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Great Goblin's death

Barry Humphries' CGI death in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Barry Humphries (1934 - 2023)

A.K.A. Dame Edna, Les Patterson, among other egos

Comedian/Playwright

Film Deaths[]

  • Immortal Beloved (1994) [Clemens Metternich]: Dies (off-screen) of cancer.
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) [Great Goblin]: Providing the voice and motion-capture of a goblin, he is slashed across the stomach with a sword by Ian McKellen, before being finished off with a slash to the throat. His body then falls off the bridge, later landing on top of the company as they struggle to escape the caverns. 
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