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Hubert Rees (27 April 1928 – 20 October 2009) was a Welsh character actor, known for his supporting roles in British television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
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Hubert Rees (27 April 1928 – 20 October 2009) was a Welsh character actor, known for his supporting roles in British television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
Rees's early career in television series and shows in character and bit parts, often playing a police officer. In 1968 Rees made his first appearance in the popular long-running British television series Doctor Who. He played the part of Chief Engineer in all six parts of "Fury from the Deep". The next year he appeared in another episode of Doctor Who, playing the role of Captain Ransom in "The War Games". In 1971 he appeared in the film thriller Unman, Wittering and Zigo. This was followed in 1972 when he was part of the Welsh ensemble cast in the adaptation of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood; he played the part of Butcher Beynon.
Rees continued his career throughout the 1970s appearing in popular television programmes including Softly, Softly: Taskforce, The Sweeney, The Sandbaggers and Van der Valk. He also made his final appearance for Doctor Who when he appeared in "The Seeds of Doom" alongside Tom Baker. He was to appear with Baker again in 1982 when he took the part of Inspector Lestrade in the television mini-series of Sherlock Holmes classic The Hound of the Baskervilles. In 1983 Rees was back in another Sherlock Holmes series, this time as Doctor Watson in The Baker Street Boys. The 1980s saw Rees taking character roles in more popular television shows including Bergerac, Howards' Way and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Rees also appeared in Welsh films The Angry Earth (1989) and Darklands (1996).
Gender
Male
Birthday
April 27, 1928
Died
October 20, 2009
Birthplace
Abergavenny, Wales, UK
Defence of the Realm
1986
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
1968
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
1971
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
1976
Agatha
1979
Under Milk Wood
1972
Father's Day
1979
The First Great Train Robbery
1978
Heartland
1989
A Breed of Men
1971
Blue Blood
1974
Ice Age
1978
Champions
1984
Darklands
1996
Doctor Who: The War Games
1969
Sweeney 2
1978
Dummy Run
1974
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
2024
Doctor Who
1963
Bergerac
1981
The Sweeney
1975
Van der Valk
1972
Howards' Way
1985
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
Public Eye
1965
Public Eye
1965
The New Statesman
1987
Festival
1963
Richard the Lionheart
1962
Enemy at the Door
1978
Buccaneer
1980
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1982
The Sherman Plays
1993
Cold Warrior
1984
The Inheritors
1974
Hawkmoor
1978
The Government Inspector
1976