That's really sad, yes.
The strange thing is that one actor was actually listed somewhere for the part of Beregond, but in the credits his name appears next to some character called "IROLAS".
Now there was a man named "Iorlas" in the book and he was a relative of Beregond, but here obviously two letters were changed (like also in Two Towers for Mardil -> Madril), does anyone know who this character is? A man of Gondor? An elf?