Robert Inglis (born in 1933) is an actor, writer, journalist, critic
and producer who has primarily worked in Australia and England. He is
the narrator of the unabridged audiobook editions of J. R. R.
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.Inglis was born in
Australia but has lived and worked in England for many years. As of
2012, he lives in Somers Town, a district in central London.His plays
include Voyage of the Endeavour (1965), based on the journal of
Captain James Cook; Canterbury Tales (1968), dramatised readings from
Chaucer; Erf (1971), a one-actor play about the twenty-first century;
A Rum Do (1970), a musical based on the governorship of Lachlan
Macquarie; and Men Who Shaped Australia, for Better or for Worse
(1968), a one-actor play dealing with significant historical figures.
His more recent works include a play about Lisa Pontecorvo, the
daughter of geneticist Guido Pontecorvo, it played in small theatres
and community centres around England in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, he was
awarded a £16,000 Arts Council grant to write Regent's Canal, a Folk
Opera, a musical that celebrates the 200th anniversary of the digging
of the eight-mile Regent's Canal.He has adapted works to stage for
one-man performances of A Christmas Carol (1983), and Dr Jekyll and Mr
Hyde, for which Inglis was called "one of the wonders of the Fringe."
He has also adapted Chaucer, Shakespeare, Tolkien and Orwell to one
act performances. Inglis has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare
Company and the Royal Court Theatre, playing characters such as the
Ghost and Claudius in Hamlet and Mr. Bumble in Oliver!. Rob Inglis Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter