Hubert Rees

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).

Filmography

• 2024Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour — Captain Ransom (archive footage)
• Daylight Robbery — Judge
• 1996Darklands — Bill Sawyer
• The Sherman Plays — Griff
• Chillers — Doctor
• Jeeves and Wooster — Sir Reginald
• 1989Heartland — Bank Manager
• The Play on One — Bank Manager
• The New Statesman — Goronwy Hopkins
• 1986Defence of the Realm — Club Waiter
• Howards' Way — Stephen Bittens
• 1984Champions — Bill
• Cold Warrior — Spalding
• The Glory Boys — Norah's Father
• Travelling Man — Geoff Watkins
• The Baker Street Boys — Dr. Watson
• The Hound of the Baskervilles — Inspector Lestrade
• Bergerac — George Barton
• Buccaneer — Captain Rees
• 1979Agatha — Official at Literary Luncheon
• 1979Father's Day — RAC Man
• Enemy at the Door — Chemist
• Hawkmoor — Traveller
• 1978Ice Age — Pastor Holm
• 1978Sweeney 2 — Bank Manager
• 1978The First Great Train Robbery — Lewis
• The Sandbaggers — Gordon Forsyth
• The Sunday Drama — Wally
• 1976Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom — John Stevensen
• The Duchess of Duke Street — Court Clerk
• The Government Inspector — Mr. Lloyd
• The Sweeney — Reginald Dowland
• 1974Blue Blood — Dr. Barratt
• 1974Dummy Run — Jack
• The Inheritors — Houghton
• Centre Play — Jack
• 1972Under Milk Wood — Butcher Benyon
• Van der Valk — Berger
• 1971A Breed of Men
• 1971Unman, Wittering and Zigo — Blisterine
• 1969Doctor Who: The War Games — Captain Ransom
• 1968Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep — Chief Engineer
• Public Eye — George, Barman
• Doctor Who — John Stevenson
• Festival — Sinbad
• Richard the Lionheart — Squire