Bernard Hill
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 17 December 1944 · Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
- Died
- 5 May 2024
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
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- 2026The Crumblegiant as Narrator
- 2024The Moor as Thornley
- 2024Forever Young as Oscar Smith
- 2018Segunda oportunidad as Peter
- 2017Interlude: City of a Dead Woman as Richard
- 2016Inside CERN as Narrator
- 2016Golden Years as Arthur
- 2016Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary as Narrator
- 2015North v South as John Claridge
- 2013The Sorrows
- 2012Reflections on Titanic as Self
- 2012Outpost 11 as Cranleigh
- 2012ParaNorman as Judge Hopkins (voice)
- 2012Titanic: Southampton Remembers
- 2012Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron as Captain EJ Smith
- 2012Titanic: Case Closed
- 2010The Kid as Uncle David
- 2010Canoe Man as John Darwin
- 2008Valkyrie as General - Desert Sequence
- 2008Franklyn as Esser
- 2008Exodus as Narrator (voice)
- 2008Titus: The Gorilla King as Narrator
- 2008Bombay Railway as Narrator
- 2007Save Angel Hope as Oscar Kurz
- 2007Exodus as Pharoah Mann
- 2007The Heart of the Earth as Sr. Crown
- 2006JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2006Joy Division as Dennis
- 2006No Go: The Free Derry Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers' as Self
- 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King' as Self
- 2006Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster as Narrator (voice)
- 2006Ocean Odyssey as Narrator (voice)
- 2006Tim Haines Deep Ocean as Erzähler
- 2005The Last Tommy as Narrator
- 2005A Very Social Secretary as David Blunkett
- 2005The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse as King William III
- 2005Collectormania 7 as Self
- 2005Heatwave as Narrator (voice)
- 2005Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
- 2004Beatles Biggest Secrets as Narrator
- 2004Wimbledon as Edward Colt
- 2004On the Set of 'Gothika' as Self
- 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Théoden
- 2003Gothika as Phil Parsons
- 2003The Boys & Girl from County Clare as John Joe
- 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Théoden
- 2002The Scorpion King as Philos
- 2000Going Off Big Time as Murray
- 2000Eisenstein as The voice of Stalin
- 2000Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano as Narrator (voice)
- 2000A Question of Faith as Frederick
- 1999The Criminal as Det. Insp. Walker
- 1999A Midsummer Night's Dream as Egeus
- 1999The Loss of Sexual Innocence as Susan's Father
- 1999Great Expectations as Abel Magwitch
- 1999True Crime as Warden Luther Plunkitt
- 1999The Titanic Chronicles as (voice)
- 1998Titanic: Secrets Revealed as Host
- 1997Titanic as Captain Smith
- 1997The Mill on the Floss as Edward Tulliver
- 1996The Wind in the Willows as The Engine Driver
- 1996The Ghost and the Darkness as Dr. David Hawthorne
- 1995First Knight as Knight (uncredited)
- 1995Madagascar Skin as Flint
- 1994Speaking In Tongues as Joe
- 1994Dirtysomething as Larry
- 1994Skallagrigg as John
- 1993Olly's Prison as Mike
- 1993The Art of Tripping
- 1993Shepherd on the Rock as Tam Ferrier
- 1992A Question of Identity as Erwin van Haarlem
- 1992Double X: The Name of the Game as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
- 1992A Midsummer Night's Dream as Bottom (voice)
- 1992The Law Lord as Martin Allport
- 1990Shoot the Revolution as Octavian Barbu
- 1990From Moscow to Pietushki as Readings (voice)
- 1990Mountains of the Moon as Dr. Livingstone
- 1989Shirley Valentine as Joe Bradshaw
- 1988Drowning by Numbers as Henry Madgett
- 1987Bellman and True as Hiller
- 1987Boy Soldier as Officer
- 1986Theban Plays: Antigone as Messenger
- 1985John Lennon: A Journey in the Life as John Lennon
- 1985No Surrender as Bernard
- 1985Restless Natives as Will's father
- 1985The Burston Rebellion as Tom Higdon
- 1984The Chain as Nick
- 1984Squaring the Circle as Lech Walesa
- 1984The Bounty as William Cole
- 1984Samson and Delilah as Willie
- 1983Runners as Trevor Field
- 1983The Tragedy of Richard III as First Murderer
- 1983Henry VI Part 3 as Duke of York
- 1983Henry VI Part 2 as Duke of York
- 1983Henry VI Part 1 as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
- 1982Gandhi as Sergeant Putnam
- 1981A Turn for the Worse as Simon Simpson
- 1981Say No to Strangers as Teresa's Dad
- 1980Fox as Vin Fox
- 1980The Black Stuff as Yosser Hughes
- 1978Soldiers Talking, Cleanly as Mick
- 1978She Fell Among Thieves as Carson
- 1978The Spongers as Sullivan
- 1977Pit Strike as Tom
- 1977Professional Foul as Broadbent
- 1977Daft Mam Blues as Billy
- 1977Our Flesh and Blood as Bernard Blincoe
- 1976It Could Happen to You as Syph
- 1976Housewives' Choice as Eric
- 1976Trade Unions: Seven Days that Shook Young Jim as Bernie
- 1976Trial by Combat as Blind Freddie
- 1976The Peddler as Graham
- 1973Hard Labour as Edward Thornley
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- 2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim · in memory of