Brian Charles Hall (20 November 1937 â€" 17 September 1997) was an
English actor. He is best remembered for his role as hotel chef Terry
Hugh in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers.Hall played many hard-boiled
tough guy Cockney roles: his role as the amiable chef Terry in Fawlty
Towers was a casting against type. He played leading roles in police
drama Softly, Softly: Taskforce (1971â€"72), crime drama McVicar
(1980), and sitcom You Must Be The Husband (1987). He also had several
guest-starring roles in The Professionals, The Long Good Friday, The
Bill, London's Burning, The Sweeney and Minder in Series 1 episode You
Gotta Have Friends. He also played the Dad in Billy Webb's Amazing
Story by Steve Attridge (1991 BBC)Hall became friends with John Cleese
when they appeared together in Fawlty Towers. Some years after the
series had finished, Cleese sent Hall a personally signed autographed
picture as a joke. Hall wrote back and demanded a "signed Rolls-Royce
car" instead. Three days later, one arrived by mail â€" a children's
toy.Hall died on 17 September 1997, aged 59, after a three-year battle
with cancer. John Cleese said "I am very upset. I was particularly
fond of Brian and had several conversations with him this year". "I
admire profoundly the way in which he dealt with his cancer. I do not
know where he found the strength." A year before his death, Hall told
the Mirror: "Cancer is a bully and I hate bullies. This old boy cancer
will get about as much change out of me as all the other bullies I've
met â€" nothing."
English actor. He is best remembered for his role as hotel chef Terry
Hugh in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers.Hall played many hard-boiled
tough guy Cockney roles: his role as the amiable chef Terry in Fawlty
Towers was a casting against type. He played leading roles in police
drama Softly, Softly: Taskforce (1971â€"72), crime drama McVicar
(1980), and sitcom You Must Be The Husband (1987). He also had several
guest-starring roles in The Professionals, The Long Good Friday, The
Bill, London's Burning, The Sweeney and Minder in Series 1 episode You
Gotta Have Friends. He also played the Dad in Billy Webb's Amazing
Story by Steve Attridge (1991 BBC)Hall became friends with John Cleese
when they appeared together in Fawlty Towers. Some years after the
series had finished, Cleese sent Hall a personally signed autographed
picture as a joke. Hall wrote back and demanded a "signed Rolls-Royce
car" instead. Three days later, one arrived by mail â€" a children's
toy.Hall died on 17 September 1997, aged 59, after a three-year battle
with cancer. John Cleese said "I am very upset. I was particularly
fond of Brian and had several conversations with him this year". "I
admire profoundly the way in which he dealt with his cancer. I do not
know where he found the strength." A year before his death, Hall told
the Mirror: "Cancer is a bully and I hate bullies. This old boy cancer
will get about as much change out of me as all the other bullies I've
met â€" nothing."
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