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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. | '''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. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:46, 14 February 2023
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]
