Chris Hutchins Midgley) and "Putin A Biography". He returned to the British royal family in 2013 with "Harry The People’s Prince". As a publisher, Hutchins is responsible for "The Who Before The Who", the memoirs of the group’s original drummer, Doug Sandom. Chris Hutchins Chris Hutchins is a British author, journalist and former public relations practitioner. Christopher Neville Hutchins is the younger of two sons and one daughter of Edward Victor Hutchins (d. 1944) and Kathleen Ness. He was educated at Torquay Boys' Grammar School. In 1956, he began a fan club for ventriloquist Terry Hall and Lenny the Lion. Hutchins lost
Jerry Layne (ventriloquist) performing on cruise ships and other entertainment venues. He also became known as builder of ventriloquist dummies. Jerry Layne (ventriloquist) Jerry Layne (1938 - 2018) was the ventriloquist host of "Puppet People", a TV series produced from 1973 to 1975 at CFCF-TV in Montreal and telecast on most CTV television network stations. He worked with his "friends" Lester and Herbie, puppets created for the show. Layne grew up in Brooklyn, NY during a time when ventriloquist acts were popular entertainment in theaters and clubs. He became interested in ventriloquism as a child and by age 14 was a student of