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.
[1] Rees's early career in television series and shows in character and bit parts, often playing a police officer.
[7] 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.
[8] In 1983 Rees was back in another Sherlock Holmes series, this time as Doctor Watson in The Baker Street Boys.
[9] The 1980s saw Rees taking character roles in more popular television shows including Bergerac, Howards' Way and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.