When was Robert Keith Inglis born and where did he live before moving to England?
Robert Keith Inglis entered the world on the 9th of March 1933 in Australia. He lived there until he moved to England in 1955.
Robert Keith Inglis entered the world on the 9th of March 1933 in Australia. He lived there until he moved to England in 1955.
Inglis created Voyage of the Endeavour in 1965 based on Captain James Cook's journal. He followed this with Canterbury Tales in 1968 which featured dramatised readings from Chaucer. His play Erf arrived in 1971 as a one-actor piece set in the twenty-first century.
Until Andy Serkis released a recording in 2020, Inglis' reading remained the only commercially available unabridged edition of The Hobbit. The Library of Congress produced three recordings of The Hobbit before his version existed.
Inglis spent six weeks recording Lord of the Rings in 1990 at the New York studio of Recorded Books. He prepared with guidance from acting colleges in dramatic societies to perfect character voices.
He played Ned Kelly in The Stringybark Massacre which aired in 1968. A role as Chief sub appeared in Play for Today during 1978 and 1979. Professor Doom featured in Wizbit in 1986 and Alan Clark appeared in Casualty in 2002.
Robert Keith Inglis died on the 23rd of May 2021 at age 88. As of 2012 he lived in Somers Town in central London.