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
Jay Johnson (ventriloquist) named Stanley Jones, who was also a ventriloquist. He has also appeared as a celebrity guest on many game shows and hosted two series of his own, "So You Think You Got Troubles" (1983) and "Celebrity Charades" (1979). Jay's television roles also include a guest appearance in an episode of "Mrs. Columbo" where he played a ventriloquist who finds his dummy is acting independently of his will and kills the man who carved it. His post-"Soap" TV career included appearances on "The Love Boat", "Gimme a Break!", "Simon & Simon", "The Facts of Life", "Empty Nest" (reuniting him with his