Editing List of Dune characters (section)

=== Wellington Yueh ===
{{Infobox character
| name        = Dr. Wellington Yueh
| series      = [[Dune (franchise)|Dune]]
| creator     = [[Frank Herbert]]
| image       =
| caption     =
| occupation  = [[Suk School|Suk doctor]]
| spouse      = [[Wanna Marcus]]
| affiliation = [[Suk School]] <br> [[House Atreides]]
| portrayer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dean Stockwell]] ([[Dune (1984 film)|1984 film]])
* Robert Russell ([[Frank Herbert's Dune|2000 series]])
* [[Chang Chen]] ([[Dune (2021 film)|2021 film]])
}}
| first       = ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'' (1965)
}}

Dr. Wellington Yueh is a [[Suk doctor]] and the trusted personal physician of Duke Leto Atreides. In ''Dune'', Baron Vladimir Harkonnen is intent on the destruction of House Atreides, who have been lured to Arrakis on the pretense of taking over the valuable spice mining operation there. Though Suk Imperial Conditioning supposedly makes the subject incapable of inflicting harm, the Baron has taken Yueh's Bene Gesserit wife [[#Wanna|Wanna]] prisoner, threatening her with interminable torture unless Yueh complies with his demands. Aware of Yueh's conditioning and believing Wanna was killed by the Harkonnens, Leto's Mentat Thufir Hawat and concubine Lady Jessica are assured that the doctor is not a Harkonnen spy.
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 | image1 = Dean Stockwell 01 (6940352648).jpg
 | alt1 = Dean Stockwell
 | caption1 = [[Dean Stockwell]] portrays Yueh in the 1984 film.

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 | alt2 = Robert Russell
 | caption2 = Robert Russell portrays Yueh in the 2000 miniseries.

 | image3 = Chang Chen Cannes 2018.jpg
 | alt3 = Chang Chen
 | caption3 = [[Chang Chen]] portrays Yueh in the 2021 film.
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Yueh disables the protective shields around the Atreides palace on Arrakis, and the Harkonnen forces (secretly supplemented by the seemingly unstoppable Imperial Sardaukar warriors) attack. Yueh takes Leto prisoner, but desiring to slay the Baron in defiance of his conditioning, Yueh provides the captive Leto with a fake tooth filled with poisonous gas as a means to kill the Baron, though Leto would die as well. Upon delivering Leto, Yueh confirms his belief that Wanna is already dead, moments before the Baron's twisted Mentat [[Piter De Vries]] kills him. The Baron escapes the poison, which only kills Leto and De Vries. Leto's son Paul flees into the desert with Jessica, aided by survival kits left for them by a compassionate Yueh.

Yueh is portrayed by [[Dean Stockwell]] in the 1984 film,<ref name="dune maslin"/> and by Robert Russell in the 2000 miniseries.<ref name="TVG Dune">{{cite web |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/dune/cast/135847 |title=''Dune'': Cast & Details |year=2000 |work=[[TV Guide]] |access-date=December 9, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213095513/http://movies.tvguide.com/dune/cast/135847 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Chang Chen]] plays the character in the 2021 film.<ref name="gizmodo">{{Cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/a-guide-to-dune-s-gargantuan-cast-of-characters-1842923126|title=A Guide to ''Dune''{{'s}} Gargantuan Cast of Characters|first=Beth|last=Elderkin|website=[[Gizmodo]]|date=April 23, 2020|access-date=November 10, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110043046/https://gizmodo.com/a-guide-to-dune-s-gargantuan-cast-of-characters-1842923126|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/chang-chen-cast-legendarys-dune-movie-1195239 |title=Chang Chen Joining Denis Villeneuve's ''Dune'' |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Aaron |last=Couch |date=March 17, 2019 |access-date=March 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319123430/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/chang-chen-cast-legendarys-dune-movie-1195239|archive-date=March 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The character also appears in the ''Prelude to Dune'' prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, and is resurrected as a ghola in ''[[Hunters of Dune]]'' and ''Sandworms of Dune'', the Brian Herbert/Anderson sequels which conclude the original series. In ''Prelude to Dune'', a younger Baron Harkonnen consults with Yueh seeking a cure for the debilitating disease which is slowly but surely rendering him obese. Yueh is aware of no cure, but correctly suggests that the disease's source may be the Bene Gesserit. The early years of Yueh as the physician to House Atreides are also explored in the novels. In ''Hunters of Dune'', set 5,000 years after ''Dune'', Yueh is resurrected as a ghola to aid in the coming final battle with mankind's "great enemy." In ''Sandworms of Dune'', the finale of the original series, the young Yueh ghola is wracked by feelings of intense guilt over the actions of the "original" Yueh. Though he does not yet possess those memories, he fears that he will repeat those mistakes. A ghola's memories are restored by subjecting the ghola to an intense personal trauma, specific to each individual, so Yueh's great fear of having his memories restored becomes the trigger used by the Bene Gesserit to unlock them. Later, Yueh kills the gestating ghola of Leto, having been tricked into believing that it was De Vries, and ultimately also kills the ghola of the Baron Harkonnen. Eleven years later, Yueh lives on the original Atreides homeworld Caladan, helping the Jessica ghola restore it to its former glory.
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