Gamling

Gamling
Man
Biographical Information
Other names	Gamling the Old
Birth	Unknown, late Third Age
Death	Unknown
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Gallery	Images of Gamling

Gamling (late Third Age) was a man of Rohan and the leader of the watchers of Helm's Dike. An old man during the War of the Ring, Gamling was still a commanding presence at the time of the Battle of the Hornburg. During the battle Gamling was the first to realize that Orcs had penetrated the Deep through its culvert, and he led the counterattack himself.

Gamling seems to have been brought up in the western valleys of Rohan; he understood the tongue of Dunland that was still spoken in those regions.

Portrayal in Adaptations

File:Peter Jackson's Gamling.jpg

Bruce Hopkins as Gamling in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings

In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, Gamling was played by New Zealand actor Bruce Hopkins.

Etymology

Gamling translates to "old man" from the Old English term, "gamol", meaning "old, aged, ancient."