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