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Llewellyn Rees (18 June 1901 - 7 January 1994) was an English actor.
Television Roles include: Doctor Who (in the serial The Deadly Assassin 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 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.
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, Old Vic 1945-47; Drama Director, Arts Council of Great Britain 1947-49; Administrator, Old Vic 1949-51; Administrator, Arts Theatre 1951-52.
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Birth name Walter Llewellyn Rees
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 june 1901 at Charmouth (United-kingdom)
Death 7 january 1994 (at 92 years)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 june 1901 at Charmouth (United-kingdom)
Death 7 january 1994 (at 92 years)
Llewellyn Rees (18 June 1901 - 7 January 1994) was an English actor.
Television Roles include: Doctor Who (in the serial The Deadly Assassin 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 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.
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, Old Vic 1945-47; Drama Director, Arts Council of Great Britain 1947-49; Administrator, Old Vic 1949-51; Administrator, Arts Theatre 1951-52.
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A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
, 1h48Directed by John Cleese, Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un poisson, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson
Roles Sir John
Rating74%
London-based gangster George Thomason and his right-hand man, Ken Pile, an animal lover with a bad stutter, plan a jewel heist. They bring in two Americans to help: con artist Wanda Gershwitz and "weapons man" Otto West, a loud-mouthed Anglophobe who fancies himself an intellectual and hates being (correctly) called stupid. Wanda and Otto are lovers, but they hide this from George and Ken, pretending to be brother and sister, so Wanda can work her charms on them. The robbery goes well, and the thieves get away with a large sum in diamonds. However, they are briefly spotted during their getaway by Mrs. Coady, an elderly lady walking her three dogs. The group then hide the loot in a safe in an old workshop. Soon after, Wanda and Otto betray George to the police and he is arrested. They return to collect the loot, with Wanda planning to double-cross Otto as well, only to find that George has moved it. Wanda decides to seduce George's barrister, Archie Leach, so that he can persuade George to plead guilty and give up the location of the diamonds. Unhappily married, Leach is brow-beaten by his vindictive wife, Wendy, and spoiled daughter, Portia, and he quickly comes under the spell of Wanda's charms.
Withnail & I (1987)
, 1h43Directed by Bruce Robinson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Black comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick, Daragh O'Malley
Rating74%
The film depicts the lives and misadventures of two "resting" (struggling and unemployed) young actor friends in late-1969 London. They are the flamboyant alcoholic Withnail and "I" (named "Marwood" in the published screenplay but not in the credits) as his more level-headed, anxiety-prone, and ennui-crippled friend and the film's narrator. Withnail is filled with indignation over life’s injustices, despite his privileged background. He rages against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune all the more because he blames others for the adverse consequences of his exuberant arrogance, flagrant narcissism and habitual lying, alcoholism, and drug use. Withnail sets the tone for the friendship, with Marwood going along with whatever Withnail wants to do. They live in a filthy Georgian flat in Camden Town. While they wait for a part, daily life revolves around getting coins to use in the meters that provide gas or electricity, going to collect benefits, and waiting for the pubs to open so they can drink and be somewhere with heating. Their only other company at the flat besides each other is the local drug dealer, Danny; a somewhat distasteful man with far out, often bizarre viewpoints on the current state of affairs and a knack for irritating Withnail.
The Dresser (1983)
, 1h58Directed by Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Michael Gough, Edward Fox, John Sharp
Roles Horace Brown
Rating74%
The Dresser opens with a performance of King Lear at a regional theatre in England during the last days of World War II. In the title role is an ageing, once-famous Shakespearean actor identified to us only as "Sir" (Albert Finney). He is of the old, bombastic school of British acting, full of grand gestures and fine oratory. As the curtain comes down on the last act, and as the actors line up for their curtain call, Sir lectures them on the mistakes they've made during the performance, showing us that he is the leader of this travelling band of actors bringing Shakespeare to the provinces during wartime.
Carry On Emmannuelle (1978)
, 1h28Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Kenneth Connor, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Jack Douglas, Peter Butterworth, Beryl Reid
Roles Lord Chief Justice
Rating32%
Emmannuelle Prevert (Suzanne Danielle) relieves the boredom of a flight on Concorde by seducing timid Theodore Valentine (Larry Dann). She returns home to London to surprise her husband, the French Ambassador, Emile Prevert (Kenneth Williams) but first surprises the butler, Lyons (Jack Douglas). He removes her coat only to find she has left her dress on the 'plane! The chauffeur, Leyland (Kenneth Connor), housekeeper, Mrs Dangle (Joan Sims) and aged boot-boy, Richmond (Peter Butterworth) sense saucy times ahead ... and they are right! Emile is dedicated to his bodybuilding, leaving a sexually frustrated Emmannuelle to find pleasure with everyone from the Lord Chief Justice (Llewellyn Rees) to chat show host, Harold Hump (Henry McGee). Theodore is spurned by Emmannuelle, who has genuinely forgotten their airborne encounter and despite reassurances from his mother (Beryl Reid), Theodore exacts revenge by revealing Emmannuelle's antics to the Press. However, after a visit to her doctor (Albert Moses), she discovers she is pregnant and decides to settle down to a faithful marriage with Emile ... and dozens of children.
Cromwell (1970)
, 2h19Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Richard Harris, Alec Guinness, Robert Morley, Nigel Stock, Geoffrey Keen, Dorothy Tutin
Rating69%
Oliver Cromwell is a devout Puritan, a country squire, magistrate and former member of Parliament. King Charles I's policies, including the enclosing of common land for the use of wealthy landowners and the introduction of "Popish" and "Romish" rituals into the Church of England have become increasingly grating to many, including Cromwell. In fact Charles regards himself as a devout Anglican, permitting his French Queen to practise Roman Catholicism in private but forbidding her to bring up the young Prince of Wales in that faith. Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World, but, on the eve of their departure, he is persuaded by his friends to stay and resume a role in politics.
Salt & Pepper (1968)
, 1h42Directed by Richard Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Michael Bates, Calvin Lockhart, Ilona Rodgers, John Le Mesurier
Roles 'Fake' Prime Minister
Rating51%
Chris Pepper (Lawford) and Charlie Salt (Davis) own a nightclub in Swinging London, operating under the suspicious eye of the intrepid Inspector Crabbe.
The House in Marsh Road (1960)
, 1h10Directed by Montgomery Tully
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Tony Wright, Patricia Dainton, Sandra Dorne, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Samuel John Kydd, Llewellyn Rees
Roles Webster
Rating59%
A spirit haunts a house on a lonely country road.
The Navy Lark (1959)
, 1h18Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Cecil Parker, Ronald Shiner, Leslie Phillips, Nicholas Phipps, Cardew Robinson, Gordon Jackson
Roles Admiral Troutbridge
Rating60%
The Price of Silence (1959)
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Gordon Jackson, June Thorburn, Terence Alexander, Mary Clare, Victor Brooks, Olive Sloane
Roles H.G. Shipley
Rating62%
Roger Fenton a été libéré de prison et regardé fixement pour construire une nouvelle vie. Mais son passé le rattrape lorsqu'un visiteur âgée est assassiné dans son bureau.
Strictly Confidential (1959)
Directed by Charles Saunders
Genres Comedy
Actors Richard Murdoch, Bruce Seton, Llewellyn Rees, William Hartnell
Roles Mellinger
Rating51%