Wayne Talbot.The 1933 film received no Academy Award nominations - a tremendous oversight, when it should have been nominated (at he least) for Best Picture (there were 10 nominees for the award presented in 1934).The male star was previously best known as one of the Sweathogs (Vinnie Barbarino) of the mid-1970s ABC-television sitcomWelcome Back, Kotter,and had also appeared in his first major film role in DePalma""s horror thrillerCarrie (1976).As the film began, Bilbo was celebrating his "eleventy-first" (111th) birthday.He bequeathed all his possessions (including the ring) to his nephew, adopted heir Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), while he told Frodo he was leaving to stay in Rivendell.Teasdale: Oh, your Excellency.We""ve been expecting you.As chairwoman of the reception committee, I extend the wishes of every man, woman, and child of Freedonia.