Ian Holm Moroccan in "March or Die". The following year he played J. M. Barrie in the award-winning BBC TV series "The Lost Boys", in which his son Barnaby played the young George Llewelyn Davies. In 1981, he played Frodo Baggins in BBC radio adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Holm's first film role to have a major impact was that of the treacherous android, Ash, in Ridley Scott's "Alien" (1979). His portrayal of Sam Mussabini in "Chariots of Fire" (1981), earned him a special award at the Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for Best
Holm of Scockness Holm of Scockness The Holm of Scockness is a small island in the Orkney Islands, between Rousay and Egilsay. It is currently used for grazing. Its name is Norse in origin and means "little island of the crooked headland". The bedrock is middle red sandstone like the neighbouring islands. It is similar to a map of India in shape, "pointing" southwards. It is in the north of Rousay Sound, and separated from Rousay itself by the Sound of Longstaing, and from Egilsay by Howie Sound. It is south west of Kili Holm and due north of Wyre's far east coast.