Bernard Hill
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Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known as a character actor of film, stage and television, having acted in nearly 130 projects. He is best known to British television viewers for playing Yosser Hughes in the groundbreaking 1982 TV series Boys from the Blackstuff. On film he has played Captain Edward John Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, and the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime. Hill is the only actor to have appeared in more than one of the three films awarded 11 Oscars, and one of only three actors to have starred in more than one film grossing more than $1 billion USD, namely: Titanic and The Return of the King (the others being Orlando Bloom who also starred in The Return of the King, as well as Pirates of the Caribbean and Johnny Depp who also starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as Alice in Wonderland). Hill has appeared in three films which have won Best Picture: Gandhi, Titanic, and The Return of the King. Hill died on 5th May 2024 at the age of 79.
Known for
Credits
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
as Théoden
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
as Théoden
Titanic (1997)
as Captain Smith
The Scorpion King (2002)
as Philos
ParaNorman (2012)
as Judge Hopkins (voice)
Valkyrie (2008)
as General - Desert Sequence
First Knight (1995)
as Knight (uncredited)
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
as Dr. David Hawthorne
Joy Division (2006)
as Dennis
Gandhi (1982)
as Sergeant Putnam
Gothika (2003)
as Phil Parsons
The Bounty (1984)
as William Cole
True Crime (1999)
as Warden Luther Plunkitt
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
as Egeus
Segunda oportunidad (2018)
as Peter
Wimbledon (2004)
as Edward Colt
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
as Dr. Livingstone
The Mill on the Floss (1997)
as Edward Tulliver
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
as The Engine Driver
Franklyn (2008)
as Esser
Shirley Valentine (1989)
as Joe Bradshaw
Heatwave (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
as Henry Madgett
Ocean Odyssey (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Reflections on Titanic (2012)
as Self
Great Expectations (1999)
as Abel Magwitch
Henry VI Part 1 (1983)
as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999)
as Susan's Father
Forever Young (2024)
as Oscar Smith
Fox (1980)
as Vin Fox
Save Angel Hope (2007)
as Oscar Kurz
North v South (2015)
as John Claridge
The Titanic Chronicles (1999)
as (voice)
The Peddler (1976)
as Graham
The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2003)
Actor
The Black Stuff (1980)
as Yosser Hughes
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
as King William III
Henry VI Part 2 (1983)
as Duke of York
Restless Natives (1985)
as Will's father
The Law Lord (1992)
as Martin Allport
Exodus (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Dirtysomething (1994)
as Larry
The Kid (2010)
as Uncle David
The Heart of the Earth (2007)
as Sr. Crown
Golden Years (2016)
as Arthur
No Surrender (1985)
as Bernard
Henry VI Part 3 (1983)
as Duke of York
Our Flesh and Blood (1977)
as Bernard Blincoe
Trial by Combat (1976)
as Blind Freddie
The Tragedy of Richard III (1983)
as First Murderer
On the Set of 'Gothika' (2004)
as Self
Titus: The Gorilla King (2008)
as Narrator
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly (1978)
as Mick
The Making of 'The Return of the King' (2004)
as Self
She Fell Among Thieves (1978)
as Carson
The Criminal (1999)
as Det. Insp. Walker
Daft Mam Blues (1977)
as Billy
Runners (1983)
as Trevor Field
Samson and Delilah (1984)
as Willie
Housewives' Choice (1976)
as Eric
A Very Social Secretary (2005)
as David Blunkett
Speaking In Tongues (1994)
as Joe
The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003)
as John Joe
It Could Happen to You (1976)
as Syph
The Burston Rebellion (1985)
as Tom Higdon
Shoot the Revolution (1990)
as Octavian Barbu
Exodus (2007)
as Pharoah Mann
Eisenstein (2000)
as The voice of Stalin
The Chain (1984)
as Nick
Titanic: Southampton Remembers (2012)
Actor
Titanic: Case Closed (2012)
Actor
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (2012)
as Captain EJ Smith
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1992)
as Bottom (voice)
Theban Plays: Antigone (1986)
as Messenger
Going Off Big Time (2000)
as Murray
Bellman and True (1987)
as Hiller
A Question of Faith (2000)
as Frederick
The Moor (2024)
as Thornley
Madagascar Skin (1995)
as Flint
Say No to Strangers (1981)
as Teresa's Dad
Hard Labour (1973)
as Edward Thornley
Beatles Biggest Secrets (2004)
as Narrator
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed (2006)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Tim Haines Deep Ocean (2006)
as Erzähler
Canoe Man (2010)
as John Darwin
A Turn for the Worse (1981)
as Simon Simpson
Squaring the Circle (1984)
as Lech Walesa
Boy Soldier (1987)
as Officer
The Sorrows (2013)
Actor
The Crumblegiant (2007)
as Narrator
Shepherd on the Rock (1993)
as Tam Ferrier
Olly's Prison (1993)
as Mike
Double X: The Name of the Game (1992)
as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
Bombay Railway (2008)
as Narrator
Professional Foul (1977)
as Broadbent
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary (2016)
as Narrator
From Moscow to Pietushki (1990)
as Readings (voice)
A Question of Identity (1992)
as Erwin van Haarlem
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life (1985)
as John Lennon
Outpost 11 (2012)
as Cranleigh
The Art of Tripping (1993)
Actor
Skallagrigg (1994)
as John
The Spongers (1978)
as Sullivan
Pit Strike (1977)
as Tom
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony (2005)
Actor
Titanic: Secrets Revealed (1998)
as Host
No Go: The Free Derry Story (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman (2017)
as Richard
Inside CERN (2016)
as Narrator
The Last Tommy (2005)
as Narrator
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster (2006)
as Narrator (voice)