Bernard Hill
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
- 2024 · The Moor as Thornley
- 2024 · Forever Young as Oscar Smith
- 2022 · The Responder as Tom Carson
- 2016 · Golden Years as Arthur
- 2015 · North v South as John Claridge
- 2015 · Unforgotten as Father Robert Greaves
- 2015 · Wolf Hall as Duke of Norfolk
- 2014 · Hope and Wire as Len Russell
- 2014 · From There to Here as Samuel
- 2012 · Reflections on Titanic as Self
- 2012 · Outpost 11 as Cranleigh
- 2012 · ParaNorman as Judge Hopkins (voice)
- 2012 · Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron as Captain EJ Smith
- 2010 · The Kid as Uncle David
- 2010 · Indian Hill Railways as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Valkyrie as General - Desert Sequence
- 2008 · Franklyn as Esser
- 2008 · Sunshine as George Crosby
- 2008 · Wild China as Himself - Narrator
- 2008 · Fairy Tales as
- 2007 · The Heart of the Earth as Sr. Crown
- 2007 · Five Days as Gerard Hopkirk
- 2006 · Joy Division as Dennis
- 2006 · Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Ocean Odyssey as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Surviving Disaster as Himself - Narrator
- 2006 · Surviving Disaster as
- 2005 · A Very Social Secretary as David Blunkett
- 2005 · The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse as King William III
- 2004 · Beatles Biggest Secrets as Narrator
- 2004 · Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief as Self
- 2004 · Wimbledon as Edward Colt
- 2004 · The Grid as
- 2003 · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as Théoden
- 2003 · Gothika as Phil Parsons
- 2003 · One Life as
- 2003 · The Boys & Girl from County Clare as John Joe
- 2002 · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers as Théoden
- 2002 · The Scorpion King as Philos
- 2000 · A Question of Faith as Frederick
- 1999 · The Criminal as Det. Insp. Walker
- 1999 · A Midsummer Night's Dream as Egeus
- 1999 · The Loss of Sexual Innocence as Susan's Father
- 1999 · Great Expectations as Abel Magwitch
- 1999 · True Crime as Warden Luther Plunkitt
- 1999 · The Titanic Chronicles as (voice)
- 1997 · Titanic as Edward Smith
- 1997 · The Mill on the Floss as Edward Tulliver
- 1996 · The Wind in the Willows as The Engine Driver
- 1996 · The Ghost and the Darkness as Dr. David Hawthorne
- 1995 · First Knight as Knight (uncredited)
- 1995 · The Gambling Man as Frank nickle
- 1995 · Madagascar Skin as Flint
- 1994 · Speaking In Tongues as Joe
- 1994 · Once Upon A Time In The North as Len Tollit
- 1994 · Dirtysomething as Larry
- 1994 · Skallagrigg as John
- 1993 · Olly's Prison as Mike
- 1993 · The Art of Tripping as
- 1993 · Lipstick on Your Collar as Uncle Fred
- 1992 · A Question of Identity as Erwin van Haarlem
- 1992 · Shakespeare: The Animated Tales as Bottom (voice)
- 1992 · Between the Lines as Chief Constable Harmsworth
- 1992 · HBO First Look as Self
- 1992 · Double X: The Name of the Game as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
- 1992 · The Law Lord as Martin Allport
- 1990 · From Moscow to Pietushki as Readings (voice)
- 1990 · Mountains of the Moon as Dr. Livingstone
- 1989 · Shirley Valentine as Joe Bradshaw
- 1988 · Drowning by Numbers as Madgett
- 1987 · Bellman and True as Hiller
- 1986 · Theban Plays: Antigone as Messenger
- 1985 · No Surrender as Bernard
- 1985 · Restless Natives as Will's father
- 1985 · The Burston Rebellion as Tom Higdon
- 1985 · Screen Two as John
- 1984 · Squaring the Circle as Lech Walesa
- 1984 · The Bounty as William Cole
- 1984 · The Chain as Nick
- 1983 · Natural World as
- 1983 · Runners as Trevor Field
- 1983 · The Tragedy of Richard III as First Murderer
- 1983 · Henry VI Part 2 as Duke of York
- 1983 · Henry VI Part 1 as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
- 1982 · Gandhi as Sergeant Putnam
- 1982 · Boys from the Blackstuff as Yosser Hughes
- 1981 · Say No to Strangers as
- 1980 · Fox as Vin Fox
- 1980 · Fox as Vin Fox
- 1980 · The Black Stuff as Yosser Hughes
- 1978 · Soldiers Talking, Cleanly as Mick
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1978 · She Fell Among Thieves as Carson
- 1977 · BBC2 Play of the Week as Carson
- 1977 · Professional Foul as Broadbent
- 1977 · Our Flesh and Blood as Bernard Blincoe
- 1976 · It Could Happen to You as Syph
- 1976 · I, Claudius as Gratus
- 1976 · Trial by Combat as Blind Freddie
- 1974 · Village Hall as Policeman
- 1973 · Hard Labour as Edward Thornley
- 1970 · Play for Today as Graham
- 1970 · Play for Today as Bernard Blincoe
- 1970 · Play for Today as Edward
- 1970 · Play for Today as Eric
- 1970 · Play for Today as Sullivan
- 1970 · Play for Today as Mick
- 1970 · Play for Today as Simon Simpson
- Future · The Crumblegiant as Narrator
- 2018 · Segunda oportunidad as Peter
- 2017 · Interlude: City of a Dead Woman as Richard
- 2016 · Inside CERN as Narrator
- 2016 · Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary as Narrator
- 2015 · India's Frontier Railways as Narrator - (Voice)
- 2013 · The Sorrows as
- 2012 · Titanic: Case Closed as
- 2010 · Canoe Man as John Darwin
- 2008 · Exodus as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Titus: The Gorilla King as Narrator
- 2008 · Bombay Railway as Narrator
- 2007 · Save Angel Hope as Oscar Kurz
- 2007 · Exodus as Pharoah Mann
- 2007 · Bombay Railway as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · No Go: The Free Derry Story as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · The Last Tommy as Narrator
- 2005 · Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony as
- 2000 · Going Off Big Time as Murray
- 2000 · Eisenstein as The voice of Stalin
- 1998 · Titanic: Secrets Revealed as Host
- 1993 · Shepherd on the Rock as Tam Ferrier
- 1990 · Shoot the Revolution as Octavian Barbu
- 1987 · Boy Soldier as Officer
- 1983 · Henry VI Part 3 as Duke of York
- 1981 · A Turn for the Worse as Simon Simpson
- 1978 · The Spongers as Sullivan
- 1977 · Pit Strike as Tom
- 1977 · Daft Mam Blues as Billy
- 1976 · Housewives' Choice as Eric
- 1976 · The Peddler as Graham
- 1964 · Horizon as Narrator