Leonard Insull (1883–1974) was Britain's leading ventriloquial figure maker of the twentieth century.[1] He created many hundreds of items for Lewis Davenport Ltd.

Born in Wolverhampton, Insull trained as a joiner before entering showbusiness as a magician, "Hinsle, the Comedy Illusionist". He worked with his son, also Leonard, to construct ventriloquist's dummies until his son's death in 1957.[2] His noted figures include Lord Charles for Ray Alan and Archie Andrews for Peter Brough.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Dummy Doctor". Archived from the original on 12 January 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "A Fine Quality Mid 20th Ventriloquist's Dummy Attributed to Leonard Insull", Doe & Hope
  3. ↑ Roy Hudd and Philip Hindin, Roy Hudd's cavalcade of variety acts: a who was who of light entertainment, 1945-60, p. 3


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