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Bernard Hill
Born · December 17, 1944
Died · May 5, 2024 (79 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
Bio
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
5.3
2024
Forever Young
Oscar Smith
5.5
2024
Segunda oportunidad
Peter
5.5
2018
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
Narrator
6.8
2016
North v South
John Claridge
5.1
2015
The Sorrows
0.0
2013
Outpost 11
Cranleigh
4.3
2012
ParaNorman
Judge Hopkins (voice)
7.0
2012
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
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7.5
2012
Titanic: Case Closed
0.0
2012
The Kid
Uncle David
7.0
2010
Canoe Man
John Darwin
4.0
2010
Franklyn
Esser
6.0
2008
Titus: The Gorilla King
Narrator
0.0
2008
Bombay Railway
Narrator
0.0
2008
Save Angel Hope
Oscar Kurz
5.2
2007
Exodus
Pharoah Mann
5.8
2007
The Heart of the Earth
Sr. Crown
5.3
2007
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
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7.2
2006
Joy Division
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5.1
2006
Ocean Odyssey
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7.4
2006
The Last Tommy
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0.0
2005
A Very Social Secretary
David Blunkett
6.1
2005
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
0.0
2005
Wimbledon
Edward Colt
6.2
2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Théoden
8.5
2003
Gothika
Phil Parsons
6.1
2003
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
John Joe
6.0
2003
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Théoden
8.4
2002
The Scorpion King
Philos
5.6
2002
Going Off Big Time
Murray
5.6
2000
The Criminal
Det. Insp. Walker
4.8
1999
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Egeus
6.4
1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Susan's Father
5.7
1999
Great Expectations
Abel Magwitch
6.4
1999
True Crime
Warden Luther Plunkitt
6.5
1999
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
Host
0.0
1998
The Wind in the Willows
The Engine Driver
5.5
1996
The Ghost and the Darkness
Dr. David Hawthorne
6.8
1996
First Knight
Knight (uncredited)
6.1
1995
Madagascar Skin
Flint
5.5
1995
Speaking In Tongues
Joe
0.0
1994
Dirtysomething
Larry
5.0
1994
Olly's Prison
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9.0
1993
The Art of Tripping
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1993
Shepherd on the Rock
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5.5
1993
A Question of Identity
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0.0
1992
Double X: The Name of the Game
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5.0
1992
Shoot the Revolution
Octavian Barbu
0.0
1990
From Moscow to Pietushki
Readings (voice)
7.9
1990
Mountains of the Moon
Dr. Livingstone
6.4
1990
Shirley Valentine
Joe Bradshaw
6.3
1989
Drowning by Numbers
Madgett
7.1
1988
Bellman and True
Hiller
6.5
1987
No Surrender
Bernard
6.5
1985
Restless Natives
Will's father
6.7
1985
Squaring the Circle
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5.0
1984
The Bounty
William Cole
6.7
1984
The Tragedy of Richard III
First Murderer
6.0
1983
Henry VI Part 3
Duke of York
7.0
1983
Henry VI Part 2
Duke of York
7.0
1983
Henry VI Part 1
Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
7.5
1983
Gandhi
Sergeant Putnam
7.6
1982
Say No to Strangers
7.0
1981
The Black Stuff
Yosser Hughes
7.4
1980
The Spongers
Sullivan
0.0
1978
Pit Strike
Tom
0.0
1977
Professional Foul
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6.0
1977
Daft Mam Blues
Billy
0.0
1977
The Crumblegiant
Narrator
0.0
The Responder
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2022
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
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3.0
2017
Inside CERN
Narrator
8.0
2016
Golden Years
Arthur
6.3
2016
Unforgotten
Father Robert Greaves · (6 episodes)
7.7
2015
India's Frontier Railways
Narrator - (Voice) · (3 episodes)
0.0
2015
Wolf Hall
Duke of Norfolk · (6 episodes)
7.5
2015
Hope and Wire
Len Russell · (3 episodes)
0.0
2014
From There to Here
Samuel · (3 episodes)
7.3
2014
Reflections on Titanic
Self
7.3
2012
Indian Hill Railways
Self - Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
0.0
2010
Valkyrie
General - Desert Sequence
6.9
2008
Sunshine
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7.8
2008
Wild China
Himself - Narrator · (6 episodes)
7.9
2008
Fairy Tales
(1 episode)
0.0
2008
Exodus
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2008
Bombay Railway
Self - Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)
1.0
2007
Five Days
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2007
No Go: The Free Derry Story
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2006
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2006
Surviving Disaster
Himself - Narrator · (7 episodes)
6.7
2006
Surviving Disaster
(1 episode)
6.7
2006
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
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6.3
2005
Beatles Biggest Secrets
Narrator
0.0
2004
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
Self · (3 episodes)
8.0
2004
The Grid
(6 episodes)
6.4
2004
The Making of the Return of the King
Self
8.8
2004
One Life
(1 episode)
0.0
2003
The Making of The Two Towers
8.8
2003
Eisenstein
The voice of Stalin
5.5
2000
A Question of Faith
Frederick
5.7
2000
The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
7.0
1999
Titanic
Edward Smith
7.9
1997
The Mill on the Floss
Edward Tulliver
6.0
1997
The Gambling Man
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5.5
1995
Once Upon A Time In The North
Len Tollit · (6 episodes)
0.0
1994
Skallagrigg
John
1.0
1994
Lipstick on Your Collar
Uncle Fred · (6 episodes)
7.1
1993
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Bottom (voice) · (1 episode)
6.8
1992
Between the Lines
Chief Constable Harmsworth · (2 episodes)
5.6
1992
HBO First Look
Self · (1 episode)
4.9
1992
The Law Lord
Martin Allport
0.0
1992
Boy Soldier
Officer
0.0
1987
Theban Plays: Antigone
Messenger
0.0
1986
The Burston Rebellion
Tom Higdon
0.0
1985
Screen Two
John · (1 episode)
6.8
1985
The Chain
Nick
6.8
1984
Natural World
(1 episode)
7.1
1983
Runners
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4.3
1983
Boys from the Blackstuff
Yosser Hughes · (5 episodes)
7.7
1982
A Turn for the Worse
Simon Simpson
0.0
1981
Fox
Vin Fox
1.0
1980
Fox
Vin Fox · (13 episodes)
5.7
1980
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Mick
0.0
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
(4 episodes)
5.2
1978
She Fell Among Thieves
Carson
7.0
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
Carson · (1 episode)
7.0
1977
Our Flesh and Blood
Bernard Blincoe
0.0
1977
It Could Happen to You
Syph
1.0
1976
Housewives' Choice
Eric
0.0
1976
I, Claudius
Gratus · (2 episodes)
7.8
1976
Trial by Combat
Blind Freddie
7.7
1976
The Peddler
Graham
0.0
1976
Village Hall
Policeman · (1 episode)
0.0
1974
Hard Labour
Edward Thornley
6.5
1973
Play for Today
Graham · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Play for Today
Edward · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Play for Today
Eric · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Play for Today
Bernard Blincoe · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Play for Today
Mick · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Play for Today
Sullivan · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Play for Today
Simon Simpson · (1 episode)
6.1
1970
Horizon
Narrator · (1 episode)
7.3
1964