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).

Known For: Acting

Born: Abergavenny, Wales, UK, 1928-04-27

Died: 2009-10-20

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep	Chief Engineer	88
2	1969	Doctor Who: The War Games	Captain Ransom	96
3	1971	A Breed of Men		0
4	1971	Unman, Wittering and Zigo	Blisterine	67
5	1972	Under Milk Wood	Butcher Benyon	62
6	1974	Dummy Run	Jack	0
7	1974	Blue Blood	Dr. Barratt	43
8	1976	Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom	John Stevensen	85
9	1978	Sweeney 2	Bank Manager	65
10	1978	Ice Age	Pastor Holm	0
11	1978	The First Great Train Robbery	Lewis	67
12	1979	Agatha	Official at Literary Luncheon	62
13	1979	Father's Day	RAC Man	0
14	1984	Champions	Bill	68
15	1986	Defence of the Realm	Club Waiter	64
16	1989	Heartland	Bank Manager	60
17	1996	Darklands	Bill Sawyer	43
18	2022	The Doctors: The Patrick Troughton Years Behind The Scenes Vol 2		0
19	2024	Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour	Captain Ransom (archive footage)	58

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	Richard the Lionheart	Squire	0
2	1963	Festival	Sinbad	0
3	1963	Doctor Who	John Stevenson	79
4	1965	Public Eye	George	78
5	1965	Public Eye	Barman	78
6	1972	Van der Valk	Berger	58
7	1975	The Sweeney	Reginald Dowland	77
8	1978	Enemy at the Door	Chemist	78
9	1978	Hawkmoor	Traveller	0
10	1980	Buccaneer	Captain Rees	50
11	1981	Bergerac	George Barton	67
12	1985	Howards' Way	Stephen Bittens	56
13	1987	The New Statesman	Goronwy Hopkins	75
14	1990	Jeeves and Wooster	Sir Reginald	81

Hubert Rees

Film

Television