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