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Bernard Hill

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.

Films and shows

  1. 2024Forever Young1h 39mOscar Smith
  2. 2024The Moor2hThornley
  3. 2022The Responder2 seasonsTom Carson
  4. 2018Segunda oportunidadPeter
  5. 2017Interlude: City of a Dead Woman2h 2mRichard
  6. 2016Inside CERN59mNarrator
  7. 2016Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary59mNarrator
  8. 2016Golden Years1h 36mArthur
  9. 2015India's Frontier Railways1 seasonNarrator - (Voice)
  10. 2015North v South1h 37mJohn Claridge
  11. 2014Hope and Wire1 seasonLen Russell
  12. 2014From There to Here1 seasonSamuel
  13. 2013The Sorrows1h 22m
  14. 2012Outpost 111h 31mCranleigh
  15. 2012Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron1h 39mCaptain EJ Smith
  16. 2012ParaNorman1h 33mJudge Hopkins (voice)
  17. 2012Reflections on Titanic1h 3mSelf
  18. 2012Titanic: Southampton Remembers30m
  19. 2012Titanic: Case Closed1h 30m
  20. 2010Canoe Man59mJohn Darwin
  21. 2010Indian Hill Railways1 seasonSelf - Narrator (voice)
  22. 2010The Kid1h 47mUncle David
  23. 2008Bombay Railway1h 58mNarrator
  24. 2008Exodus1hNarrator (voice)
  25. 2008Titus: The Gorilla King48mNarrator
  26. 2008Wild China1 seasonHimself - Narrator
  27. 2008Sunshine1 seasonGeorge Crosby
  28. 2008Franklyn1h 38mEsser
  29. 2008Valkyrie2h 1mGeneral - Desert Sequence
  30. 2007The Crumblegiant5mNarrator
  31. 2007Bombay Railway1 seasonSelf - Narrator (voice)
  32. 2007Exodus1h 46mPharoah Mann
  33. 2007Save Angel Hope1h 36mOscar Kurz
  34. 2007The Heart of the Earth1h 30mSr. Crown
  35. 2007Five Days2 seasonsGerard Hopkirk
  36. 2006Ocean Odyssey1hNarrator (voice)
  37. 2006No Go: The Free Derry Story1hNarrator (voice)
  38. 2006Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster1hNarrator (voice)
  39. 2006Tim Haines Deep OceanErzähler
  40. 2006JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed50mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  41. 2006Joy Division1h 45mDennis
  42. 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King'1h 52mSelf
  43. 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers'1h 46m
  44. 2005Heatwave1h 29mNarrator (voice)
  45. 2005The Last Tommy1h 59mNarrator
  46. 2005A Very Social Secretary1h 35mDavid Blunkett
  47. 2005Collectormania 711mSelf
  48. 2005Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
  49. 2005The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse1h 27mKing William III
  50. 2004Beatles Biggest SecretsNarrator
  51. 2004Wimbledon1h 38mEdward Colt
  52. 2004On the Set of 'Gothika'16mSelf
  53. 2004Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief1 seasonSelf
  54. 2004The Grid1 season
  55. 2003The Boys & Girl from County Clare1h 31mJohn Joe
  56. 2003Gothika1h 38mPhil Parsons
  57. 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King3h 21mThéoden
  58. 2003The Two Towers: Weta workshop43mSelf
  59. 2002The Scorpion King1h 32mPhilos
  60. 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2h 59mThéoden
  61. 2000Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano48mNarrator (voice)
  62. 2000A Question of Faith1h 30mFrederick
  63. 2000Going Off Big Time1h 26mMurray
  64. 2000Eisenstein1h 39mThe voice of Stalin
  65. 1999The Criminal1h 39mDet. Insp. Walker
  66. 1999The Titanic Chronicles55m(voice)
  67. 1999True Crime2h 7mWarden Luther Plunkitt
  68. 1999The Loss of Sexual Innocence1h 46mSusan's Father
  69. 1999A Midsummer Night's Dream1h 56mEgeus
  70. 1999Great Expectations1 seasonAbel Magwitch
  71. 1998Titanic: Secrets Revealed2hHost
  72. 1997The Mill on the Floss1h 56mEdward Tulliver
  73. 1997Titanic3h 14mCaptain Smith
  74. 1996The Ghost and the Darkness1h 49mDr. David Hawthorne
  75. 1996The Wind in the Willows1h 28mThe Engine Driver
  76. 1995Madagascar Skin1h 36mFlint
  77. 1995The Gambling Man1 seasonFrank nickle
  78. 1994Once Upon A Time In The North1 seasonLen Tollit
  79. 1994Skallagrigg1h 27mJohn
  80. 1994Speaking In TonguesJoe
  81. 1994Dirtysomething1hLarry
  82. 1993Olly's Prison3h 10mMike
  83. 1993Shepherd on the Rock1h 36mTam Ferrier
  84. 1993Lipstick on Your Collar1 seasonUncle Fred
  85. 1993The Art of Tripping1h 42m
  86. 1992A Question of Identity50mErwin van Haarlem
  87. 1992The Law Lord1h 30mMartin Allport
  88. 1992Double X: The Name of the Game1h 37mIgnatius 'Iggy' Smith
  89. 1992A Midsummer Night's Dream26mBottom (voice)
  90. 1990Shoot the RevolutionOctavian Barbu
  91. 1990From Moscow to Pietushki43mReadings (voice)
  92. 1990Mountains of the Moon2h 16mDr. Livingstone
  93. 1989Shirley Valentine1h 48mJoe Bradshaw
  94. 1988Drowning by Numbers1h 59mHenry Madgett
  95. 1987Bellman and True2h 2mHiller
  96. 1987Boy Soldier1h 39mOfficer
  97. 1986Theban Plays: Antigone1h 51mMessenger
  98. 1985John Lennon: A Journey in the Life1h 30mJohn Lennon
  99. 1985The Burston Rebellion1h 27mTom Higdon
  100. 1985No Surrender1h 39mBernard
  101. 1985Restless Natives1h 29mWill's father
  102. 1984Samson and Delilah24mWillie
  103. 1984Squaring the Circle1h 55mLech Walesa
  104. 1984The Chain1h 32mNick
  105. 1984The Bounty2h 12mWilliam Cole
  106. 1983The Tragedy of Richard III3h 50mFirst Murderer
  107. 1983Henry VI Part 23h 23mDuke of York
  108. 1983Henry VI Part 33h 31mDuke of York
  109. 1983Runners1h 47mTrevor Field
  110. 1983Henry VI Part 13h 8mDuke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
  111. 1982Boys from the Blackstuff1 seasonYosser Hughes
  112. 1981A Turn for the Worse1h 5mSimon Simpson
  113. 1981Say No to Strangers15mTeresa's Dad
  114. 1980The Black Stuff1h 42mYosser Hughes
  115. 1980Fox1 seasonVin Fox
  116. 1980Fox10h 50mVin Fox
  117. 1978The Spongers1h 44mSullivan
  118. 1978She Fell Among Thieves1h 18mCarson
  119. 1978Soldiers Talking, Cleanly1h 10mMick
  120. 1977Our Flesh and Blood1h 20mBernard Blincoe
  121. 1977Daft Mam Blues30mBilly
  122. 1977Pit Strike35mTom
  123. 1977Professional Foul1h 25mBroadbent
  124. 1976Housewives' Choice1h 5mEric
  125. 1976Trade Unions: Seven Days that Shook Young Jim20mBernie
  126. 1976The Peddler1h 21mGraham
  127. 1976Trial by Combat1h 28mBlind Freddie
  128. 1976It Could Happen to You1h 18mSyph
  129. 1973Hard Labour1h 11mEdward Thornley