Show" and "Sonny With a Chance".
 He has six specials that run on Comedy Central: "", "", "Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special", "", "", and "".
 Dunham also starred in "The Jeff Dunham Show", a series on the network in 2009.
Willie Tyler (born September 8, 1940) is an American ventriloquist, comedian and actor.
 Most of the time, he is credited as Willie Tyler and Lester or Willie Tyler & Lester.
 He has appeared in many television commercials, sitcoms, and movies.
 He got his first big break in 1972 on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In".
Valentine Vox (born Jack Riley; February 20, 1939) is a 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.
Sonia Phyllis Hurwitz (January 17, 1933 – August 2, 1998), better known as Shari Lewis, was an American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's entertainer and television show host.
 She was best known as the original puppeteer of sock puppet Lamb Chop, first appearing on "Hi Mom", a local morning television show that aired on WRCA-TV (now WNBC-TV) in New York City.
The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature is a 2017 3D computer-animated comedy film directed by Cal Brunker and written by Brunker, Bob Barlen and Scott Bindley.
 A sequel to "The Nut Job" (2014), it stars the voices of Will Arnett, Maya Rudolph, Jackie Chan, Katherine Heigl, Bobby Moynihan, Bobby Cannavale, Isabela Moner, Jeff Dunham, and Gabriel Iglesias.
 Produced by Gulfstream Pictures, Redrover International and ToonBox Entertainment, the film was released theatrically on August 11, 2017, by Open Road Films.
Paul Winchell (born Paul Wilchinsky; December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005) was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s.
 From 1950 to 1954, he hosted "The Paul Winchell Show", which also used two other titles during its prime time run on NBC, "The Speidel Show", and "What's My Name?
".
 From 1965–1968, Winchell hosted the children's television series, "Winchell-Mahoney Time".
Robert Tinkler is a Canadian actor from Winnipeg, Canada who is best known for his voice-over work in cartoons such as "", "The Nut Job" and Gingka Hagane, the main protagonist in "Beyblade Metal Fusion".
 Aged 22 at the time, Tinkler's first major role was his voice role as Crimson Rubeus in the anime series "Sailor Moon" English dub, and he also gained further attention for voicing Delete in the children's animated series "Cyberchase", as well as Brooklyn Masefield in "Beyblade G Revolution".
William Scott McCord (born April 19, 1971) is a Canadian actor, voice actor, musician, and composer currently based in Brooklyn.
 A versatile performer, he has appeared in the films "16 Blocks", "Shoot 'Em Up", and the animated feature "The Nut Job".
 On television, he is best known for his voice over work in popular animated series.
 He plays Dan Kuso in "Bakugan Battle Brawlers", Tetsuya Watarigani in "Beyblade Metal Fusion", Owen and Trent in Fresh Animation's "Total Drama" series, Skull Boy in "Ruby Gloom", McGee in "Camp Lakebottom", and Jake in the animated TVOKids/Nickelodeon television series, "PAW Patrol".
 He is also Co-Artistic Director of Toronto-based Criminal Theatre, along with playwright and actor Rosa Laborde.
 In 2016, he won the Canada Screens Award for Best Performance in an Animated Series for his role as Squidgy on Guru's Justin Time.
 In 2002 he was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award with Best Performance by a Male in Independent Theatre for his performance in Jacob Richmond's The Qualities of Zero.
 He has released two albums, the solo effort Blues For Sunshine (2009) and Scott McCord and the Bonafide Truth (2012).
 The latter is also the name of the soul/jazz/blues/rock eight piece band that was created for touring the first album.
 Scott McCord and the Bonafide Truth were nominated for Best Artist of the Year at the 2010 Maple Blues Awards.

Question: What year was the American ventriloquist who's voice was featured in The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature born?
Answer: 1962