Llewellyn Rees

Walter Llewellyn Rees (18 June 1901 – 7 January 1994)^[1] was an English actor.^[2]

His television roles included appearances on Doctor Who (in the serial The Deadly Assassin playing the assassinated Time Lord President), The Brothers, Inspector Morse, Doomwatch and Coronation Street.^[3][2] He appeared in a number of films such as The Dresser, Withnail and I, A Fish Called Wanda and Splitting Heirs.^[4] In The Dresser, Rees played an aging member of a British touring company. The play that the film was based on had its genesis in the touring company of actor/manager Sir Donald Wolfit, whom Rees had toured with in the 1940 and 1950s.^[5][1]

Rees was also active in the political end of the theatre serving as General Secretary, Actors' Equity Association 1940–46;^[6] Secretary, Federation of Theatre Unions 1944–46; Governor, Old Vic 1945–47; Drama Director, Arts Council of Great Britain 1947–49; Administrator, Old Vic 1949–51; Administrator, Arts Theatre 1951–52. He died on 7 January 1994, at the age of 92.^[2]

Partial filmography

• Private's Progress (1956) - 2nd Art Expert (uncredited)
• You Can't Escape (1956) - Coroner (uncredited)
• Brothers in Law (1955) - Farrant QC
• Cat & Mouse (1958) - Bank Manager (uncredited)
• The Navy Lark (1959) - Adm. Troutbridge
• Strictly Confidential (1959) - Mellinger
• The Price of Silence (1959) - H.G. Shipley
• The House in Marsh Road (1960) - P.J. Webster
• The Double (1963) - Bradshaw
• Salt and Pepper (1968) - 'Fake' Prime Minister
• Cromwell (1970) - The Speaker
• The Ruling Class (1972) - Lord
• Dead Cert (1974) - Chemist
• Carry On Emmannuelle (1978) - Lord Chief Justice
• The Mirror Crack'd (1980) - Villager at Film Screening (uncredited)
• The Return of the Soldier (1982) - Lord Lieutenant
• The Dresser (1983) - Horace Brown
• Another Country (1984) - Senior Chaplain
• Withnail and I (1987) - Tea Shop Proprietor
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988) - Sir John
• Splitting Heirs (1993) - Old Major

References

External links

Llewellyn Rees on IMDb