Terry Hall (ventriloquist) "Crackerjack" and "3-2-1". From 1977 to 1980, Hall regularly appeared in the educational television programme "Reading With Lenny". He wrote the "Kevin the Kitten" series of children's reading books which accompanied the series. Hall married twice. He had two daughters from his first marriage. He married a second time in 1980, to dance teacher Denise Francis. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease in later life, and died in 2007 in Coventry aged 80. Dr Harry Brünjes, a long-standing family friend, gave the eulogy at the service. Terry Hall (ventriloquist) Terence "Terry" Hall (20 November 1926 – 3 April 2007) was an
Puppet on a Chain (film) money" and claimed in 2007 he was still getting royalties from it being shown on television. The "Monthly Film Bulletin" called it a "singularly unappetising piece of work." Puppet on a Chain (film) Puppet on a Chain is a 1971 British thriller film directed by Geoffrey Reeve and starring Sven-Bertil Taube, Barbara Parkins and Alexander Knox. It is based on the novel "Puppet on a Chain" by Alistair MacLean. The story was Maclean's 14th and the seventh film adaption of a Maclean novel. The film's signature boat chase (8 minutes of screen time) along the canals of Amsterdam reportedly inspired