Huw Ceredig

Huw Ceredig (22 June 1942 – 16 August 2011), born Huw Ceredig Jones, was a Welsh television actor best known for playing Reg Harries in the Welsh soap opera, Pobol y Cwm.

Huw Ceredig was born in Brynamman, Carmarthenshire in 1942, the son of Reverend Gerallt Jones, and Elizabeth J. Griffiths, a Welsh teacher. Ceredig was educated at Llandovery College, where one of his teachers was the Welsh rugby player and coach Carwyn James, before going on to train as a teacher at Trinity College in Carmarthen. He was a member of the renowned Cilie family of poets, and was raised in Llanuwchllyn. Ceredig was the brother of Welsh politician Alun Ffred Jones, folk singer/politician Dafydd Iwan, and Arthur Morus.

Ceredig re-mortgaged his house to purchase instruments for the new Welsh band Edward H. Dafis and introduced them to the stage for the first time at the Welsh National Eisteddfod in Ruthin in 1973.

He played the part of Reg Harris on S4C's long-running soap opera, Pobol y Cwm, for 29 years, from 1974 to 2003. He also played the father of Rhys Ifans and Llŷr Ifans, "Fatty Lewis", in the film Twin Town. He also provided Welsh-language voices for Superted, and more recently, Meees.

Ceredig was married to Margaret, and they had two daughters. He died, following a long term illness, at Morriston Hospital, south Wales on 16 August 2011.Ioan Gruffudd, who played his son on Pobol y Cwm for ten years was one of those who paid tribute.

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