RIP Sir Ian Holm, Aka Ash, Bilbo and Himmelstoss

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Sir Ian Holm passes away age 88

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jun/19/ian-holm-dies-alien-chariots-of-fire-bilbo-baggins

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I liked him in Kenneth Branaugh’s Henry V.

Part comic relief, part conscience of the king, councilor, advisor, view of the audience … he carried all these roles with poise and style.

A great loss, he leaves a towering body of work behind.

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he off to be with the elves in the grey havens.

a great actor an will be sadly missed.

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wow … I never realised he was Ash too …
Now I can’t unsee Bilbo the Droid in Alien 😀

I think I’ve seen Chariots of Fire too

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He also was Napoleon in Time Bandits (amongst a great number of other roles.)

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Cant remember the character he played in 5th element but was a great performance

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He played the old priest that had the key @torros in 5th element.

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For me he’ll always be Frodo in the Radio 4 13 hour version of The Lord of the Rings. It’s amusing that he got to play Bilbo (a role previously played by John Le Mesurier on the radio). Remembering how tired and weary Frodo was at the end of the epic, having him come back to play the tired old Bilbo almost felt as if things had come full circle. It was a perfect casting decision.

It’s also amazing how many people didn’t recognise Ian McKellen’s performance for the blatant sir Michael Hordern impression that it was throughout the entire trilogy incluidng mr McKellen himself who claims he heard some recordings of Tolkien reading out sections of the book and doing all the voices and yet, if that was the case, how come he was parroting the late great sir Hordern’s performance almost syllable for syllable? In many ways I’m glad that he did. I wouldn’t have it any other way, but he does seem to be awfully confused about it.

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I just may have to seek out a digital copy of that ‘Radio 4 13 hour version of The Lord of the Rings’.

 

I will miss Sir Ian Holm. 

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