Brian Hall (actor) 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 - nothing." Brian Hall (actor) Brian Charles Hall (20 November 1937 – 17 September 1997) was an English actor. He played 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
Brian Hall (actor) Have Friends". 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 - 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