Hubert Rees

Born: 1928-04-27

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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The First Great Train Robbery

as Lewis
Released: 1978-12-14

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a...

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Defence of the Realm

as Club Waiter
Released: 1986-05-09

A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a...

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Sweeney 2

as Bank Manager
Released: 1978-03-30

The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely...

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Under Milk Wood

as Butcher Benyon
Released: 1972-01-27

The delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called...

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Agatha

as Official at Literary Luncheon
Released: 1979-02-09

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly...

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Unman, Wittering and Zigo

as Blisterine
Released: 1971-06-13

A new schoolteacher learns that the previous teacher was killed by his students, and he fears...

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Champions

as Bill
Released: 1984-04-20

The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National

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Doctor Who: The War Games

as Captain Ransom
Released: 1969-06-21

The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet. At first believing themselves in the...

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Darklands

as Bill Sawyer
Released: 1996-11-16

A reporter investigates ritual profanations and finds himself involved with a Druidic cult.

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Blue Blood

as Dr. Barratt
Released: 1974-11-01

A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on...

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Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

as John Stevensen
Released: 1976-01-31

When scientists in the Antarctic uncover a mysterious seed pod, the Doctor is called in to...

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Heartland

as Bank Manager
Released: 1989-02-21

This "Play on One" story depicts Jack and his farming family in West Wales. They have built up...

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Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep

as Chief Engineer
Released: 1968-04-20

When the TARDIS lands in the sea off the eastern coast of England, the Second Doctor, Jamie, and...

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Father's Day

as RAC Man
Released: 1979-03-10

Teenager Philip has a day out with his father, whom he has not seen since he was two years old....

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A Breed of Men

as uncredited
Released: 1971-06-08

The story was inspired by the stay-down strikers in the 1930s who refused to leave the mines for...

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Ice Age

as Pastor Holm
Released: 1978-05-17

' You should have thrown the hand-grenade.' ' I've still got it!' An unexpected stranger...

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Doctor Who

as John Stevenson
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Howards' Way

as Stephen Bittens
First aired: 1985-09-01

The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound...

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Bergerac

as George Barton
First aired: 1981-10-18

Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the...

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The Sweeney

as Reginald Dowland
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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Van der Valk

as Berger
First aired: 1972-09-13

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV...

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Jeeves and Wooster

as Sir Reginald
First aired: 1990-04-22

Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's...

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Public Eye

as George
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Public Eye

as Barman
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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The New Statesman

as Goronwy Hopkins
First aired: 1987-09-13

The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the...

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Enemy at the Door

as Chemist
First aired: 1978-01-28

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for...

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