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Hubert Rees

1928-04-27 – 2009-10-20 (age 81) Abergavenny, Wales, UK
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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

The First Great Train Robbery
Heartland
Heartland

1989

as Bank Manager

Under Milk Wood
Under Milk Wood

1972

as Butcher Benyon

Champions
Champions

1984

as Bill

Defence of the Realm
Defence of the Realm

1986

as Club Waiter

Agatha
Agatha

1979

as Official at Literary Luncheon

Darklands
Darklands

1996

as Bill Sawyer

Sweeney 2
Sweeney 2

1978

as Bank Manager

Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Unman, Wittering and Zigo

1971

as Blisterine

Blue Blood
Blue Blood

1974

as Dr. Barratt

Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour

2024

as Captain Ransom (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

1976

as John Stevensen

Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep

1968

as Chief Engineer

Father's Day
Father's Day

1979

as RAC Man

Doctor Who: The War Games
Doctor Who: The War Games

1969

as Captain Ransom

Ice Age
Ice Age

1978

as Pastor Holm

A Breed of Men
Dummy Run
Dummy Run

1974

as Jack