Llewellyn Rees

Walter Llewellyn Rees (18 June 1901 – 7 January 1994) was an English actor.

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.

In The Dresser, Rees played an ageing 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. Secretary, Federation of Theatre Unions 1944–46; Governor, The 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

When he was 60 years old, Rees married actress Madeleine Newbury.

Death He died on 7 January 1994, at the age of 92.

Filmography