BBC Dramatization of LotR - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Elanor · 03-12-2001, 12:57 PM

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Re: BBC Dramatization of LotR

Hi Odysseus. As far as I remember (and on some of the tapes the cast list didn't record) the cast included:

Frodo - Ian Holm
Sam - Bill Nighy
Gandalf - Michael Hordern
Aragorn - Robert Stephens
Gollum - Peter Woodthorpe
John LeMesurier - Bilbo

I don't know the others I'm afraid. Robert Stephens did a lot of stage acting, especially Shakespearian and other classical stuff. He was in the Kenneth Branagh Henry V film, but I can't remember any other film work, though I suppose he did that too.

Ian Holm has done quite a few small parts in TV and films, and Michael Hordern used to play officer-type roles in old films - a very typical upper-class English gent role. John Le Mesurier was in Dad's Army on TV.

As for Peter Woodthorpe (I agree, he's fantastic as Gollum) I have never seen or heard of him in anything else, I wonder what happened to him...?

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Elanor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: my own corner of the Shire Posts: 316	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 5</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: BBC Dramatization of LotR Hi Odysseus. As far as I remember (and on some of the tapes the cast list didn't record) the cast included: Frodo - Ian Holm Sam - Bill Nighy Gandalf - Michael Hordern Aragorn - Robert Stephens Gollum - Peter Woodthorpe John LeMesurier - Bilbo I don't know the others I'm afraid. Robert Stephens did a lot of stage acting, especially Shakespearian and other classical stuff. He was in the Kenneth Branagh Henry V film, but I can't remember any other film work, though I suppose he did that too. Ian Holm has done quite a few small parts in TV and films, and Michael Hordern used to play officer-type roles in old films - a very typical upper-class English gent role. John Le Mesurier was in Dad's Army on TV. As for Peter Woodthorpe (I agree, he's fantastic as Gollum) I have never seen or heard of him in anything else, I wonder what happened to him...? </p> __________________ "When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading." Henny Youngman (1906 - )