Roger Rees, Actor Who Won Tony as Nicholas Nickleby, Dies at 71, Roger Rees, a Tony-winning character performing artist maybe best known for playing Kirstie Alley's affected British suitor on the sitcom "Cheers," kicked the bucket Friday in New York City. He was 71.
The Welsh-conceived on-screen character was a veteran of the London and New York arrange and had been co-featuring with Chita Rivera in the Kander and Ebb musical "The Visit" on Broadway until withdrawing in late May because of ailment.
Rees won the Tony for Best Actor in a Play in 1982 for the title part in the Royal Shakespeare Company's "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," a marathon eight-and-a-half-hour, two-section creation.
He likewise won an Olivier Award for the London creation in 1980, and later earned an Emmy selection for a TV miniseries adjustment of the same Charles Dickens story.
Notwithstanding his part on "Cheers," Rees assumed such parts as the British diplomat on "The West Wing," the Sheriff of Rottingham in Mel Brooks' "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" and King Pheron in "Scorpion King."
He is made due by his spouse, Rick Elice, a writer whose credits incorporate Jersey Boys and Peter and the Starcatcher, which Rees co-coordinated on Broadway.
The Welsh-conceived on-screen character was a veteran of the London and New York arrange and had been co-featuring with Chita Rivera in the Kander and Ebb musical "The Visit" on Broadway until withdrawing in late May because of ailment.
Rees won the Tony for Best Actor in a Play in 1982 for the title part in the Royal Shakespeare Company's "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," a marathon eight-and-a-half-hour, two-section creation.
He likewise won an Olivier Award for the London creation in 1980, and later earned an Emmy selection for a TV miniseries adjustment of the same Charles Dickens story.
Notwithstanding his part on "Cheers," Rees assumed such parts as the British diplomat on "The West Wing," the Sheriff of Rottingham in Mel Brooks' "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" and King Pheron in "Scorpion King."
He is made due by his spouse, Rick Elice, a writer whose credits incorporate Jersey Boys and Peter and the Starcatcher, which Rees co-coordinated on Broadway.
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