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. He appeared in a number of films such as The Dresser, Withnail and I, A Fish Called Wanda and Splitting Heirs.
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. 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; 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 Year Title Role Notes1956 Private's Progress 2nd Art Expert Uncredited1956 You Can't Escape Coroner Uncredited1957 Brothers in Law Farrant QC 1958 Cat & Mouse Bank Manager Uncredited1959 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 1972Crown 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 Uncredited1982 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
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