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Name
Bernard Hill

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1944-12-17

Deathday
2024-05-05 (80 years old)

Place of Birth
Blackley, Manchester, England, UK

Biography

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

Movies

Tv Shows

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

1982 Boys from the Blackstuff ( 5 episodes ) as Yosser Hughes
2007 Five Days ( 10 episodes ) as Gerard Hopkirk
2008 Sunshine ( 3 episodes ) as George Crosby
1980 Fox ( 13 episodes ) as Vin Fox
2004 The Grid ( 6 episodes )
2003 One Life ( 1 episode )
1983 Natural World ( 1 episode )
2006 Surviving Disaster ( 7 episodes ) as Himself - Narrator
2007 Bombay Railway ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2004 Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2008 Wild China ( 6 episodes ) as Himself - Narrator
2014 From There to Here ( 3 episodes ) as Samuel
2015 Unforgotten ( 6 episodes ) as Father Robert Greaves
1992 HBO First Look ( 1 episode ) as Self
1974 Village Hall ( 1 episode ) as Policeman
1994 Once Upon A Time In The North ( 6 episodes ) as Len Tollit
2010 Indian Hill Railways ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as John
1995 The Gambling Man ( 3 episodes ) as Frank nickle
2006 Surviving Disaster ( 1 episode )
2015 India's Frontier Railways ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator - (Voice)
1992 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales ( 1 episode ) as Bottom (voice)
1992 Between the Lines ( 2 episodes ) as Chief Constable Harmsworth
1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Graham
1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Bernard Blincoe
1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Edward
1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Eric
1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Sullivan
1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Mick
1970 Play for Today ( 1 episode ) as Simon Simpson
2014 Hope and Wire ( 3 episodes ) as Len Russell
1977 BBC2 Play of the Week ( 1 episode ) as Carson
2022 The Responder ( 5 episodes ) as Tom Carson
1993 Lipstick on Your Collar ( 6 episodes ) as Uncle Fred
1964 Horizon ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
2015 Wolf Hall ( 6 episodes ) as Duke of Norfolk
1999 Great Expectations ( 2 episodes ) as Abel Magwitch
1977 BBC2 Play of the Week ( 1 episode ) as Broadbent
2008 Fairy Tales ( 1 episode ) as Grettongrat
1976 I, Claudius ( 2 episodes ) as Gratus
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Tom Higdon
2022 Remembers… ( 1 episode )
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Captain Larry
1986 ScreenPlay ( 1 episode ) as Octavian Barbu
1973 Second City Firsts ( 1 episode ) as Billy
1977 Childhood ( 1 episode ) as Janey's father
1977 Premiere ( 1 episode ) as Tom
1991 Shrinks ( 1 episode ) as Frank Beasley
1978 Pickersgill People ( 1 episode ) as Harry 'Sharky' Finn
1994 Stages ( 1 episode ) as Joe
1980 The Glamour Girls ( 1 episode ) as Boris

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