Harry Goatleaf

Harry Goatleaf was the gatekeeper of Bree and a suspected agent of Sauron and Saruman during the War of the Ring.

History
He encountered Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Sam when they entered Bree in the year TA 3018. The gate which he guarded was located within a great hedge surrounding the township of Bree.

Harry was in the Common Room of the Prancing Pony and witnessed Frodo's disappearance when the Ring slipped onto his finger after his performance of a folk song. Harry left the inn following the departure of Bill Ferny and a Squint-eyed Southerner. Aragorn later told Frodo that he suspected that the Black Riders might use Bill Ferny and Harry Goatleaf as well as others for evil work. Later that night the inn was attacked and the Hobbits' empty room was ransacked.

Early in the New Year of TA 3019, fighting broke out between the Southerners and the Bree-folk. Harry Goatleaf and Bill Ferny sided with a group of brigands from the south, and participated in trouble that caused the death of five Men of Bree. He left Bree with the group, presumably to join Sharkey's Men in the Shire.

Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Harry Goatleaf seems to be unaffiliated with the evil forces as suggested by the fact that he is trampled to death by the Ringwraiths' horses.

Appearances

 * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)