ROGER REES MOVIE
Movie appearances included roles in Mel Brooks’ “Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” in which he played the Sheriff of Rottingham, and in Steve Martin’s “The Pink Panther” and Salma Hayek’s “Frida.
ROGER REES TV
Later TV roles included as wealthy Brit Robin Colcord in “Cheers,” and the British ambassador, Lord John Marbury, in “The West Wing.” Other TV performances included as Thomas Paine in TV miniseries “Liberty! The American Revolution,” and roles in two sci-fi series: “M.A.N.T.I.S.,” which was created by Sam Hamm and Sam Raimi, and “Warehouse 13.” Rees died at his home in New York City after a brief illness. Rees was nominated for an Emmy, and the production won the Emmy for outstanding limited series. Roger Rees, a Welsh-born actor known for roles on Broadway and television staples such as Cheers and the West Wing, died Friday night. He won an Olivier Award and a Tony for his performance, and reprised the part in a 1982 TV version, which was produced by Colin Callender. Roger Rees, the Welsh-born icon of the stage who gained fame for playing the title role in the original marathon Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Life. Rees took the lead role in “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby,” which played in London and on Broadway from 1980 to 1982. This acclaimed classical stage actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company possessed soulful deep-set eyes and sharp features that made him ideal for the title. Sad news: Roger Rees, who just a few months ago was the leading man in on Broadway, has passed away.Ī statement from Rees’ publicist, quoted by Heller, read: “Roger Rees, Tony Award-winning actor, passed away tonight at home, after a brief illness.” Like a number of British actors of the same generation (John Hurt and Alan Rickman, to name two), Roger Rees originally trained. The entire production is directed by Trevor Nunn and John Caird, assisted by Leon Rubin. The New York Times’ Scott Heller tweeted the news late Friday. 20 at Edison Theatre, Roger Rees, a 22-year veteran of television, movies and the Royal Shakespeare Company, comes to campus with 'What You Will,' a side-splitting one-man-show that combines the Bard's greatest soliloquies with colorful observations about the acting life and offbeat tales of theatrical disaster. The student winners of the Roger Rees Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress will advance to the National High School School Musical Theatre Awards, aka The. 'The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby' is an 8-1/2 hour theatrical event in two separate parts. “ Cheers” and “The West Wing” actor Roger Rees, who won a Tony for “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby,” died Friday in New York.
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