John Rees

John Rees

Born: March 6, 1927
Died: October 1, 1994
in Port Talbot, Wales - UK
John Rees was born on March 6, 1927 in Port Talbot, Wales as John Morgan Rees. He was an actor and composer, known for Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Eye of the Needle (1981) and Doctor Who (1963). He died in October 1994 in Spain.

Movies for John Rees...

Defence of the Realm
Title: Defence of the Realm
Character: Minister at Funeral
Released: September 6, 1986
Type: Movie
A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.
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Lorca and the Outlaws
Title: Lorca and the Outlaws
Character: Priest
Released: December 13, 1984
Type: Movie
Jowitt, a mercenary without recluse institutes a totalitarian regime in a small mining city of an arid planet, Ordessa, helped in that by androids incapable of any emotion. The young Lorca and his android professor, Kid, are both in this tended situation. To find the liberty, they must at any costs seize a spaceship, the "Red Star", but they quickly have to face an android killer...
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Eye of the Needle
Title: Eye of the Needle
Character: German Naval Operator
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: Movie
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
Title: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Character: Sergeant
Released: June 12, 1981
Type: Movie
When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
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Title: Tales of the Unexpected
Character: Clerk
Released: March 24, 1979
Type: TV
A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
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The Shout
Title: The Shout
Character: Inspector
Released: June 16, 1978
Type: Movie
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
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Title: Holocaust
Character: Colonel Arthur Nebe
Released: April 16, 1978
Type: TV
Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the storms of World War II and the horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious lawyer, undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.
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Title: Secret Army
Character: Coubet
Released: September 7, 1977
Type: TV
World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.
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All Creatures Great and Small
Title: All Creatures Great and Small
Character: Geoff Mallock
Released: July 27, 1975
Type: Movie
James Herriot is a vet in Yorkshire, England, during the 1940's. He is assigned to the practice of Siegfried Farnon, who—together with his mischievous brother Tristan—already have a successful business. James undergoes a variety of adventures during his work, which are just as often caused by the characters of the county, including the Farnon brothers, as the animals in his care.
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Visa für Ocantros
Title: Visa für Ocantros
Character: Branco
Released: December 25, 1974
Type: Movie
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Dummy Run
Title: Dummy Run
Character: Rsy
Released: January 18, 1974
Type: Movie
Some ex-rugby players gather at a stadium to reminisce.. They meet a TV commentator to rehearse the discussion of the scoring of "the most momentous try in rugby history." Discord follows, when a lone voice declares that the try was awarded in error.
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Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Title: Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Character: Hardy
Released: March 31, 1973
Type: Movie
In the 26th century, the Doctor and Jo uncover a plot by the Master to provoke an interplanetary war between Earth and Draconia.
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Title: Van der Valk
Character: Mulhauzen
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV network. It starred Barry Foster in the title role as Dutch detective Commissaris "Piet" van der Valk. Based on the characters and atmosphere of the novels of Nicolas Freeling, the first series was shown in 1972.
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Title: The Black Arrow
Character: Carter
Released: April 12, 1972
Type: TV
Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow tells the tale of Richard Shelton, a knight who avenges the death of his father during the War of the Roses. Richard is surrounded by enemies, some of whom he considers his most trusted companions.
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Title: The Black Arrow
Character: Gunn
Released: April 12, 1972
Type: TV
Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow tells the tale of Richard Shelton, a knight who avenges the death of his father during the War of the Roses. Richard is surrounded by enemies, some of whom he considers his most trusted companions.
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Under Milk Wood
Title: Under Milk Wood
Character: Jack Black
Released: January 27, 1972
Type: Movie
The delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called "Llareggub" in which we meet a host of curious characters (and ghosts) through the 'eyes' of Blind Captain Cat.
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The Go-Between
Title: The Go-Between
Character: Blunt
Released: June 16, 1971
Type: Movie
British teenager Leo Colston spends a summer in the countryside, where he develops a crush on the beautiful young aristocrat Marian. Eager to impress her, Leo becomes the "go-between" for Marian, delivering secret romantic letters to Ted Burgess, a handsome neighboring farmer.
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The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Title: The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Character: Gamekeeper
Released: January 21, 1970
Type: Movie
An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
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Title: The Prisoner
Character: Welsh Napoleon
Released: September 29, 1967
Type: TV
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
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The Quiller Memorandum
Title: The Quiller Memorandum
Character: Oktober's Man
Released: November 10, 1966
Type: Movie
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
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Ballade vom roten Mohn
Title: Ballade vom roten Mohn
Released: September 14, 1965
Type: Movie
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The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley
Title: The Life and Death of Lovely Karen Gilhooley
Character: Old Peasant
Released: November 17, 1964
Type: Movie
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Hardy
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Lucie und der Angler von Paris
Title: Lucie und der Angler von Paris
Released: April 12, 1963
Type: Movie
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Impact
Title: Impact
Character: Charlie Wright
Released: February 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Crime reporter Jack Moir is framed by crooked nightclub owner, 'The Duke'. In prison, Moir plans his revenge.
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A Prize of Arms
Title: A Prize of Arms
Character: Sgt. Jones
Released: December 11, 1962
Type: Movie
A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.
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Title: The Saint
Character: Gale
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Only Two Can Play
Title: Only Two Can Play
Character: Bus Conductor
Released: January 19, 1962
Type: Movie
John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.
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The Long and the Short and the Tall
Title: The Long and the Short and the Tall
Character: Pte. Evans
Released: February 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Based on a play by Willis Hall. A troop of British soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts. As they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a Japanese broadcast. They now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a Japanese camp! The tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted "non-hero" Private Bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially Corporal Johnstone (who holds an equal dislike for Bamforth). When a Japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner, the true colours of each man comes to the surface