Bilbo Baggins Actor. The actor passed away on Friday morning. The actor, who cut his teeth in the theater, still did stagework occasionally.
Sir Ian Holm, an acclaimed British actor whose long career included roles in Chariots of Fire and The Lord of the Rings has died. Hope he saw the mountains again. The road goes ever on and on.
Ian Holm reprised his role as Bilbo Baggins for The Hobbit films.
Holm played Bilbo Baggins, the eccentric and rambunctious uncle of Frodo Baggins.
The versatile actor went from the RSC and Harold Pinter to international movie stardom with roles as the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and an android in Alien. Sir Ian Holm, an acclaimed British actor whose long career included roles in Chariots of Fire and The Lord of the Rings has died. Actor Sir Ian Holm poses for photographers upon arrival at the 'Tolkien' premiere in London, Monday British actor Ian Holm, best known for film roles in "Chariots of Fire" and "The Lord of the Rings," died. Bilbo Baggins, the protagonist of The Hobbit, is one of a race of creatures about half the size of humans, beardless and with hairy feet. Bilbo Baggins used to be a blithe hobbit leading a contented life in the peaceful land of the Shire until one day thirteen.