David Buck was an English actor. His most famous role was in the animated film The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 American fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It contains both animation and live action footage which is rotoscoped to give it a more consistent look throughout the length of the movie. It is an adaptation of the first half of the high fantasy...

(1978), for which he provided the voice of Gimli

Gimli (Middle-earth)

Gimli is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, featured in The Lord of the Rings. A Dwarf warrior, he is the son of Glóin ....

. He had a memorable role as Royal Air Force Squadron Leader David "Scotty" Scott in the film Mosquito Squadron

Mosquito Squadron

#Mosquito Squadron is a 1969 British war film made by Oakmont Productions, directed by Boris Sagal and starring David McCallum, with a memorable music score , which was composed and conducted by Frank Cordell.-Plot:During a Second World War Royal Air Force attack against German V-1...

(1969) opposite David McCallum

David McCallum

David Keith McCallum, Jr. is a Scottish actor and musician. He is best known for his roles as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., as interdimensional operative Steel in Sapphire & Steel, and Dr...

 when his character was shot down during a low-level bombing raid over northern France in 1944 and assumed killed.

Buck died of cancer in 1989. At the time of his death, he was married to the actress Madeline Smith

Madeline Smith

Madeline Smith is an English actress and comedienne. She was a model in the 1960s, and appeared in many comedy films Madeline Smith (born 2 August 1949 in Hartfield, Sussex) is an English actress and comedienne. She was a model in the 1960s, and appeared in many comedy films Madeline Smith (born 2...

of Up Pompeii and James Bond fame.

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