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.
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Full Filmography
All Credits (146)
The Moor
as Thornley
Forever Young
as Oscar Smith
Remembers…
as Unknown
The Responder
as Tom Carson
Segunda oportunidad
as Peter
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
as Richard
Inside CERN
as Narrator
Golden Years
as Arthur
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
as Narrator
North v South
as John Claridge
Unforgotten
as Father Robert Greaves
India's Frontier Railways
as Narrator - (Voice)
Wolf Hall
as Duke of Norfolk
Hope and Wire
as Len Russell
From There to Here
as Samuel
The Sorrows
as Unknown
Reflections on Titanic
as Self
Outpost 11
as Cranleigh
ParaNorman
as Judge Hopkins (voice)
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
as Unknown
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
as Captain EJ Smith
Titanic: Case Closed
as Unknown
The Kid
as Uncle David
Canoe Man
as John Darwin
Indian Hill Railways
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Valkyrie
as General - Desert Sequence
Franklyn
as Esser
Sunshine
as George Crosby
Wild China
as Himself - Narrator
Fairy Tales
as Grettongrat
Titus: The Gorilla King
as Narrator
Bombay Railway
as Narrator
Save Angel Hope
as Oscar Kurz
Exodus
as Pharoah Mann
Bombay Railway
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Heart of the Earth
as Sr. Crown
Five Days
as Gerard Hopkirk
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Joy Division
as Dennis
No Go: The Free Derry Story
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
as Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
as Self
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
as Narrator (voice)
Ocean Odyssey
as Narrator (voice)
Tim Haines Deep Ocean
as Erzähler
Surviving Disaster
as Himself - Narrator
Surviving Disaster
as Unknown
A Very Social Secretary
as David Blunkett
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
as King William III
Collectormania 7
as Self
Heatwave
as Narrator (voice)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Narrator
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
as Self
Wimbledon
as Edward Colt
The Grid
as Unknown
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
Gothika
as Phil Parsons
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as John Joe
The Scorpion King
as Philos
Going Off Big Time
as Murray
Eisenstein
as The voice of Stalin
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
as Narrator (voice)
A Question of Faith
as Frederick
The Criminal
as Det. Insp. Walker
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Egeus
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
as Susan's Father
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
Great Expectations
as Abel Magwitch
True Crime
as Warden Luther Plunkitt
The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
The Mill on the Floss
as Edward Tulliver
The Wind in the Willows
as The Engine Driver
The Ghost and the Darkness
as Dr. David Hawthorne
First Knight
as Knight (uncredited)
The Gambling Man
as Frank nickle
Madagascar Skin
as Flint
Speaking In Tongues
as Joe
Dirtysomething
as Larry
Skallagrigg
as John
The Art of Tripping
as Unknown
Lipstick on Your Collar
as Uncle Fred
Shepherd on the Rock
as Tam Ferrier
A Question of Identity
as Erwin van Haarlem
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Bottom (voice)
Between the Lines
as Chief Constable Harmsworth
HBO First Look
as Self
Double X: The Name of the Game
as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Bottom (voice)
The Law Lord
as Martin Allport
Shrinks
as Frank Beasley
Shoot the Revolution
as Octavian Barbu
From Moscow to Pietushki
as Readings (voice)
Mountains of the Moon
as Dr. Livingstone
Shirley Valentine
as Joe Bradshaw
Drowning by Numbers
as Henry Madgett
Bellman and True
as Hiller
Boy Soldier
as Officer
Theban Plays: Antigone
as Messenger
ScreenPlay
as Octavian Barbu
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
as John Lennon
No Surrender
as Bernard
Restless Natives
as Will's father
The Burston Rebellion
as Tom Higdon
Screen Two
as John
Screen Two
as Tom Higdon
Screen Two
as Captain Larry
The Chain
as Nick
Squaring the Circle
as Lech Walesa
The Bounty
as William Cole
Natural World
as Unknown
Runners
as Trevor Field
The Tragedy of Richard III
as First Murderer
Henry VI Part 3
as Duke of York
Henry VI Part 2
as Duke of York
Henry VI Part 1
as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
Gandhi
as Sergeant Putnam
Boys from the Blackstuff
as Yosser Hughes
A Turn for the Worse
as Simon Simpson
The Glamour Girls
as Boris
Fox
as Vin Fox
The Black Stuff
as Yosser Hughes
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Mick
Pickersgill People
as Harry 'Sharky' Finn
She Fell Among Thieves
as Carson
The Spongers
as Sullivan
Pit Strike
as Tom
Professional Foul
as Broadbent
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Carson
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Broadbent
Daft Mam Blues
as Billy
Our Flesh and Blood
as Bernard Blincoe
It Could Happen to You
as Syph
Housewives' Choice
as Eric
I, Claudius
as Gratus
Trial by Combat
as Blind Freddie
The Peddler
as Graham
Village Hall
as Policeman
Hard Labour
as Edward Thornley
Play for Today
as Graham
Play for Today
as Bernard Blincoe
Play for Today
as Edward
Play for Today
as Eric
Play for Today
as Sullivan
Play for Today
as Mick
Play for Today
as Simon Simpson
Horizon
as Narrator