Leonard Insull

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]