Llewellyn Rees
{{Short description|English actor (1901–1994)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Llewellyn Rees
| image = Actor_Llewellyn_Rees.jpg
| caption = 1939 Spotlight photo by Pollard Crowther
| birth_name = Walter Llewellyn Rees
| birth_date = {{birth date|1901|6|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Charmouth, Dorset, England{{cite news |title=A life either side of the curtain |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35386205/llewellyn_rees/ |accessdate=29 August 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=13 January 1994 |location=London |page=38|via=Newspapers.com}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|1|7|1901|6|18|df=y}}
| death_place = Barnes, London, England
| occupation = actor
|alma_mater = Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
| spouse = Madeleine Newbury
}}
Walter Llewellyn Rees (18 June 1901 – 7 January 1994){{cite news|title=Obituary: Llewellyn Rees|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-llewellyn-rees-1405918.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=10 January 1994|accessdate=1 May 2010}} was an English actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba23b06c9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104093914/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba23b06c9|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2017|title=Llewellyn Rees|website=BFI}}{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/nrq/llewellyn-rees|title=Llewellyn Rees - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}
Career
His television roles included appearances on Doctor Who (in the serial The Deadly Assassin (1976) playing the assassinated Time Lord President), The Brothers, Inspector Morse, Doomwatch and Coronation Street.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b70d25aec|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104091950/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b70d25aec|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2017|title=The Deadly Assassin Episode 1 (1976)|website=BFI}} He appeared in a number of films such as The Dresser, Withnail and I, A Fish Called Wanda and Splitting Heirs.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/llewellyn-rees-p59326/filmography|title=Llewellyn Rees - Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}
In The Dresser, Rees played an aging member of a British touring company.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b693cb950|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006141859/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b693cb950|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2018|title=The Dresser (1983)|website=BFI}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-dresser-v14788|title=The Dresser (1983) - Peter Yates - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}} He played a guest role in ATV soap opera Crossroads in 1978 as Godfrey King.
Rees was also active in the political end of the theatre serving as General Secretary, Actors' Equity Association 1940–46;{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/llewellyn-rees-p59326|title=Llewellyn Rees - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos|website=AllMovie}} 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.
Personal life
Death
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Private's Progress | 2nd Art Expert | Uncredited |
| 1956 | You Can't Escape | Coroner | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Brothers in Law | Farrant QC | |
| 1958 | Cat & Mouse | Bank Manager | Uncredited |
| 1959 | The Navy Lark | Adm. Troutbridge | |
| 1959 | Strictly Confidential | Mellinger | |
| 1960 | The Price of Silence | H.G. Shipley | |
| 1960 | The House in Marsh Road | P.J. Webster | |
| 1963 | The Double | Bradshaw | |
| 1968 | Salt and Pepper | 'Fake' Prime Minister | |
| 1970 | Cromwell | The Speaker | |
| 1972 | |Crown Court | Doctor | |
| 1972 | The Ruling Class | Lord | |
| 1974 | Dead Cert | Chemist | |
| 1978 | Carry On Emmannuelle | Lord Chief Justice | |
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | Villager at Film Screening | Uncredited |
| 1982 | The Return of the Soldier | Lord Lieutenant | |
| 1983 | The Dresser | Horace Brown | |
| 1984 | Another Country | Senior Chaplain | |
| 1987 | Withnail and I | Tea Shop Proprietor | |
| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda | Sir John | |
| 1993 | Splitting Heirs | Old Major |
References
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External links
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Category:20th-century English male actors
Category:English male film actors
Category:English male stage actors
Category:English male television actors
Category:English people of Welsh descent
Category:General secretaries of Equity (British trade union)
Category:Male actors from Dorset
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