David Buck

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia David Buck October 17 1936January 27 1989 was an English actor His most famous role was in the 1978 animated The Lord of the Rings movie for which he provided the voice of Gimli However he had a memorable role as Royal Air Force Squadron Leader David Scotty Scott in the 1969 film Mosquito Squadron opposite David McCallum when his character was shot down during a lowlevel 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 of Up Pompeii and James Bond fame Description above from the Wikipedia article David Buck licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia