Terry Hall (ventriloquist) Terry Hall (ventriloquist) Terence "Terry" Hall (20 November 1926 – 3 April 2007) was an English ventriloquist. He appeared regularly on television with his puppet, Lenny the Lion, whose catchphrase was "Aw, don't embawass me!" Hall is credited with having been one of the first ventriloquists to use a non-human puppet. Hall was born in Chadderton, Lancashire, where his parents ran a working men's club. He was educated at St Patrick's School in Oldham and at De La Salle College in Pendleton, Salford. Hall initially worked as a ventriloquist with a boy dummy, named Mickey Finn, and won a talent
Kevin Johnson (ventriloquist) of Colorado, and performed his first "real" show with his grandfather. Nearly 10 years later, in 1991, Kevin was introduced to Matilda the Cockatoo. After adding Matilda to Clyde he performed as a trio. Johnson is married and lives in nearby Temecula with his wife Cherie and their five children. Including the fabulous Cameron Johnson. Kevin Johnson (ventriloquist) Kevin Johnson (born June 7, 1970) is a professional ventriloquist, comedian, and magician. Born in Colorado, Kevin has been a ventriloquist nearly all his life. Kevin started ventriloquism when he was 9 years old, after his parents gave him a pull-string dummy