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Hubert Rees
Abergavenny, Wales, UK
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…
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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).
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2024
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Movie Captain Ransom (archive footage)
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1999
Daylight Robbery
TV show Judge
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1996
Darklands
Movie Bill Sawyer
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1993
The Sherman Plays
TV show Griff
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1990
Jeeves and Wooster
TV show Sir Reginald
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1990
Chillers
TV show Doctor
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1989
Heartland
Movie Bank Manager
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1988
The Play on One
TV show Bank Manager
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1987
The New Statesman
TV show Goronwy Hopkins
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1986
Defence of the Realm
Movie Club Waiter
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1985
Howards' Way
TV show Stephen Bittens
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1984
Travelling Man
TV show Geoff Watkins
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1984
The Glory Boys
TV show Norah's Father
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1984
Cold Warrior
TV show Spalding
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1984
Champions
Movie Bill
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1983
The Baker Street Boys
TV show Dr. Watson
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1982
The Hound of the Baskervilles
TV show Inspector Lestrade
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1981
Bergerac
TV show George Barton
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1980
Buccaneer
TV show Captain Rees
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1979
Father's Day
Movie RAC Man
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1979
Agatha
Movie Official at Literary Luncheon
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1978
The First Great Train Robbery
Movie Lewis
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1978
The Sandbaggers
TV show Gordon Forsyth
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1978
Ice Age
Movie Pastor Holm
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1978
Sweeney 2
Movie Bank Manager
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1978
Hawkmoor
TV show Traveller
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1978
Enemy at the Door
TV show Chemist
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1977
The Sunday Drama
TV show Wally
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1976
The Government Inspector
TV show Mr. Lloyd
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1976
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV show Court Clerk
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1976
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
Movie John Stevensen
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1975
The Sweeney
TV show Reginald Dowland
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1974
Blue Blood
Movie Dr. Barratt
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1974
The Inheritors
TV show Houghton
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1974
Dummy Run
Movie Jack
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1973
Centre Play
TV show Jack
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1972
Van der Valk
TV show Berger
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1972
Under Milk Wood
Movie Butcher Benyon
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1971
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Movie Blisterine
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1971
A Breed of Men
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