

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…
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Horizon
1964 • TV
Narrator

Play for Today
1970 • TV
Edward

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 • Movie
Théoden

Titanic
1997 • Movie
Captain Smith

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 • Movie
Théoden

Natural World
1983 • TV

Screen Two
1985 • TV
John

Unforgotten
2015 • TV
Father Robert Greaves

Between the Lines
1992 • TV
Chief Constable Harmsworth

HBO First Look
1992 • TV
Self
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