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'''Leonard Insull''' (1883–1974) was [[w:United Kingdom|Britain's]] leading [[w:ventriloquism|ventriloquial figure]] maker of the twentieth century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alansemok.com/dummies/insull.html|title=insull|work=The Dummy Doctor|accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref> He created many hundreds of items for Lewis Davenport Ltd. | |||
Born in [[Wolverhampton]], Insull trained as a [[w:joiner|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.<ref>"[http://www.doeandhope.com/products/a-fine-quality-mid-20th-ventriloquists-dummy-attributed-to-leonard-insull-afl21 A Fine Quality Mid 20th Ventriloquist's Dummy Attributed to Leonard Insull]", ''Doe & Hope''</ref> His noted figures include [[Lord Charles]] for [[Ray Alan]] and [[Archie Andrews (puppet)|Archie Andrews]] for [[Peter Brough]].<ref>[[Roy Hudd]] and Philip Hindin, ''Roy Hudd's cavalcade of variety acts: a who was who of light entertainment, 1945-60'', p. 3</ref> | |||
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.<ref>"[http://www.doeandhope.com/products/a-fine-quality-mid-20th-ventriloquists-dummy-attributed-to-leonard-insull-afl21 A Fine Quality Mid 20th Ventriloquist's Dummy Attributed to Leonard Insull]", ''Doe & Hope''</ref> His noted figures include [[Lord Charles]] for [[Ray Alan]] and [[Archie Andrews (puppet)|Archie Andrews]] for [[Peter Brough]].<ref>[[Roy Hudd]] and Philip Hindin, ''Roy Hudd's cavalcade of variety acts: a who was who of light entertainment, 1945-60'', p. 3</ref> | |||
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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]
