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