The Return of the King (1980) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr..

Cast

• Orson Bean as Frodo Baggins / Bilbo Baggins (voice)
• Roddy McDowall as Samwise Gamgee (voice)
• John Huston as Gandalf (voice)
• Theodore Gottlieb as Gollum (voice)
• Casey Kasem as Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck (voice)
• Sonny Melendrez as Peregrin 'Pippin' Took (voice)
• Theodore Bikel as Aragorn (voice)
• William Conrad as Lord Denethor (voice)
• Don Messick as King Theoden / Easterling / The Mouth of Sauron (voice)
• Paul Frees as Orc / Uruk-Hai / Capt. Shagrat / Lt. Snaga / Lord Elrond (voice)
• John Stephenson as Gondorian Guard / Dwimmerlaik - The Witch-King of Angmar (voice)
• Nellie Bellflower as Eowyn / Dernhelm (voice)
• Glenn Yarbrough as The Minstrel (voice)

Crew

• Jules Bass — Producer
• Jules Bass — Director
• Arthur Rankin Jr. — Director
• J. R. R. Tolkien — Novel
• Masaki Îzuka — Producer
• Maury Laws — Original Music Composer
• Romeo Muller — Writer

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