Bilbo Baggins had played Frodo in the BBC radio series 20 years earlier. The movies omit the 17-year gap between Bilbo's 111th birthday and Frodo's departure from the Shire, as a result Bilbo mentions in Rivendell that he was unable to revisit the Lonely Mountain before his retirement. In Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" film series, a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings", the young Bilbo is portrayed by Martin Freeman while Ian Holm reprises his role as an older Bilbo in "" (2012) and "" (2014). The International Astronomical Union names all colles (small hills) on Saturn's moon Titan after characters
Malcolm Dixon (actor) 30 films, including: His main leading role in theater was as Bilbo Baggins in an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" at the Fortune Theatre in London, England from 1986 to 1989. From 2000 to the present, he is a regular in panto productions of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". His other theater roles include: Malcolm Dixon (actor) Malcolm Dixon (born 1953) is an English-born actor best known as Strutter in the 1981 movie "Time Bandits". He has had many roles that take advantage of his 4'1" size, such as Ewoks and dwarfs. Before becoming an actor, Dixon worked