Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 27, 1928
Died
Oct 20, 2009
Place of Birth
Abergavenny, Wales, UK
Credits
46 titles
Hubert Rees
Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Captain Ransom (archive footage)
Daylight Robbery
Judge
Darklands
Bill Sawyer
The Sherman Plays
Griff
Jeeves and Wooster
Sir Reginald
Chillers
Doctor
Heartland
Bank Manager
The Play on One
Bank Manager
The New Statesman
Goronwy Hopkins
Defence of the Realm
Club Waiter
Howards' Way
Stephen Bittens
Travelling Man
Geoff Watkins
The Glory Boys
Norah's Father
Cold Warrior
Spalding
Champions
Bill
The Baker Street Boys
Dr. Watson
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Inspector Lestrade
Bergerac
George Barton
Buccaneer
Captain Rees
Father's Day
RAC Man
Agatha
Official at Literary Luncheon
The First Great Train Robbery
Lewis
The Sandbaggers
Gordon Forsyth
Ice Age
Pastor Holm
Sweeney 2
Bank Manager
Hawkmoor
Traveller
Enemy at the Door
Chemist
The Sunday Drama
Wally
The Government Inspector
Mr. Lloyd
The Duchess of Duke Street
Court Clerk
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
John Stevensen
The Sweeney
Reginald Dowland
Blue Blood
Dr. Barratt
The Inheritors
Houghton
Dummy Run
Jack
Centre Play
Jack
Van der Valk
Berger
Under Milk Wood
Butcher Benyon
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Blisterine
A Breed of Men
Doctor Who: The War Games
Captain Ransom
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
Chief Engineer
Public Eye
George
Doctor Who
John Stevenson
Festival
Sinbad
Richard the Lionheart
Squire