Frodo Baggins a family of toy koala owned by Tolkien's children), son of Bilbo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck. In the fourth draft, he was renamed Bingo Bolger-Baggins, son of Rollo Bolger and Primula Brandybuck. Tolkien did not change the name to Frodo until the third phase of writing, when much of the narrative, as far as the hobbits' arrival in Rivendell, had already taken shape. Prior to this, the name "Frodo" had been used for the character who eventually became Peregrin Took. Frodo is introduced in "The Fellowship of the Ring" as the adoptive heir of Bilbo Baggins. The chapter "A Long-expected
Frodo Baggins in Sindarin (another of Tolkien's invented languages) appears to have been "Iorhael", which is derived from "ior" meaning "old" and "hael" meaning "wise". In "The Return of the King" he is also referred to by the name "Daur", a Sindarin word meaning "noble" (or perhaps "Wise by experience," if it means the same as "Frodo" does.) In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of "The Lord of the Rings", Frodo was voiced by Christopher Guard. In the 1980 Rankin/Bass animated version of "The Return of the King", made for television, the character was voiced by Orson Bean, who had previously played