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RIP Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm)

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1point21gigawatts · 19/06/2020 15:40

So sad to read that Ian Holm who played Bilbo Baggins in Lord of the Rings has died.

I remember him as Pod in The Borrowers and then in the Fifth Element as the priest.

He was perfect as Bilbo.

RIP

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 19/06/2020 15:57

RIP and GNU, Ian.

PhilODox · 19/06/2020 16:04

He'll always be Frodo to me, not Bilbo.
The radio adaptation was pretty much perfection.

Xiaoxiong · 19/06/2020 16:06

I remember him as Napoleon in Time Bandits! "I want to see leetle theengs, heeting each ozzer!" Grin

But gosh, what a career - looking down his films on IMDB he seems hardly to ever have been in a dud, it's like a roll call of some of the best films since the late 1950s.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 19/06/2020 18:16

@PhilODox, yes! That Radio 4 adaptation was absolute perfection. Sad to hear that Ian Holm has died, but 88 is a great age to reach. I don't think I knew he was married to Penelope Wilton at one point.

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