Of the five wizards sworn to protect Middle-Earth, Radagast the Brown might be the most interesting. Best remembered for his charming and comedic portrayal by Sylvester McCoy in Peter Jackson's films, Radagast is a figure that remains on the fringes of the main story in both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Because of this, very little is known about the Brown Wizard. However, J.R.R. Tolkien once made a statement to shock Radagast fans everywhere: he claimed that Radagast was a failure.