Old Noakes

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Old Noakes
Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) - Old Noakes.png
Old Noakes from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)
Biographical Information
LocationBywater
Birthlate Third Age
Physical Description
GenderMale
GalleryImages of Old Noakes

Old Noakes was a Hobbit from Bywater.

History[edit | edit source]

Noakes was a regular at the Ivy Bush, and a friend of the Gaffer's. He was present at his drink just before Bilbo's Farewell Party. Asking the Gaffer about Frodo Baggins, he thought that he must be more than a half a Brandybuck, openly wondering why anyone should look for a wife in Buckland.[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as atten oke "at the oak".[2]

Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]

1992: Der Herr der Ringe (1992 German radio series):

Old Noakes is played by Wolfgang Laugwitz.

2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition)

Old Noakes is present at the Gaffer's conversation, though the setting is moved from the Ivy Bush to the Green Dragon. He is played by William Johnson.

2001-2007: The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game:

Contrary to the film, Decipher identifies a different Hobbit from Bilbo's Party as Old Noakes.

2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game):

Old Noakes sits on a bench just beyond Bywater. Sancho Proudfoot stole his medicinal herbs; retrieving them is a side mission.

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