the age of 72 on 13 August 2004 in Banbury, Oxfordshire following a short illness. Partial filmography Father Came Too! (1963) – Farmer The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) – Zoltan Hysteria (1965) – Marcus Allan The Skull (1965) – Travers The Blue Max (1966) – Corporal Rupp The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) – Cardigan's Valet Sam and the River (1975) – Smithy Lord of the Rings (1978) – Gollum / Smeagol (voice) The Mirror Crack'd (1980) – Scout Master To Catch a King (1984) – Elric Becker A Christmas Carol (1984) – Old Joe Eleni (1985) – Grandfather Inspector Morse (1987–1988, TV Series) – Dr. Max DeBryn Testimony (1988) – Alexander Glazunov Massacre Play (1989) – Straccalino Red Hot (1993) – Professor Lusis The Madness of King George (1994) – Clergyman The Animals of Farthing Wood (1994) Toad, The Great White Stag, Whistler (Audiotape only) England, My England (1995) – Kiffen Jane Eyre (1996) – Briggs The Odyssey (1997) – Mentor Merlin (1998) – Soothsayer The Strange Case of Delphina Potocka or The Mystery of Chopin (1999) – 3rd Official References External links Obituary in The Guardian Obituary in The New York Times 1931 births 2004 deaths Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male voice actors Male actors from York People educated at Archbishop Holgate's School Royal Navy sailors