Hobbit actor Sir Ian Holm who was married four times leaves £200,000 to his family in his will

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Actor Sir Ian Holm, who played Bilbo Baggins in The Lord Of The Rings, left £202,820 to his family in his will.

The father-of-five died in hospital aged 88 last June after suffering an illness related to Parkinson’s disease.

Sir Ian, who was married four times, became a Bafta winner and Oscar nominee for his role as an athletics coach in the classic 1981 film Chariots Of Fire about two British runners in the 1924 Olympics.

He specified in his will that his fourth wife, Sophie, should inherit any interest he had in his home in Kensington, West London.

Actor Sir Ian Holm (pictured), who played Bilbo Baggins in The Lord Of The Rings, died in hospital aged 88 last June after suffering an illness related to Parkinson’s disease

It is believed that the value of the property did not feature in his UK estate.

An acclaimed member of the Royal Shakespeare Company before giving up his stage career in 1976, he then enjoyed a prolific film career.

Sir Ian (pictured in 2005), who was married four times, became a Bafta winner and Oscar nominee for his role as an athletics coach in the classic 1981 film Chariots Of Fire about two British runners in the 1924 Olympics

Essex-born Sir Ian appeared in Ridley Scott’s Alien in 1979 and won a Bafta nomination for his 1994 role as George III’s physician in The Madness Of King George.

Knighted in 1998 for services to drama, he was best known as elderly hobbit Bilbo in The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit film series.

He also voiced Chef Skinner in the 2007 animated film Ratatouille, and appeared in The Day After Tomorrow, Garden State and The Aviator.

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