Bernard Hill

CrewActor Dec 17 (died age 79) Blackley, Manchester, England, UK 1964–2024 (60 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Théoden

Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Théoden

Film

Titanic

Captain Smith

Film

Gandhi

Sergeant Putnam

Film

Valkyrie

General - Desert Sequence

Film

ParaNorman

Judge Hopkins (voice)

Film

Gothika

Phil Parsons

Film

The Ghost and the Darkness

Dr. David Hawthorne

Filmography

Acting (157)

Movies (117)

Forever Young

as Oscar Smith

The Moor

as Thornley

Segunda oportunidad

as Peter

Interlude: City of a Dead Woman

2017

as Richard

3.0

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

as Narrator

Inside CERN

as Narrator

Golden Years

as Arthur

North v South

as John Claridge

The Sorrows

ParaNorman

as Judge Hopkins (voice)

7.0

Titanic: Southampton Remembers

2012

Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron

2012

as Captain EJ Smith

7.5

Reflections on Titanic

as Self

Outpost 11

as Cranleigh

Titanic: Case Closed

The Kid

as Uncle David

Canoe Man

as John Darwin

Valkyrie

as General - Desert Sequence

7.0

Franklyn

2008

as Esser

6.0

Titus: The Gorilla King

2008

as Narrator

8.0

Bombay Railway

2008

as Narrator

Exodus

2008

as Narrator (voice)

The Heart of the Earth

as Sr. Crown

Exodus

as Pharoah Mann

Save Angel Hope

as Oscar Kurz

The Crumblegiant

as Narrator

JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed

2006

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.2

Joy Division

2006

as Dennis

5.0

Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster

2006

as Narrator (voice)

No Go: The Free Derry Story

2006

as Narrator (voice)

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

2006

as Self

8.8

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

as Self

Ocean Odyssey

as Narrator (voice)

Heatwave

as Narrator (voice)

The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

2005

as King William III

6.2

The Last Tommy

2005

as Narrator

Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony

2005

A Very Social Secretary

2005

as David Blunkett

6.1

Collectormania 7

2005

as Self

On the Set of 'Gothika'

2004

as Self

Wimbledon

2004

as Edward Colt

6.2

The Appendices, Part Six: The Passing of an Age

2004

as Self

The Appendices, Part Five: The War of the Ring

2004

as Self

Beatles Biggest Secrets

2004

as Narrator

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (Extended Edition)

2004

as König Théoden

Cast & crew User reviews IMDbPro The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Special Extended Edition Scenes

2004

as Theoden

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

as Théoden

Gothika

as Phil Parsons

The Boys & Girl from County Clare

2003

as John Joe

6.0

The Appendices, Part Three: The Journey Continues...

2003

as Self

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Special Extended Edition Scenes

2003

as Theodin

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Théoden

The Scorpion King

as Philos

Going Off Big Time

as Murray

Eisenstein

as The voice of Stalin

A Question of Faith

as Frederick

True Crime

as Warden Luther Plunkitt

6.5

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1999

as Egeus

6.4

The Titanic Chronicles

1999

as (voice)

7.0

The Loss of Sexual Innocence

as Susan's Father

Great Expectations

as Abel Magwitch

The Criminal

as Det. Insp. Walker

Titanic: Secrets Revealed

1998

as Host

Titanic

1997

as Captain Smith

7.9

The Mill on the Floss

1997

as Edward Tulliver

6.4

The Ghost and the Darkness

1996

as Dr. David Hawthorne

6.8

The Wind in the Willows

1996

as The Engine Driver

5.8

First Knight

1995

as Knight (uncredited)

Madagascar Skin

as Flint

Speaking In Tongues

as Joe

Skallagrigg

as John

Dirtysomething

as Larry

Olly's Prison

as Mike

Shepherd on the Rock

as Tam Ferrier

The Art of Tripping

The Law Lord

as Martin Allport

Double X: The Name of the Game

1992

as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith

5.0

A Question of Identity

1992

as Erwin van Haarlem

Shoot the Revolution

1990

as Octavian Barbu

Mountains of the Moon

1990

as Dr. Livingstone

6.5

From Moscow to Pietushki

as Readings (voice)

Shirley Valentine

as Joe Bradshaw

Drowning by Numbers

as Henry Madgett

Bellman and True

as Hiller

Boy Soldier

as Officer

Theban Plays: Antigone

1986

as Messenger

Restless Natives

1985

as Will's father

6.8

The Burston Rebellion

as Tom Higdon

No Surrender

as Bernard

John Lennon: A Journey in the Life

1985

as John Lennon

The Bounty

as William Cole

The Chain

as Nick

Samson and Delilah

as Willie

Squaring the Circle

as Lech Walesa

Henry VI Part 3

as Duke of York

Runners

as Trevor Field

Henry VI Part 2

as Duke of York

The Tragedy of Richard III

1983

as First Murderer

6.0

Henry VI Part 1

1983

as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans

Gandhi

as Sergeant Putnam

Say No to Strangers

as Teresa's Dad

A Turn for the Worse

as Simon Simpson

Fox

as Vin Fox

The Black Stuff

as Yosser Hughes

She Fell Among Thieves

1978

as Carson

7.0

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

1978

as Mick

The Spongers

1978

as Sullivan

Professional Foul

1977

as Broadbent

6.0

Our Flesh and Blood

1977

as Bernard Blincoe

Pit Strike

1977

as Tom

Daft Mam Blues

1977

as Billy

Trial by Combat

1976

as Blind Freddie

7.8

Housewives' Choice

1976

as Eric

The Peddler

1976

as Graham

It Could Happen to You

as Syph

Hard Labour

as Edward Thornley

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

as Théoden

Television (40)

Remembers…

The Responder

as Tom Carson

Unforgotten

as Father Robert Greaves

7.5

Wolf Hall

2015

as Duke of Norfolk

7.4

India's Frontier Railways

2015

as Narrator - (Voice)

From There to Here

2014

as Samuel

7.3

Hope and Wire

2014

as Len Russell

Indian Hill Railways

2010

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.0

Wild China

2008

as Himself - Narrator

8.0

Fairy Tales

2008

as Grettongrat

Sunshine

as George Crosby

Five Days

as Gerard Hopkirk

Bombay Railway

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1.0

Surviving Disaster

2006

as Himself - Narrator

Surviving Disaster

The Grid

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief

as Self

One Life

Great Expectations

as Abel Magwitch

The Gambling Man

1995

as Frank nickle

5.5

Once Upon A Time In The North

1994

as Len Tollit

6.0

Lipstick on Your Collar

1993

as Uncle Fred

6.9

Between the Lines

1992

as Chief Constable Harmsworth

5.5

HBO First Look

1992

as Self

5.6

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

1992

as Bottom (voice)

6.4

Shrinks

1991

as Frank Beasley

ScreenPlay

as Octavian Barbu

Screen Two

as Tom Higdon

Natural World

Boys from the Blackstuff

as Yosser Hughes

Fox

as Vin Fox

Pickersgill People

as Harry 'Sharky' Finn

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Broadbent

Premiere

as Tom

Childhood

as Janey's father

I, Claudius

as Gratus

Village Hall

as Policeman

Second City Firsts

as Billy

Play for Today

as Edward

Horizon

as Narrator

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

2024

In Memory Of

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