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'''Roger Rees''' (5 May 1944 – 10 July 2015) was a Welsh actor and director. He won an [[Olivier Award]] and a [[Tony Award]] for his performance as the lead in ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]''. He also received [[Obie Award]]s for his role in ''The End of the Day'' and as co-director of ''[[Peter and the Starcatcher]]''. Rees was posthumously inducted into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]] in November 2015.


On television, he played [[Robin Colcord]] in ''[[Cheers]]'' and [[List of The West Wing characters#Foreign officials|Lord John Marbury]] in ''[[The West Wing]]''. He also appeared as the Sheriff of Rottingham in [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]''.
'''Roger Rees''' (born 5 May 1944) is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] actor. He is best known to American audiences for playing the character [[Robin Colcord]] on the American television sitcom show ''[[Cheers]]''. He won a [[Tony Award]] for his performance as the lead in ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]''.


== Biography ==
==Early life==
Rees was born in [[Aberystwyth]], [[Wales]], the son of Doris Louise ([[married and maiden names|née]] Smith), a shop clerk, and William John Rees, a police officer.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/71/Roger-Rees.html Roger Rees Biography (1944-)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He started his career with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] and attended the [[Slade School of Fine Arts]].<ref>[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800154405/bio Roger Rees Biography - Yahoo! Movies<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Rees created the title role in the original production of the play ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'', winning both an [[Olivier Award]] and a [[Tony Award]] for Best Actor in a Play in 1982 for it. He also starred in the original production of ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]'' by [[Tom Stoppard]] in [[London]] in 1984.
Rees was born in [[Aberystwyth]], Cardiganshire, [[Wales]], the son of Doris Louise (née Smith), a shop clerk, and William John Rees, a police officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/71/Roger-Rees.html|title=Roger Rees Biography (1944–)|work=filmreference.com}}</ref> He and his parents moved to [[Balham]], London, where he grew up. He studied art at the [[Camberwell College of Arts]] and the [[Slade School of Fine Art]], turning to acting when he was painting backdrops at the [[Wimbledon Theatre]] and was asked to fill a part in a play.<ref name=grdn1>{{cite news|last1=Khomami|first1=Nadia|title=Actor Roger Rees dies aged 71|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jul/11/actor-roger-rees-dies-aged-71|access-date=12 July 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 July 2015}}</ref>


==Career==
From 1988 to 1991 Rees starred in the "late 80's/early 90's" Yorkshire Television sitcom [[Singles (TV series)|Singles]] opposite actress and co-star [[Judy Loe]], Rees became an Welsh-American citizen in 1989, and in the 1990s, continued his work in the theatre, both as an actor and a director. He did some television work in the 1970s and began his film career in the 1980s. From 1989 to 1993, he appeared intermittently on the long-running American TV series ''[[Cheers]]'' as the dashing, feckless English tycoon [[Robin Colcord]]. During this time he appeared with [[Laurence Olivier]] in ''[[The Ebony Tower]]'' (1984). He then played an antagonist to a different Robin as the Sheriff of Rottingham, in [[Mel Brooks|Mel Brooks']] 1993 film, ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]''. Later television appearances include ''[[My So-Called Life]]'' as substitute teacher Mr Racine and British Ambassador [[Lord John Marbury]] on ''[[The West Wing (television)|The West Wing]]''. He was awarded an [[Obie Award|OBIE]] for his 1992 performance in the off-Broadway play ''The End of the Day'', and in 1995, he was nominated for a [[Tony Award]] for Best Actor in a Play for his role in ''[[Indiscretions]]''.
[[File:Roger Rees FSU.jpg|thumb|Rees at [[Florida State University]] in 1985]]
Rees continued his career with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800154405/bio Roger Rees profile], Yahoo! Movies; accessed 11 July 2015.</ref><ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> He played Malcolm in the acclaimed [[Trevor Nunn]] 1976 stage and 1978 television production of ''[[Macbeth]]''.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> Rees created the title role in the original production of ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'', [[David Edgar (playwright)|David Edgar]]'s stage adaptation of the [[Charles Dickens]] novel, winning a [[Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play]] in 1980 and a [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]] in 1982.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> A [[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982 film)|recorded version of the play]] also earned him an [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy]] nomination in 1983.<ref name = playbill/> He also starred in the original production of ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]'' by Tom Stoppard at the [[Novello Theatre|Strand Theatre]] in London in 1982.


Rees began to work in television during the 1980s, appearing opposite [[Laurence Olivier]] in ''[[The Ebony Tower]]'' (1984). That same year, Rees portrayed Fred Hollywell in ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'', which he also narrated, starring [[George C. Scott]] as [[Ebenezer Scrooge|Scrooge]]. In 1986, he played [[William Tyndale]] in ''God's Outlaw''. From 1988 to 1991 he starred in the British sitcom ''[[Singles (TV series)|Singles]]'', with co-star [[Judy Loe]]. From 1989 to 1993, he appeared intermittently on the long-running American television series ''[[Cheers]]'' as the English business tycoon [[Robin Colcord]], a love interest for [[Rebecca Howe]] ([[Kirstie Alley]]). He played [[British Ambassador to the United States|British Ambassador]] [[List of The West Wing characters#Foreign officials|Lord John Marbury]] in several episodes of ''[[The West Wing]]'' from 2000 to 2005.<ref name=grdn1 /> His later television appearances also include ''[[My So-Called Life]]'' as substitute teacher Mr. Racine, and James MacPherson on ''[[Warehouse 13]]''.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> His film career began in the 1980s. Rees played the Sheriff of Rottingham in the Mel Brooks movie ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'' (1993).<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> Rees' later film appearances include ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]'' (2002), ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]'' (2006), and ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]'' (2006).<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/>
In November 2004, Rees was named artistic director of the [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]] in [[Williamstown, Massachusetts]], only the fourth person to hold the post in its half century. He left the position October 2007.<ref>[http://www.iberkshires.com/story/24922/Rees-Leaving-Williamstown-Theatre-Festival.html iBerkshires.com article]</ref>


Continuing his work in the theatre through the 1990s, both as an actor and a director, Rees was awarded an [[Obie Award]] for his 1992 performance in the Off-Broadway play ''The End of the Day''. In 1995, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in ''Indiscretions''.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/><ref name=vault>[http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/4304/Indiscretions " ''Indiscretions'' Listing on Broadway"] playbillvault.com, accessed 24 May 2015</ref> He recorded many audiobooks, including ''Memnoch the Devil'' by Anne Rice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/gvpages/A2120.shtml|title=Roger Rees – Narrators – AudioFile Magazine|work=audiofilemagazine.com}}</ref>
He is set to replace [[Patrick Stewart]] as Vladimir in the revival of ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' after a sold out national tour and extended run in the West End, at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]] in early 2010 alongside [[Ian McKellen]], [[Ronald Pickup]] and [[Matthew Kelly]] (who replaces [[Simon Callow]] as Pozzo).


From November 2004 to October 2007, Rees was artistic director of the [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]], only the fourth person to hold the post in its half-century history.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015>{{cite news |date=11 July 2015 |title=Roger Rees, Tony Winner and Robin Colcord on 'Cheers,' Dies |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/roger-rees-tony-winner-and-robin-colcord-on-cheers-dies-1436651071 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |location=New York City |access-date=12 July 2015|quote=Roger Rees, the lanky Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director who made his mark onstage as Nicholas Nickleby and later played English multi-millionaire Robin Colcord on the TV show "Cheers," has died. He was 71.}}</ref><ref>[http://www.iberkshires.com/story/24922/Rees-Leaving-Williamstown-Theatre-Festival.html "Rees Leaving Williamstown Theatre Festival"] iberkshires.com</ref> He replaced [[Nathan Lane]] in the role of [[Gomez Addams]] in the Broadway musical adaptation of ''[[The Addams Family (musical)|The Addams Family]]'', on 22 March 2011 and remained until the end of the run on 31 December 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Roger_Rees_to_Replace_Nathan_Lane_in_THE_ADDAMS_FAMILY_32011_20101028|title=Roger Rees to Replace Nathan Lane in ''THE ADDAMS FAMILY''|author=BWW News Desk|work=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=12 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/Roger-Rees-Extends-THE-ADDAMS-FAMILY-Run-Through-Closing-on-December-31-20110919|title=Roger Rees Extends THE ADDAMS FAMILY Run Through Closing on December 31|publisher=Broadwayworld.com|date=19 September 2011|access-date=11 October 2012}}</ref>
==Work==

In 2012, Rees took his one-man Shakespeare show, ''What You Will'', to London's West End, playing a three-week engagement at the Apollo Theatre.

In 2013, Rees directed Crispin Whitell's play, ''The Primrose Path'', at the [[Guthrie Theater]] in Minneapolis.

In 2014, Rees directed ''Dog and Pony'', a musical written by Rick Elice and Michael Patrick Walker, which had its world premiere at the [[Old Globe Theatre]] in San Diego.

His last role was as Anton Schell in the musical version of ''[[The Visit (musical)|The Visit]]'', opposite [[Chita Rivera]], which opened on Broadway on 23 April 2015 and closed on 14 June 2015.<ref>Hetrick, Adam. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/a-musical-nearly-20-years-in-the-making-the-visit-starring-chita-rivera-arrives-on-broadway-at-long-last-345189 "A Musical Nearly 20 Years in the Making: 'The Visit', Starring Chita Rivera, Arrives On Broadway at Long Last"], playbill.com, 26 March 2015</ref> Rees left the production in May 2015 owing to his illness.<ref>[http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/roger-rees-miss-performances-the-visit_73024.html Roger Rees to miss performances of ''The Visit''], theatermania.com; accessed 12 July 2015.</ref>

Rees was to have directed a new musical written by Elice and Will Van Dyke, ''Magnificent Climb'', in the fall of 2016 at [[MCC Theater]] in New York City. He was also scheduled to perform his one-man Shakespeare show, ''What You Will'' in New York in the autumn of 2015, and had hoped to return to the Royal Shakespeare Company for a stint in ''Don Quixote'' in 2016. He was inducted into the exclusive entertainment fraternity, the [[Grand Order of Water Rats]], as a full member.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gowr.co.uk/all-water-rats/v/31|title=Biography of a Water Rat|publisher=GOWR.co.uk}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rees lived in the United States for more than 25 years<ref name=grdn1/> and became a naturalized American citizen in 1989.<ref name = playbill>{{cite magazine|last1=Simonson|first1=Robert|title=Roger Rees, Stage Actor Made Famous by Nicholas Nickleby, Dies at 71|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/roger-rees-stage-actor-made-famous-by-nicholas-nickleby-dies-at-71-351533|magazine=Playbill|access-date=12 July 2015|date=11 July 2015}}</ref> He [[Conversion to Judaism|converted]] to Judaism in the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/the_ticket/item/how_peter_and_the_starcatcher_took_flight|title=How 'Peter and the Starcatcher' took flight – The Ticket|work=Jewish Journal|date=26 November 2013}}</ref> Rees married his partner of 33 years, playwright [[Rick Elice]], in 2011, shortly after [[same-sex marriage in New York]] was legalised.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/07/19/roger-rees-ramps-up-what-you-will/|title=Roger Rees ramps up What You Will|work=theaterdogs.net|date=19 July 2008 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR2007032300513.html "Roger Rees Tests His 'Will' Shakespearean Roles Don't Define the Actor, but He's Clearly Bard-Wired"] by Peter Marks ''The Washington Post'' Sunday, 25 March 2007</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/talk/2012/06/04/120604ta_talk_schulman|title=Backstory|author=Michael Schulman|date=4 June 2012|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> Rees and Elice also collaborated professionally, including as co-playwrights of the comedic thriller ''Double Double''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/reviews/double-double-1200513993|title=Review: 'Double Double'|magazine=Variety|date=22 August 2006 |access-date=11 July 2015}}</ref> Elice co-wrote (with [[Marshall Brickman]]) the libretto for ''The Addams Family'' musical, the cast of which Rees had joined on 22 March 2011. In 2012, Elice and Rees received Tony Award nominations for Elice's stage adaptation and Rees' co-direction (with [[Alex Timbers]]), respectively, of ''[[Peter and the Starcatcher]]''.<ref name=APReesDeath07112015/> In October 2017, Elice wrote a memoir of his life with Rees, entitled ''Finding Roger: An Improbably Theatrical Love Story''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2017/09/28/the-broadway-love-story-of-two-kings-of-the-great-white-way/|title=The Broadway love story of two kings of the Great White Way|last=Riedel|first=Michael|date=28 September 2017|work=New York Post|access-date=2 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Illness and death===
After a diagnosis of [[brain cancer]] in October 2014, Rees focused his energy on his commitment to playing opposite [[Chita Rivera]] on Broadway in ''[[The Visit (musical)|The Visit]]'', the final musical written by [[John Kander]] and [[Fred Ebb]]. While undergoing two brain surgeries, two courses of [[radiation therapy|radiation]] and ongoing [[chemotherapy]], Rees managed to rehearse, preview and open in ''The Visit'' on 23 April 2015. By the middle of May, it had become too difficult for him to speak, and he left the show. Rees died at age 71 at his home in New York City on 10 July 2015. On Wednesday, 15 July 2015, the marquee lights at all the theatres on Broadway were dimmed in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Mike|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roger-rees-dead-life-adventures-808126|title=Roger Rees, Star of 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,' Dies at 71|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=10 July 2015|access-date =11 July 2015}}</ref> His ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean. Two months later, there was a memorial service for him at Broadway's [[New Amsterdam Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Roger-Rees-Memorial-Set-for-September-21-at-The-New-Amsterdam-Theatre-20150725|title=Roger Rees Memorial Set for September 21 at The New Amsterdam Theatre|author=BWW News Desk}}</ref> On 16 November 2015, Rees was inducted, posthumously, into the Broadway Theatre Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans|first=Andrew|url=https://playbill.com/article/9-inductees-including-julie-taymor-and-late-roger-rees-named-for-theater-hall-of-fame-com-363325|title=9 Inductees, Including Julie Taymor & Late Roger Rees, Named for Theater Hall of Fame|website=[[Playbill]]|date=21 September 2015|access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* ''[[Star 80]]'' (as Aram Nicholas), 1983
|-
* ''[[God's Outlaw: The Story of William Tyndale]]'' (as William Tyndale), 1986
!Year
* ''[[If Looks Could Kill (film)|If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent]]'' (as Augustus Steranko), 1991
!Title
* ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'' (as Sheriff of Rottingham), 1993
!Role
* ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (as Peter Quince), 1999
!Notes
* ''[[The Crossing]]'' (as [[Hugh Mercer]]), 2000
|-
* ''[[BlackMale]]'' (as Bill Fontaine), 2000
| 1983
* ''[[Frida]]'' (as [[Guillermo Kahlo]]), 2002
| ''[[Star 80]]''
* ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' (as King Pheron), 2002
| Aram Nicholas
* ''[[Going Under (2004 film)|Going Under]]'' (as Peter), 2004
|
* ''[[Crazy Like a Fox (2004 film)|Crazy Like a Fox]]'' (as Nat Banks), 2004
|-
* ''[[Game 6 (film)|Game 6]]'' (as Jack Haskins), 2005
| 1984
* ''[[Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties]]'' (as solicitor Mr. Hobbs), 2006
* ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]'' (as Larocque), 2006
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| Fred - Scrooge's nephew
* ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]'' (as Owens), 2006
|
* ''[[The Invasion (film)|The Invasion]]'' (as Yorish), 2007
|-
* ''[[Falling for Grace (film)|Falling for Grace]]'' (as Andrew Barrington, Sr.), 2007
| 1986
* ''[[Happy Tears (film)|Happy Tears]]'' (as antiques dealer), 2010
| ''[[God's Outlaw (1986 film)|God's Outlaw: The Story of William Tyndale]]''
* ''[[Return to Never Land]]'' as Edward, 2002
| William Tyndale
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[If Looks Could Kill (film)|If Looks Could Kill – Teen Agent]]''
| Augustus Steranko
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot]]''
| J. Parnell
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]''
| Sheriff of Rottingham
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| ''The Substance of Fire''
| Max
|
|-
| ''[[Sudden Manhattan]]''
| Murphy
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Trouble on the Corner]]''
| Mr. McMurtry
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Next Stop Wonderland]]''
| Ray Thornback
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
| Peter Quince
|
|-
| ''[[The Bumblebee Flies Anyway]]''
| Dr. Croft
|
|-
| 2000
| ''BlackMale''
| Bill Fontaine
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[3 A.M. (2001 film)|3 A.M.]]''
| Priest
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2002
| ''[[Return to Never Land]]''
| Edward (voice)
|
|-
| ''[[The Scorpion King]]''
| King Pheron
|
|-
| ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]''
| [[Guillermo Kahlo]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Emperor's Club]]''
| Mr. Castle
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2004
| ''The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea''
| Tulse Luper
|
|-
| ''The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish''
| Tulse Luper
|
|-
| ''[[Going Under (2004 film)|Going Under]]''
| Peter
|
|-
| ''[[Crazy Like a Fox (2004 film)|Crazy Like a Fox]]''
| Nat Banks
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2005
| ''[[Game 6]]''
| Jack Haskins
|
|-
| ''A Life in Suitcases''
| Tulse Luper
|
|-
| ''[[The New World (2005 film)|The New World]]''
| Virginia Company Representative
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2006
| ''[[The Pink Panther (2006 film)|The Pink Panther]]''
| Raymond Larocque
|
|-
| ''East Broadway''
| Andrew Barrington Sr.
|
|-
| ''[[The Treatment (2006 film)|The Treatment]]''
| Leighton Proctor
|
|-
| ''[[Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties]]''
| Mr. Hobbs
|
|-
| ''[[The Prestige (film)|The Prestige]]''
| Owens
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Invasion (film)|The Invasion]]''
| Yorish
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[The Narrows (film)|The Narrows]]''
| Professor Reyerson
|
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Happy Tears]]''
| Antiques Dealer
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| ''[[Almost Perfect (film)|Almost Perfect]]''
| Kai Lee
|
|-
| ''Portraits in Dramatic Time''
| Himself
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Affluenza (film)|Affluenza]]''
| Mr. Carson
|
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Survivor (film)|Survivor]]''
| Dr. Emil Balan
| Final film role
|}


===Television===
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' (as Fred Holywell/Narrator), 1984
|-
* ''[[Singles (TV series)|Singles]]'' (as Malcolm), 1988-1991
! Year
* ''[[Cheers]]'' (as Robin Colcord), 1989-1993
! Title
* ''[[M.A.N.T.I.S.]]'' (as Dr. John Stonebrake), 1994-1995
! Role
* ''[[My So-Called Life]]'' (in episode "The Substitute" as Vic Racine), 1994
! Notes
* ''[[Boston Common (TV series)|Boston Common]]'' (as Harrison Cross), 1997
|-
* ''[[Liberty! The American Revolution]]'' 1997
| 1975
* ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'' (in episode "Medium Rare" as Jack Aldridge), 2001
| ''The Place of Peace''
* ''[[Law & Order]]'' (in episode "Kid Pro Quo" as Wyatt Scofield), 2003
| Willy
* ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]'' (as [[Lord John Marbury]]), 2000-2005
| television movie
* ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (in episodes "Scars and Souvenirs", "My Favourite Mistakes" and "Time After Time" as Dr. Colin Marlow), 2007
|-
* ''Law and Order Criminal Intent''
| 1982
* ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' (as James MacPherson), 2009
| ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982 film)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]''
* ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' (as The Piper), 1997
| Nicholas Nickleby
| televised [[Royal Shakespeare Company|RSC]] production
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1984
| ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]''
| James Howgill
| episode "The Reconciliation"
|-
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| Fred Holywell / narrator
| television movie
|-
| 1988–1989
| ''[[Singles (TV series)|Singles]]''
| Malcolm
| 14 episodes
|-
| 1989–1993
| ''[[Cheers]]''
| Robin Colcord
| 17 episodes
|-
| 1990
| ''[[The Young Riders]]''
| Tyler Dewitt
| episode "Lady for a Night"
|-
| 1991–1993
| ''[[The Legend of Prince Valiant]]''
| Rathburn / Lord Theobine [voices]
| 3 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1992
| ''[[Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After]]''
| [[Prince Charles]]
| television movie
|-
| ''[[P.J. Sparkles]]''
| Betty [voice]
| television movie
|-
| 1993
| ''The Tower''
| Mr.&nbsp;Littlehill
| television movie
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Mighty Max (TV series)|Mighty Max]]''
| Additional voice [voice]
| episode "Around the World in Eighty Arms"
|-
| 1994–1995
| ''[[M.A.N.T.I.S.]]''
| Dr.&nbsp;John Stonebrake
| main cast, 22 episodes
|-
| 1994
| ''[[My So-Called Life]]''
| Vic Racine
| episode "The Substitute"
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1995
| ''The Possession of Michael&nbsp;D.''
| Robin Banks (hypnotist)
| television movie
|-
| ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''
| Prince Malcolm [voice]
| episodes "Long Way to Morning" and "Vows"
|-
| ''[[Phantom 2040]]''
| Ikon [voice]
| episode "The Sins of the Fathers: Part One"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Titanic (1996 miniseries)|Titanic]]''
| [[J. Bruce Ismay]]
| television miniseries
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1997
| ''[[Boston Common (TV series)|Boston Common]]''
| President Harrison Cross
| 8 episodes
|-
| ''[[Liberty! The American Revolution]]''
| [[Thomas Paine]]
| 5 episodes
|-
| ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]''
| The Piper (voice)
| episode "The Pied Piper of Manhattan"
|-
| ''Damian Cromwell's Postcards from America''
| Damian Cromwell
| <!-- Unknown episodes -->
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Double Platinum (film)|Double Platinum]]''
| Marc Reckler
| television movie
|-
| 2000
| ''[[The Crossing (2000 film)|The Crossing]]''
| [[Hugh Mercer]]
| television movie
|-
| 2000–2005
| ''[[The West Wing]]''
| Lord John Marbury
| 5 episodes, recurring cast
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]''
| Jack Eldridge
| episode "Medium Rare"
|-
| 2002
| ''[[The Education of Max Bickford]]''
| Dan Franklin
| episode "The Bad Girl"
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Law & Order]]''
| Headmaster Wyatt Scofield
| episode "Kid Pro Quo"
|-
| 2005–2006
| ''[[Related]]''
| Bob's Dad
| episodes "Have Yourself a Sorelli Little Christmas" and "Sisters are Forever"
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''
| Dr.&nbsp;Colin Marlow
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]''
| Duke DeGuerin
| episode "Alpha Dog"
|-
| 2009–2013
| ''[[Warehouse 13]]''
| James MacPherson
| 7 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010
| ''[[The Cleveland Show]]''
| (voice)
| episode "Brown History Month"
|-
| ''[[The Good Wife]]''
| Dr.&nbsp;Todd Grossman
| episode "Nine Hours"
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Submissions Only]]''
| Roger Rees
| episode "Y'all Were Great!"
|-
| 2012–2014
| ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]''
| Alistair Moore
| episodes "Flight Risk" and "No Lack of Void"
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]''
| Mr.&nbsp;Glover
| episode "The Smile"
|-
| 2013–2014
| ''It Could Be Worse''
| Roger Goldstein
| episodes "Stuck with Me" and "Uncharted Territory"
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Forever (2014 TV series)|Forever]]''
| Priest
| episode "Diamonds Are Forever"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[American Experience (season 27)|American Experience – The Pilgrims]]''
| [[William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor)|Governor Bradford]]
| episode "The Pilgrims"
|-
| 2016
| ''The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth.''
| Governor Bradford<ref>{{cite news |last=Rees |first=Jasper |date=27 November 2016 |title=''The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the myth'' was a rigorous historical account told with clarity |type=movie review |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/11/27/mayflower-review/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=29 November 2016 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/11/27/mayflower-review/ |archive-date=12 January 2022}} {{cbignore}}</ref>
| posthumous release
|}


===Theater===
===Theatre===
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* ''[[The Comedy of Errors (1976 musical)|The Comedy of Errors]]'' (as Antipholus of Syracuse), Stratford-on-Avon and London, 1976
* ''[[The Comedy of Errors (1976 musical)|The Comedy of Errors]]'' (as Antipholus of Syracuse), Stratford-on-Avon and London, 1976
* ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' (as Tusenbach) Stratford-upon-Avon London and tour, 1979<ref>{{cite book|last=Trowbridge|first=Simon|title=A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company|year=2010|publisher=Editions Simon Creed|location=Oxford, England|isbn=978-0-9559830-2-3|chapter=Roger Rees}}</ref>
* "The Suicide" by Nikolai Erdman (as Semyon Semyonovich). Royal Shakespeare Company. 1979.
* ''[[Cymbeline]]'' (as Posthumus), [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], Stratford-on-Avon 1979<ref>{{cite web|work=RSC Performance Database|url=http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Performance&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=((Title='Cymbeline')AND(UserInteger1='1979')AND(Venue='Stratford'))|title=Cymbeline|access-date=20 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708235844/http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Performance&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28%28Title%3D%27Cymbeline%27%29AND%28UserInteger1%3D%271979%27%29AND%28Venue%3D%27Stratford%27%29%29|archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[Cymbeline]]'' (as Posthumus), [[Royal National Theatre]], 1980
* ''[[Cymbeline]]'' (as Posthumus), [[Royal National Theatre]], 1980
* ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (as Nicholas Nickleby), [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], 1981-1982
* ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (as Nicholas Nickleby), [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
:*[[Aldwych Theatre]], London, June 1980 – June 1981<ref>{{cite web|work=RSC Database|url=http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Performance&dsqSearch=PerfCode=='NIC198006'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl|title=The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby|access-date=20 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708234248/http://calm.shakespeare.org.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Performance&dsqSearch=PerfCode%3D%3D%27NIC198006%27&dsqCmd=Show.tcl|archive-date=8 July 2012}}</ref>
:*[[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre|Plymouth Theatre]], Broadway, September 1981 – March 1982
* ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]'' (as Henry), London, 1982
* ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]'' (as Henry), London, 1982
* ''[[Hapgood (play)|Hapgood]]'' by Tom Stoppard as Kerner, London March 1988<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Edwards|first1=Christopher|title=Trick of the light|journal=[[The Spectator]]|date=19 March 1988|pages=43–44}}</ref>
* ''[[The End of the Day]]'' (as Graydon Massey), [[Playwrights Horizons]], [[off-Broadway]], 1992
* ''[[Indiscretions]]'' (as George), [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], 1995
* ''[[Hamlet]]'' as Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford upon Avon, 1984
* ''The End of the Day'' (as Graydon Massey), [[Playwrights Horizons]], [[off-Broadway]], 1992
* ''Indiscretions'' (as George), [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], Broadway, 1995
* ''[[A Man of No Importance, A New Musical|A Man of No Importance]]'' (as Alfie Byrne), [[Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater]], [[off-Broadway]], 2002
* ''[[A Man of No Importance, A New Musical|A Man of No Importance]]'' (as Alfie Byrne), [[Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater]], [[off-Broadway]], 2002
* ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' (as Vladimir), [[Haymarket Theatre]], London, 2010
* ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' (as Vladimir, replacing [[Patrick Stewart]]), [[Haymarket Theatre]], London, 2010
* ''Waiting for Godot'' (as Vladimir), [[His Majesty's Theatre, Perth]], 2010
* ''Waiting for Godot'' (as Vladimir), Her Majesty's Theatre, Adelaide, 2010
* ''Waiting for Godot'' (as Vladimir), [[Comedy Theatre, Melbourne]], 2010<ref>{{cite news|title=Sir Ian McKellen is mistaken for a tramp on a Melbourne bench between Waiting for Godot rehearsals|first=Alison|last=Barclay|work=Herald Sun|date=7 May 2010|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/sir-ian-mckellen-is-mistaken-for-a-tramp-on-a-melbourne-bench-between-waiting-for-godot-rehearsals/story-e6frf96f-1225863693015|access-date=17 May 2010|archive-date=14 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614151641/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/sir-ian-mckellen-is-mistaken-for-a-tramp-on-a-melbourne-bench-between-waiting-for-godot-rehearsals/story-e6frf96f-1225863693015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''[[The Addams Family (musical)|The Addams Family]]'' (as Gomez [Replaced Nathan Lane]), Broadway, 2011
* ''[[Peter and the Starcatcher]]'' (co-director with [[Alex Timbers]]), Broadway, 2012 (and then it moved to an Off-Broadway theatre in 2013)
* ''What You Will'' (Actor, Writer, Director) Apollo Theater, London 2012
* ''Herringbone'' (Director) 2012<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/herringbone-with-tony-winner-bd-wong-plays-nyc-may-21-22-performances-will--193760 |title=Herringbone, With Tony Winner BD Wong, Plays NYC May 21–22; Performances Will Be Recorded |author=Andrew Gans |date=21 May 2012 |publisher=PlayBill}}</ref>
* ''The Primrose Path'' (Director), [[Guthrie Theater]], 2013
* ''[[The Winslow Boy]]'' (as Arthur Winslow), [[American Airlines Theatre]], Broadway, 2013<ref>{{cite web|work=Roundabout Theatre|url=http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/The-Winslow-Boy.aspx?gclid=CP_okca1wbkCFc9i7AodymwA8w|title=The Winslow Boy|access-date=19 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609215341/http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/The-Winslow-Boy.aspx?gclid=CP_okca1wbkCFc9i7AodymwA8w|archive-date=9 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Dog and Pony'' (Director) [[Old Globe Theater]] 2014
* ''[[The Visit (musical)|The Visit]]'' (musical version; as Anton Schell), Broadway, 2015
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041109080522/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/89407.html Article on appointment to Williamstown Theater Festival]
*[http://www.americantheatrewing.org/downstagecenter/detail/roger_rees Roger Rees] - ''Downstage Center'' interview at [[American Theatre Wing|American Theatre Wing.org]]


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Roger Rees
Rees in 2004
Born(1944-05-05)5 May 1944
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales
Died10 July 2015(2015-07-10) (aged 71)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1967–2015
Spouse
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(m. 2011)​

Roger Rees (5 May 1944 – 10 July 2015) was a Welsh actor and director. He won an Olivier Award and a Tony Award for his performance as the lead in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. He also received Obie Awards for his role in The End of the Day and as co-director of Peter and the Starcatcher. Rees was posthumously inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in November 2015.

On television, he played Robin Colcord in Cheers and Lord John Marbury in The West Wing. He also appeared as the Sheriff of Rottingham in Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

Early life

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Rees was born in Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales, the son of Doris Louise (née Smith), a shop clerk, and William John Rees, a police officer.[1] He and his parents moved to Balham, London, where he grew up. He studied art at the Camberwell College of Arts and the Slade School of Fine Art, turning to acting when he was painting backdrops at the Wimbledon Theatre and was asked to fill a part in a play.[2]

Career

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Rees at Florida State University in 1985

Rees continued his career with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[3][4] He played Malcolm in the acclaimed Trevor Nunn 1976 stage and 1978 television production of Macbeth.[4] Rees created the title role in the original production of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, David Edgar's stage adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel, winning a Laurence Olivier Award for Actor of the Year in a New Play in 1980 and a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1982.[4] A recorded version of the play also earned him an Emmy nomination in 1983.[5] He also starred in the original production of The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard at the Strand Theatre in London in 1982.

Rees began to work in television during the 1980s, appearing opposite Laurence Olivier in The Ebony Tower (1984). That same year, Rees portrayed Fred Hollywell in A Christmas Carol, which he also narrated, starring George C. Scott as Scrooge. In 1986, he played William Tyndale in God's Outlaw. From 1988 to 1991 he starred in the British sitcom Singles, with co-star Judy Loe. From 1989 to 1993, he appeared intermittently on the long-running American television series Cheers as the English business tycoon Robin Colcord, a love interest for Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley). He played British Ambassador Lord John Marbury in several episodes of The West Wing from 2000 to 2005.[2] His later television appearances also include My So-Called Life as substitute teacher Mr. Racine, and James MacPherson on Warehouse 13.[4] His film career began in the 1980s. Rees played the Sheriff of Rottingham in the Mel Brooks movie Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993).[4] Rees' later film appearances include Frida (2002), The Prestige (2006), and The Pink Panther (2006).[4]

Continuing his work in the theatre through the 1990s, both as an actor and a director, Rees was awarded an Obie Award for his 1992 performance in the Off-Broadway play The End of the Day. In 1995, he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role in Indiscretions.[4][6] He recorded many audiobooks, including Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice.[7]

From November 2004 to October 2007, Rees was artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, only the fourth person to hold the post in its half-century history.[4][8] He replaced Nathan Lane in the role of Gomez Addams in the Broadway musical adaptation of The Addams Family, on 22 March 2011 and remained until the end of the run on 31 December 2011.[9][10]

In 2012, Rees took his one-man Shakespeare show, What You Will, to London's West End, playing a three-week engagement at the Apollo Theatre.

In 2013, Rees directed Crispin Whitell's play, The Primrose Path, at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.

In 2014, Rees directed Dog and Pony, a musical written by Rick Elice and Michael Patrick Walker, which had its world premiere at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego.

His last role was as Anton Schell in the musical version of The Visit, opposite Chita Rivera, which opened on Broadway on 23 April 2015 and closed on 14 June 2015.[11] Rees left the production in May 2015 owing to his illness.[12]

Rees was to have directed a new musical written by Elice and Will Van Dyke, Magnificent Climb, in the fall of 2016 at MCC Theater in New York City. He was also scheduled to perform his one-man Shakespeare show, What You Will in New York in the autumn of 2015, and had hoped to return to the Royal Shakespeare Company for a stint in Don Quixote in 2016. He was inducted into the exclusive entertainment fraternity, the Grand Order of Water Rats, as a full member.[13]

Personal life

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Rees lived in the United States for more than 25 years[2] and became a naturalized American citizen in 1989.[5] He converted to Judaism in the 1980s.[14] Rees married his partner of 33 years, playwright Rick Elice, in 2011, shortly after same-sex marriage in New York was legalised.[15][16][17] Rees and Elice also collaborated professionally, including as co-playwrights of the comedic thriller Double Double.[18] Elice co-wrote (with Marshall Brickman) the libretto for The Addams Family musical, the cast of which Rees had joined on 22 March 2011. In 2012, Elice and Rees received Tony Award nominations for Elice's stage adaptation and Rees' co-direction (with Alex Timbers), respectively, of Peter and the Starcatcher.[4] In October 2017, Elice wrote a memoir of his life with Rees, entitled Finding Roger: An Improbably Theatrical Love Story.[19]

Illness and death

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After a diagnosis of brain cancer in October 2014, Rees focused his energy on his commitment to playing opposite Chita Rivera on Broadway in The Visit, the final musical written by John Kander and Fred Ebb. While undergoing two brain surgeries, two courses of radiation and ongoing chemotherapy, Rees managed to rehearse, preview and open in The Visit on 23 April 2015. By the middle of May, it had become too difficult for him to speak, and he left the show. Rees died at age 71 at his home in New York City on 10 July 2015. On Wednesday, 15 July 2015, the marquee lights at all the theatres on Broadway were dimmed in his honour.[20] His ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean. Two months later, there was a memorial service for him at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre.[21] On 16 November 2015, Rees was inducted, posthumously, into the Broadway Theatre Hall of Fame.[22]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1983 Star 80 Aram Nicholas
1984 A Christmas Carol Fred - Scrooge's nephew
1986 God's Outlaw: The Story of William Tyndale William Tyndale
1991 If Looks Could Kill – Teen Agent Augustus Steranko
1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot J. Parnell
1993 Robin Hood: Men in Tights Sheriff of Rottingham
1996 The Substance of Fire Max
Sudden Manhattan Murphy
1997 Trouble on the Corner Mr. McMurtry
1998 Next Stop Wonderland Ray Thornback
1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream Peter Quince
The Bumblebee Flies Anyway Dr. Croft
2000 BlackMale Bill Fontaine
2001 3 A.M. Priest
2002 Return to Never Land Edward (voice)
The Scorpion King King Pheron
Frida Guillermo Kahlo
The Emperor's Club Mr. Castle
2004 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea Tulse Luper
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish Tulse Luper
Going Under Peter
Crazy Like a Fox Nat Banks
2005 Game 6 Jack Haskins
A Life in Suitcases Tulse Luper
The New World Virginia Company Representative Uncredited
2006 The Pink Panther Raymond Larocque
East Broadway Andrew Barrington Sr.
The Treatment Leighton Proctor
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Mr. Hobbs
The Prestige Owens
2007 The Invasion Yorish
2008 The Narrows Professor Reyerson
2010 Happy Tears Antiques Dealer
2011 Almost Perfect Kai Lee
Portraits in Dramatic Time Himself
2014 Affluenza Mr. Carson
2015 Survivor Dr. Emil Balan Final film role

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1975 The Place of Peace Willy television movie
1982 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Nicholas Nickleby televised RSC production
1984 Tales of the Unexpected James Howgill episode "The Reconciliation"
A Christmas Carol Fred Holywell / narrator television movie
1988–1989 Singles Malcolm 14 episodes
1989–1993 Cheers Robin Colcord 17 episodes
1990 The Young Riders Tyler Dewitt episode "Lady for a Night"
1991–1993 The Legend of Prince Valiant Rathburn / Lord Theobine [voices] 3 episodes
1992 Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After Prince Charles television movie
P.J. Sparkles Betty [voice] television movie
1993 The Tower Mr. Littlehill television movie
1994 Mighty Max Additional voice [voice] episode "Around the World in Eighty Arms"
1994–1995 M.A.N.T.I.S. Dr. John Stonebrake main cast, 22 episodes
1994 My So-Called Life Vic Racine episode "The Substitute"
1995 The Possession of Michael D. Robin Banks (hypnotist) television movie
Gargoyles Prince Malcolm [voice] episodes "Long Way to Morning" and "Vows"
Phantom 2040 Ikon [voice] episode "The Sins of the Fathers: Part One"
1996 Titanic J. Bruce Ismay television miniseries
1997 Boston Common President Harrison Cross 8 episodes
Liberty! The American Revolution Thomas Paine 5 episodes
Extreme Ghostbusters The Piper (voice) episode "The Pied Piper of Manhattan"
Damian Cromwell's Postcards from America Damian Cromwell
1999 Double Platinum Marc Reckler television movie
2000 The Crossing Hugh Mercer television movie
2000–2005 The West Wing Lord John Marbury 5 episodes, recurring cast
2001 Oz Jack Eldridge episode "Medium Rare"
2002 The Education of Max Bickford Dan Franklin episode "The Bad Girl"
2003 Law & Order Headmaster Wyatt Scofield episode "Kid Pro Quo"
2005–2006 Related Bob's Dad episodes "Have Yourself a Sorelli Little Christmas" and "Sisters are Forever"
2007 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Colin Marlow 3 episodes
2009 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Duke DeGuerin episode "Alpha Dog"
2009–2013 Warehouse 13 James MacPherson 7 episodes
2010 The Cleveland Show (voice) episode "Brown History Month"
The Good Wife Dr. Todd Grossman episode "Nine Hours"
2012 Submissions Only Roger Rees episode "Y'all Were Great!"
2012–2014 Elementary Alistair Moore episodes "Flight Risk" and "No Lack of Void"
2013 The Middle Mr. Glover episode "The Smile"
2013–2014 It Could Be Worse Roger Goldstein episodes "Stuck with Me" and "Uncharted Territory"
2014 Forever Priest episode "Diamonds Are Forever"
2015 American Experience – The Pilgrims Governor Bradford episode "The Pilgrims"
2016 The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the Myth. Governor Bradford[23] posthumous release

Theatre

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References

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  1. ^ "Roger Rees Biography (1944–)". filmreference.com.
  2. ^ a b c Khomami, Nadia (11 July 2015). "Actor Roger Rees dies aged 71". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. ^ Roger Rees profile, Yahoo! Movies; accessed 11 July 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Roger Rees, Tony Winner and Robin Colcord on 'Cheers,' Dies". Wall Street Journal. New York City. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015. Roger Rees, the lanky Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director who made his mark onstage as Nicholas Nickleby and later played English multi-millionaire Robin Colcord on the TV show "Cheers," has died. He was 71.
  5. ^ a b Simonson, Robert (11 July 2015). "Roger Rees, Stage Actor Made Famous by Nicholas Nickleby, Dies at 71". Playbill. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  6. ^ " Indiscretions Listing on Broadway" playbillvault.com, accessed 24 May 2015
  7. ^ "Roger Rees – Narrators – AudioFile Magazine". audiofilemagazine.com.
  8. ^ "Rees Leaving Williamstown Theatre Festival" iberkshires.com
  9. ^ BWW News Desk. "Roger Rees to Replace Nathan Lane in THE ADDAMS FAMILY". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Roger Rees Extends THE ADDAMS FAMILY Run Through Closing on December 31". Broadwayworld.com. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  11. ^ Hetrick, Adam. "A Musical Nearly 20 Years in the Making: 'The Visit', Starring Chita Rivera, Arrives On Broadway at Long Last", playbill.com, 26 March 2015
  12. ^ Roger Rees to miss performances of The Visit, theatermania.com; accessed 12 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Biography of a Water Rat". GOWR.co.uk.
  14. ^ "How 'Peter and the Starcatcher' took flight – The Ticket". Jewish Journal. 26 November 2013.
  15. ^ "Roger Rees ramps up What You Will". theaterdogs.net. 19 July 2008.
  16. ^ "Roger Rees Tests His 'Will' Shakespearean Roles Don't Define the Actor, but He's Clearly Bard-Wired" by Peter Marks The Washington Post Sunday, 25 March 2007
  17. ^ Michael Schulman (4 June 2012). "Backstory". The New Yorker.
  18. ^ "Review: 'Double Double'". Variety. 22 August 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  19. ^ Riedel, Michael (28 September 2017). "The Broadway love story of two kings of the Great White Way". New York Post. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  20. ^ Barnes, Mike (10 July 2015). "Roger Rees, Star of 'The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby,' Dies at 71". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  21. ^ BWW News Desk. "Roger Rees Memorial Set for September 21 at The New Amsterdam Theatre".
  22. ^ Gans, Andrew (21 September 2015). "9 Inductees, Including Julie Taymor & Late Roger Rees, Named for Theater Hall of Fame". Playbill. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  23. ^ Rees, Jasper (27 November 2016). "The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind the myth was a rigorous historical account told with clarity". The Telegraph (movie review). Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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  27. ^ Edwards, Christopher (19 March 1988). "Trick of the light". The Spectator: 43–44.
  28. ^ Barclay, Alison (7 May 2010). "Sir Ian McKellen is mistaken for a tramp on a Melbourne bench between Waiting for Godot rehearsals". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
  29. ^ Andrew Gans (21 May 2012). "Herringbone, With Tony Winner BD Wong, Plays NYC May 21–22; Performances Will Be Recorded". PlayBill.
  30. ^ "The Winslow Boy". Roundabout Theatre. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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