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Bernard Hill

Actor
Died May 5, 2024 (79 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Between The Lines
Known For
  • Titanic
  • The Scorpion King
  • Gothika
  • Wimbledon
  • The Ghost and the Darkness
  • ParaNorman
  • The Bounty
  • True Crime
  • Franklyn
  • Drowning by Numbers
  • Wolf Hall
  • Golden Years
  • Shirley Valentine
  • Boys from the Blackstuff
  • The Boys & Girl from County Clare
  • The Black Stuff
  • Bellman and True
  • Mountains of the Moon
  • Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
  • The Loss of Sexual Innocence
  • Restless Natives
  • Madagascar Skin
  • OutPost 11
  • Joy Division

Filmography

2023
The Moor · as Thornley
2023
Forever Young · as Oscar Smith
2022
The Responder (TV Series) · as Tom Carson
2017
Unforgotten: Domestic Turmoil · as Father Robert Greaves
2017
Unforgotten: Building the Series · as Father Robert Greaves
2016
Interlude City · as Richard
2016
Golden Years · as Arthur
2016
2015
North v South · as John Claridge
2015
India's Frontier Railways (TV Series) · as Narrator - (voice)
2015
Wolf Hall (TV Series) · as Duke Of Norfolk
2015
Unforgotten (TV Series) · as Father Robert Greaves
2014
Hope and Wire (TV Series) · as Len Russell
2014
From There to Here (TV Series) · as Samuel
2014
Shepherd on the Rock · as Tam Ferrier
2013
OutPost 11 · as Cranleigh
2012
Falcón (UK) (TV Series) · as Ramón Salgado
2012
ParaNorman · as Judge Hopkins (voice)
2012
2012
2012
Titanic: Deleted Scenes · as Captain Smith
2011
The Long March To Freedom (TV Series) · as Narrator
2010
The Kid · as Uncle David
2010
2010
Canoe Man · as John Darwin
2008
Valkyrie · as General - Desert Sequence
2008
Franklyn · as Esser
2008
Sunshine (2008) (TV Series) · as George Crosby
2008
Fairy Tales (TV Series)
2007
Save Angel Hope · as Oscar Kurz
2007
Exodus · as Pharoah Mann
2007
The Heart of the Earth · as Sr. Crown
2007
Five Days (TV Series) · as Gerard Hopkirk
2006
2006
Joy Division · as Dennis
2006
Secrets of the Deep · as Narrator (voice)
2005
A Very Social Secretary · as David Blunkett
2005
Midsummer Dream · as Theseus
2005
2004
Wimbledon · as Edward Colt
2004
The Grid (TV Series)
2003
2003
Gothika · as Phil Parsons
2003
Ancient Egyptians (TV Series) · as Narrator
2003
2002
2002
The Scorpion King · as Philos
2000
Going Off Big Time · as Murray
2000
Eisenstein · as The Voice Of Stalin
2000
2000
A Question of Faith · as Frederick
1999
The Criminal · as Det. Insp. Walker
1999
1999
Great Expectations · as Abel Magwitch
1999
True Crime · as Warden Luther Plunkitt
1999
1998
The Loss of Sexual Innocence · as Susan's Father
1998
1998
Unnatural Acts (TV Series) · as Charlie
1997
Titanic · as Edward Smith
1997
The Mill on the Floss · as Edward Tulliver
1996
Mr. Toad's Wild Ride · as The Engine Driver
1996
The Ghost and the Darkness · as Dr. David Hawthorne
1995
First Knight · as Knight (uncredited)
1995
The Big Game · as Mr. Harper
1995
Catherine Cookson's The Gambling Man (TV Series) · as Frank Nickle
1995
Madagascar Skin · as Flint
1993
1993
Lipstick on Your Collar (TV Series) · as Uncle Fred
1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (TV Series) · as Bottom (voice)
1992
Crime Story (TV Series) · as Erwin Van Haarlem
1992
Between The Lines (TV Series) · as Chief Constable Harmsworth
1992
Double X: The Name of the Game · as Ignatius 'iggy' Smith
1990
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
1987
Dispatches (TV Series) · as Narrator
1987
Milwr Bychan · as Officer
1986
Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Octavian Barbu
1985
No Surrender · as Bernard
1985
Restless Natives · as Will's Father
1985
Samson and Delilah · as Willie Naknervis
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as John
1984
The Bounty · as William Cole
1984
The Chain · as Nick
1983
Natural World (TV Series)
1983
Runners · as Trevor Field
1983
Richard III · as First Murderer
1983
1983
1983
The First Part of Henry the Sixth · as Duke Of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
1982
Gandhi · as Sergeant Putnam
1982
Boys from the Blackstuff (TV Series) · as Yosser Hughes
1982
Timewatch (TV Series) · as Narrator
1980
Fox (TV Series) · as Vin Fox
1980
The Black Stuff · as Yosser Hughes
1979
Telford's Change (TV Series) · as Jack Burton
1978
1978
The Sailor's Return · as Carter
1976
1976
I, Claudius (TV Series) · as Gratus
1976
A Dirty Knight's Work · as Blind Freddie
1974
Rooms (TV Series) · as Mr. Morton
1973
Second City Firsts (TV Series) · as Billy
1973
Warship (1973) (TV Series) · as Cpo Straker
1973
Hard Labour · as Edward Thornley
1972
Crown Court (TV Series) · as Jury Foreman
1970
Play for Today (TV Series) · as Eric
1965
Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller
1964
Horizon (TV Series) · as Narrator

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