Ian Holm obit

‘Lord Of The Rings’ Star Ian Holm Dies At 88

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British actor Sir Ian Holm—best known for key roles in Lord of the Rings, Chariots of Fire and Alien—has died at the age of 88 after a long battle with Parkinson’s.

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The actor died “peacefully” in a London hospital from a Parikson’s-related illness, according to a Friday statement from his agent.

During his long and successful career, Holm proved his versatility in film, theater and TV, telling the Los Angeles Times in 2000 “I’m never the same twice.”

Over the course of 13 years, Holm portrayed the hobbit Bilbo Baggins in all four of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films.

Holm is also known for playing Ash in the 1979 science-fiction horror film Alien.

Other roles, like coach Sam Mussabini in 1981’s Chariots of Fire earned him critical acclaim, including an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor, a BAFTA Film Award for best-supporting artists and a Cannes Film Festival award.

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“He was a genius of stage and screen, winning multiple awards and loved by directors, audiences and his colleagues alike,” reads the statement from Holm’s representative. “His sparkling wit always accompanied a mischievous twinkle in his eye. Charming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely."

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Sir Ian Holm was born Ian Holm Cuthbert on September 12, 1931, in Goodmayes, England. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the young actor spent many years at the Royal Shakespeare Company before making his foray into television in the 1960s. Over the next few decades, Holm appeared in over a dozen films on the big screen, including Mary Queen of Scots (1971), Hamlet (1990), The Aviator (2004) and Ratatouille (2007). Holm was knighted for his achievements in 1989.

Filmography

Year       Title       Role       Notes

1968      The Bofors Gun Flynn     BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

The Fixer              Grubeshov         

A Midsummer Night's Dream      Puck/Robin Goodfellow               

1969      Oh! What a Lovely War President Raymond Poincaré     

1970      A Severed Head                Martin Lynch-Gibbon    

1971      Nicholas and Alexandra Commissar Vasily Yakovlev          

Mary, Queen of Scots     David Rizzio       

1972      Young Winston George E. Buckle             

1973      The Homecoming             Lenny   

1974      Napoleon and Love          Napoleon I          TV

Juggernaut          Nicholas Porter

1976      Robin and Marian            King John            

Shout at the Devil            Mohammed      

1977      The Man in the Iron Mask             Duval    

March or Die      El Krim

Jesus of Nazareth             Zerah    

1978      Les Misérables Thénardier         

Do You Remember?        Walter Street     TV

Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

The Lost Boys     J. M. Barrie         TV

Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance

Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Holocaust            Heinrich Himmler             TV

1979      All Quiet on the Western Front Himmelstoss      TV film

Alien      Ash         Physical likeness appears in 2014 video game Alien: Isolation

S.O.S. Titanic      J. Bruce Ismay   

1980      We, the Accused              Paul Pressett      TV

The Misanthrope             Alceste TV

1981      Chariots of Fire Sam Mussabini BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Cannes Film Festival Award Best Supporting Actor (Special Award)

Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Nominated — American Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor

Time Bandits      Napoleon           

1982      The Bell                Michael Meade                 TV

The Return of the Soldier              Doctor Anderson             

Inside the Third Reich     Joseph Goebbels             

1984      Laughterhouse Ben Singleton   

Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes          Capitain Philippe D'Arnot              Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Terror in the Aisles          Ash        

1985      The Browning Version    Andrew Crocker-Harris CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Theatrical or Dramatic Special

Dreamchild         Reverend Charles L. Dodgson/Lewis Carroll           Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor

Fantasporto's International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actor

Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

Wetherby            Stanley Pilborough          Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor

Nominated — National Society of Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actor (3rd place)

Brazil     Mr Kurtzmann   Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor

Nominated — National Society of Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actor (3rd place)

Dance with a Stranger    Desmond Cussen             Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor

Nominated — National Society of Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actor (3rd place)

Mr and Mrs Edgehill        Eustace Edgehill               

1986      Murder by the Book        Hercule Poirot   TV

1988      Game, Set and Match     Bernard Samson               TV

Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Another Woman               Ken Post              

1989      Henry V                Fluellen               

The Endless Game           Control TV

1990      Hamlet Polonius              

1991      Uncle Vanya       Astrov   BBC TV

Naked Lunch      Tom Frost           

Kafka     Doctor Murnau

1992      Blue Ice                Sir Hector           

The Borrowers Pod Clock            TV

1993      The Hour of the Pig         Albertus               Also known as The Advocate

The Return of the Borrowers       Pod Clock            TV

1994      Mary Shelley's Frankenstein        Baron Alphonse Frankenstein    

The Madness of King George       Dr. Francis Willis               Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1996      Big Night              Pascal   

Loch Ness            Water Bailiff      

1997      Night Falls on Manhattan              Liam Casey         

The Sweet Hereafter      Mitchell Stephens            Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

National Board of Review Award for Best Cast

Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

Nominated — National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor (3rd place)

Nominated — New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (2nd place)

Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor

The Fifth Element             Father Vito Cornelius     

A Life Less Ordinary         Naville

Incognito             John      

1998      Alice Through the Looking Glass                 White Knight     

King Lear              Lear       Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actor

Evening Standard Award for Best Actor

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor

Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

1999      Animal Farm       Squealer              Voice

Shergar                 Joseph Maguire               

eXistenZ               Kiri Vinokur        

Simon Magus     Sirius/Boris/The Devil    

Wisconsin Death Trip      Frank Cooper (voice)     

The Match           Big Tam               

2000      Joe Gould's Secret            Joe Gould           

The Miracle Maker          Pontius Pilate     Voice

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells           Patrick Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Esther Kahn        Nathan Quellen                

Beautiful Joe      George The Geek            

Bless the Child   Reverend Grissom          

2001      From Hell             Sir William Gull

The Emperor's New Clothes         Napoleon/Sergeant Eugene Lenormand

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring               Bilbo Baggins     Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast

Nominated — Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor

Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

2003      The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King       Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast

National Board of Review Award for Best Cast

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast

2004      The Day After Tomorrow              Professor Terry Rapson

Garden State      Gideon Largeman            

The Aviator         Professor Fitz     Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Monsters We Met            Narrator               TV documentary

The Last Dragon                Narrator               TV

2005      Strangers with Candy      Dr. Putney          

Chromophobia Edward Aylesbury           

Lord of War        Simeon Weisz   

The Adventures of Errol Flynn     Narrator               TV documentary

2005–2008          Horizon                Narrator               TV documentary

2006      Renaissance       Jonas Muller       Voice

O Jerusalem       Ben Gurion        

The Treatment Dr. Ernesto Morales       

2007      Ratatouille          Skinner                 Voice

Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production

2009      1066: The Battle for Middle Earth             Narrator               TV

2012      The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey       Older

Bilbo Baggins    

2014      The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies