Ian Holm, the Oscar-nominated actor in 'Chariots of Fire' who played Bilbo Baggins in four films and went headless in 'Alien,' has died at the age of 88. Details:
in 2000, "and I'm not a movie star- type, so people don't demand that I'm always the same."
Ian Holm Cuthbert was born on Sept. 12, 1931, in Goodmayes, England. His Scottish parents worked in a psychiatric hospital; his mother was a nurse and his father a psychiatrist and early innovator in the technique of electroshock therapy., Holm said he spent a great deal of time around the asylum as a youngster., "but I do remember one who was called Mr. Anderson.
"My childhood there was a pretty idyllic existence. I wouldn't go so far as to say I was happy, but it passed without too much trauma." Holm studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, then spent more than a decade at the Royal Shakespeare Company starting in 1954. In a 1959 production of, Laurence Olivier cut his finger during a sword fight, and Holm wound up with a scar that he was quite proud of.
He made several appearances on British television in the early 1960s, including a stint as King Richard III in the BBC miniseriesIn London in 1965, Holm starred as Lenny, one of the sons of a retired butcher, in the first staging of Harold Pinter's eerie. He accompanied the play to Broadway two years later and won his Tony award, then reprised the role for the 1973 film adaptation.
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