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
Titanic (1997)
as Captain Smith
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
as Théoden
Valkyrie (2008)
as General - Desert Sequence
ParaNorman (2012)
as Judge Hopkins (voice)
The Scorpion King (2002)
as Philos
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
as Dr. David Hawthorne
First Knight (1995)
as Knight (uncredited)
Gandhi (1982)
as Sergeant Putnam
True Crime (1999)
as Warden Luther Plunkitt
Gothika (2003)
as Phil Parsons
The Bounty (1984)
as William Cole
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
as Egeus
Wimbledon (2004)
as Edward Colt
Franklyn (2008)
as Esser
Collectormania 7 (2005)
as Self
Joy Division (2006)
as Dennis
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
as Dr. Livingstone
The Wind in the Willows (1996)
as The Engine Driver
Drowning by Numbers (1988)
as Henry Madgett
Shirley Valentine (1989)
as Joe Bradshaw
Exodus (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Housewives' Choice (1976)
as Eric
Ocean Odyssey (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Reflections on Titanic (2012)
as Self
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
as King William III
The Kid (2010)
as Uncle David
Heatwave (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'The Return of the King' (2006)
as Self
Forever Young (2024)
as Oscar Smith
The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2006)
as Self
The Tragedy of Richard III (1983)
as First Murderer
Segunda oportunidad (2018)
as Peter
The Moor (2024)
as Thornley
Fox (1980)
as Vin Fox
Dirtysomething (1994)
as Larry
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron (2012)
as Captain EJ Smith
Restless Natives (1985)
as Will's father
Golden Years (2016)
as Arthur
The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999)
as Susan's Father
The Peddler (1976)
as Graham
North v South (2015)
as John Claridge
Hard Labour (1973)
as Edward Thornley
Save Angel Hope (2007)
as Oscar Kurz
Shoot the Revolution (1990)
as Octavian Barbu
No Surrender (1985)
as Bernard
The Chain (1984)
as Nick
The Law Lord (1992)
as Martin Allport
Squaring the Circle (1984)
as Lech Walesa
Trial by Combat (1976)
as Blind Freddie
The Mill on the Floss (1997)
as Edward Tulliver
Great Expectations (1999)
as Abel Magwitch
Theban Plays: Antigone (1986)
as Messenger
A Very Social Secretary (2005)
as David Blunkett
Titanic: Case Closed (2012)
Actor
Exodus (2007)
as Pharoah Mann
Canoe Man (2010)
as John Darwin
Bellman and True (1987)
as Hiller
On the Set of 'Gothika' (2004)
as Self
Olly's Prison (1993)
as Mike
Samson and Delilah (1984)
as Willie
Runners (1983)
as Trevor Field
Shepherd on the Rock (1993)
as Tam Ferrier
The Titanic Chronicles (1999)
as (voice)
The Criminal (1999)
as Det. Insp. Walker
Say No to Strangers (1981)
as Teresa's Dad
Henry VI Part 1 (1983)
as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
A Turn for the Worse (1981)
as Simon Simpson
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly (1978)
as Mick
The Black Stuff (1980)
as Yosser Hughes
The Sorrows (2013)
Actor
A Question of Faith (2000)
as Frederick
The Heart of the Earth (2007)
as Sr. Crown
Daft Mam Blues (1977)
as Billy
She Fell Among Thieves (1978)
as Carson
Bombay Railway (2008)
as Narrator
Madagascar Skin (1995)
as Flint
The Boys & Girl from County Clare (2003)
as John Joe
Speaking In Tongues (1994)
as Joe
Boy Soldier (1987)
as Officer
The Burston Rebellion (1985)
as Tom Higdon
Henry VI Part 2 (1983)
as Duke of York
Professional Foul (1977)
as Broadbent
Outpost 11 (2012)
as Cranleigh
The Spongers (1978)
as Sullivan
Skallagrigg (1994)
as John
Double X: The Name of the Game (1992)
as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
Our Flesh and Blood (1977)
as Bernard Blincoe
From Moscow to Pietushki (1990)
as Readings (voice)
Beatles Biggest Secrets (2004)
as Narrator
Eisenstein (2000)
as The voice of Stalin
The Crumblegiant (2007)
as Narrator
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary (2016)
as Narrator
Going Off Big Time (2000)
as Murray
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life (1985)
as John Lennon
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1992)
as Bottom (voice)
Pit Strike (1977)
as Tom
It Could Happen to You (1976)
as Syph
Titanic: Southampton Remembers (2012)
Actor
The Art of Tripping (1993)
Actor
Inside CERN (2016)
as Narrator
Henry VI Part 3 (1983)
as Duke of York
A Question of Identity (1992)
as Erwin van Haarlem
Tim Haines Deep Ocean (2006)
as Erzähler
Titanic: Secrets Revealed (1998)
as Host
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman (2017)
as Richard
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony (2005)
Actor
The Last Tommy (2005)
as Narrator
No Go: The Free Derry Story (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed (2006)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Titus: The Gorilla King (2008)
as Narrator