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Hubert Rees

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81 Years Old

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).

Born

Abergavenny, Wales, UK on 27th April 1928

Died

20th October 2009

All Credits

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Doctor Who
John Stevenson
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The New Statesman
Goronwy Hopkins
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Bergerac
George Barton
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Public Eye
Barman
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Public Eye
George
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Van der Valk
Berger
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The Sweeney
Reginald Dowland
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Howards' Way
Stephen Bittens
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Enemy at the Door
Chemist
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Richard the Lionheart
Squire
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Jeeves and Wooster
Sir Reginald
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Festival
Sinbad
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Buccaneer
Captain Rees
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The First Great Train Robbery
Lewis
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Hawkmoor
Traveller
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Champions
Bill
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Agatha
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Defence of the Realm
Club Waiter
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Under Milk Wood
Butcher Benyon
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Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Blisterine
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Sweeney 2
Bank Manager
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Blue Blood
Dr. Barratt
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Darklands
Bill Sawyer
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Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
Chief Engineer
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Doctor Who: The War Games
Captain Ransom
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Heartland
Bank Manager
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Ice Age
Pastor Holm
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Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Captain Ransom (archive footage)
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Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
John Stevensen
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Father's Day
RAC Man
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Dummy Run
Jack
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A Breed of Men
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The Doctors: The Patrick Troughton Years Behind The Scenes Vol 2