The widow of a celebrity voice coach who taught Hollywood stars how to talk like hobbits and elves is locked in a legal battle with his ex-wife over who gets his £100,000 life insurance payout following his death from Covid last year.
Andrew Jack, who is also credited with a number of acting roles, created the Middle-earth accents for the Lord of the Rings films and taught them to the cast of the trilogy, including Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom and Elijah Wood.
During a stellar career he worked on four Star Wars films, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and dozens of other blockbusters.
But his life and work were cut short when Mr Jack, of Chertsey, Surrey, died on 31 March 2020, at the age of 76, from Covid-19.
He was married to Australian fellow movie voice coach Gabrielle Rogers, but had only finalised his divorce from his British ex-wife Paula Jack less than two years earlier.
Now the two women who loved him are fighting in court, each claiming they are due his £100,000 life insurance payout.
One of Andrew Jack's biggest undertakings was Peter Jackson's sprawling The Lord Of The Rings film trilogy, which he is pictured working on with Elijah Wood
He was married to Australian fellow movie voice coach Gabrielle Rogers (left), but had only finalised his divorce from his British ex-wife Paula Jack (right) less than two years earlier. Now the two women who loved him are fighting in court, each claiming they are due his £100,000 life insurance payout
Andrew Jack, who appeared in Star Wars and was the premier dialect coach who worked on The Lord Of The Rings film trilogy, died of COVID-19 complications aged 76 last year
He was married to Australian fellow voice coach Gabrielle Rogers (pictured together) but had only completed his divorce from 74-year-old British ex Paula Jack in May 2018, though the former couple had been separated since 2012
His partner Gabrielle wrote on Instagram at the time of his death that 'he slipped away peacefully knowing that his children, step children, grandchildren, brother, friends, and I were all "with" him'
Mr Jack, the son of an actor and a horticulturist, worked on over 80 movies as a dialect coach in a career spanning 30 years and also appeared as an actor in box office hits including the latest Star Wars trilogy.
As supervising dialect coach for The Lord of the Rings, he taught Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler and the other stars how to speak Elvish and created the black tongue spoken by the villains in the films.
He was known for helping non-British actors to be more intelligible to a British audience.
He was married to Australian fellow voice coach Gabrielle Rogers but had only completed his divorce from 74-year-old British ex Paula Jack in May 2018, though the former couple had been separated since 2012.
Ms Jack, of Bryn, Bishops Castle, Shropshire, is now fighting her Ms Rogers in court over the right to claim her ex's £100,000 life insurance windfall.
According to papers filed with London's High Court, whilst Ms Rogers is Mr Jack's widow and the executor of his estate, Ms Jack is still the trustee in charge of his life insurance settlement.
Ms Rogers is suing, claiming her late husband's ex should be removed from her position as trustee because she wants to pay out the money to herself.
In her claim
