Hubert Rees
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-04-27
Day of Death
2009-10-20 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Abergavenny, Wales, UK
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).
Acting
(2024)
Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour
as Captain Ransom (archive footage)
(2022)
(1996)
Darklands
as Bill Sawyer
(1989)
Heartland
as Bank Manager
(1986)
Defence of the Realm
as Club Waiter
(1984)
Champions
as Bill
(1979)
Agatha
as Official at Literary Luncheon
(1979)
Father's Day
as RAC Man
(1978)
The First Great Train Robbery
as Lewis
(1978)
Sweeney 2
as Bank Manager
(1978)
Ice Age
as Pastor Holm
(1976)
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom
as John Stevensen
(1974)
Blue Blood
as Dr. Barratt
(1974)
Dummy Run
as Jack
(1972)
Under Milk Wood
as Butcher Benyon
(1971)
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
as Blisterine
(1971)
(1969)
Doctor Who: The War Games
as Captain Ransom
(1968)
Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep
as Chief Engineer