Bernard Hill
Born in Blackley, Manchester, England, UK — Dec 17 1944• Died May 05 2024
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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 thr…
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Horizon
Narrator
Play for Today
Edward
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Théoden
Titanic
Captain Smith
Natural World
Screen Two
John
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Théoden
Unforgotten
Father Robert Greaves
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Crew
BBC2 Play of the Week
Carson
Wolf Hall
Duke of Norfolk
HBO First Look
Self
I, Claudius
Gratus
Between the Lines
Chief Constable Harmsworth
The Responder
Tom Carson
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Bottom (voice)
Fairy Tales
Grettongrat
Five Days
Gerard Hopkirk
Gandhi
Sergeant Putnam
The Scorpion King
Philos
Valkyrie
General - Desert Sequence
ParaNorman
Judge Hopkins (voice)
Hope and Wire
Len Russell
The Ghost and the Darkness
Dr. David Hawthorne
Fox
Vin Fox
Boys from the Blackstuff
Yosser Hughes
First Knight
Knight (uncredited)
Gothika
Phil Parsons
The Grid
Wild China
Himself - Narrator
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Egeus
The Bounty
William Cole
Wimbledon
Edward Colt
Runners
Trevor Field
True Crime
Warden Luther Plunkitt
Sunshine
George Crosby
Surviving Disaster
Himself - Narrator
Joy Division
Dennis
Once Upon A Time In The North
Len Tollit
From There to Here
Samuel
One Life
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
Lipstick on Your Collar
Uncle Fred
Village Hall
Policeman
The Gambling Man
Frank nickle
Mountains of the Moon
Dr. Livingstone
The Moor
Thornley
The Chain
Nick
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
Exodus
Pharoah Mann
North v South
John Claridge
Golden Years
Arthur
Skallagrigg
John
Franklyn
Esser
The Sorrows
Trial by Combat
Blind Freddie
Fox
Vin Fox
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
Self
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
King William III
Drowning by Numbers
Henry Madgett
The Law Lord
Martin Allport
Eisenstein
The voice of Stalin
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
John Joe
The Kid
Uncle David
Bombay Railway
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Mill on the Floss
Edward Tulliver
Reflections on Titanic
Self
Shirley Valentine
Joe Bradshaw
Dirtysomething
Larry
Forever Young
Oscar Smith
Boy Soldier
Officer
Hard Labour
Edward Thornley
Restless Natives
Will's father
Olly's Prison
Mike
The Black Stuff
Yosser Hughes
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Mick
The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
Squaring the Circle
Lech Walesa
No Surrender
Bernard
The Burston Rebellion
Tom Higdon
The Wind in the Willows
The Engine Driver
A Very Social Secretary
David Blunkett
The Criminal
Det. Insp. Walker
The Tragedy of Richard III
First Murderer
It Could Happen to You
Syph
A Question of Identity
Erwin van Haarlem
Samson and Delilah
Willie
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Susan's Father
A Question of Faith
Frederick
Heatwave
Narrator (voice)
Bellman and True
Hiller
Henry VI Part 1
Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
India's Frontier Railways
Narrator - (Voice)
Professional Foul
Broadbent
Henry VI Part 3
Duke of York
Indian Hill Railways
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ocean Odyssey
Narrator (voice)
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
John Lennon
Save Angel Hope
Oscar Kurz
Shepherd on the Rock
Tam Ferrier
Henry VI Part 2
Duke of York
Inside CERN
Narrator
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
Richard
She Fell Among Thieves
Carson
Theban Plays: Antigone
Messenger
Pit Strike
Tom
A Turn for the Worse
Simon Simpson
Shoot the Revolution
Octavian Barbu
Double X: The Name of the Game
Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
Exodus
Narrator (voice)
Canoe Man
John Darwin
The Peddler
Graham
The Heart of the Earth
Sr. Crown
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
Self
Housewives' Choice
Eric
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
Captain EJ Smith
The Spongers
Sullivan
Madagascar Skin
Flint
Daft Mam Blues
Billy
Speaking In Tongues
Joe
Going Off Big Time
Murray
Outpost 11
Cranleigh
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Self
The Art of Tripping
Say No to Strangers
Teresa's Dad
Our Flesh and Blood
Bernard Blincoe
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
Narrator
Beatles Biggest Secrets
Narrator
From Moscow to Pietushki
Readings (voice)
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
Narrator (voice)
The Crumblegiant
Narrator
Segunda oportunidad
Peter
Bombay Railway
Narrator
Titus: The Gorilla King
Narrator
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
Host
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last Tommy
Narrator
Titanic: Case Closed
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
No Go: The Free Derry Story
Narrator (voice)