Sir John Rhys, (1840 - 1915) was the first Professor of Welsh at Oxford University. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...
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" Sir John Rhys Papers (http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/cgi-bin/anw/fulldesc_nofr?inst_id=42&coll_id=10013&expand=)." Sir John Rhys Papers, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Archives - Network - Wales. Accessed on April 13, 2005.
Although he has dozens of films to his credit, Rhys-Davies is probably best known for his work in two blockbuster franchises: "Sallah" in the Indiana Jones films and "Gimli" in The Lord of the Rings films.
IMDb's entry on John Rhys-Davies has his entire filmography
John Rhys-Davies voices Treebeard in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films.
In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, John Westbrook provided the voice of Treebeard.
In Peter Jackson's films The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Treebeard is a combination of a large animatronic model and a CGI construct; his voice is performed by John Rhys-Davies, who also plays Gimli.
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