who plays bilbo baggins
In the 1968 BBC Radio serialization of The Hobbit, Bilbo was played by Paul Daneman. Nicol Williamson portrayed Bilbo with a light West Country accent in the 1974 performance released on Argo Records. In the 1977 Rankin/Bass animated version of The Hobbit, Bilbo was voiced by Orson Bean.
'Hobbit' Star Martin Freeman: 'I'm Geek Royalty Now'. At the film's New York premiere, the English actor who plays Bilbo Baggins joked with THR about his cult fame.