Bernard Hill
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 17, 1944
- Died
- May 5, 2024 (aged 79)
- Place of birth
- Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
- Credits
- 155
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.
Known for
Titanic
1997Movie
Captain Smith
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003Movie
Théoden
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002Movie
Théoden
Valkyrie
2008Movie
General - Desert Sequence
The Scorpion King
2002Movie
Philos
ParaNorman
2012Movie
Judge Hopkins (voice)
Filmography
The Moor
2024Movie
Thornley
Forever Young
2024Movie
Oscar Smith
Remembers…
2022TV
The Responder
2022TV
Tom Carson
Segunda oportunidad
2018Movie
Peter
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
2017Movie
Richard
Inside CERN
2016Movie
Narrator
Golden Years
2016Movie
Arthur
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
2016Movie
Narrator
North v South
2015Movie
John Claridge
Unforgotten
2015TV
Father Robert Greaves
India's Frontier Railways
2015TV
Narrator - (Voice)
Wolf Hall
2015TV
Duke of Norfolk
Hope and Wire
2014TV
Len Russell
From There to Here
2014TV
Samuel
The Sorrows
2013Movie
Reflections on Titanic
2012Movie
Self
Outpost 11
2012Movie
Cranleigh
ParaNorman
2012Movie
Judge Hopkins (voice)
Titanic: Southampton Remembers
2012Movie
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
2012Movie
Captain EJ Smith
Titanic: Case Closed
2012Movie
The Kid
2010Movie
Uncle David
Canoe Man
2010Movie
John Darwin
Indian Hill Railways
2010TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Valkyrie
2008Movie
General - Desert Sequence
Franklyn
2008Movie
Esser
Sunshine
2008TV
George Crosby
Wild China
2008TV
Himself - Narrator
Fairy Tales
2008TV
Grettongrat
Exodus
2008Movie
Narrator (voice)
Titus: The Gorilla King
2008Movie
Narrator
Bombay Railway
2008Movie
Narrator
Save Angel Hope
2007Movie
Oscar Kurz
Exodus
2007Movie
Pharoah Mann
Bombay Railway
2007TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Crumblegiant
2007Movie
Narrator
The Heart of the Earth
2007Movie
Sr. Crown
Five Days
2007TV
Gerard Hopkirk
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
2006Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Joy Division
2006Movie
Dennis
No Go: The Free Derry Story
2006Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2006Movie
Self
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2006Movie
Self
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
2006Movie
Narrator (voice)
Ocean Odyssey
2006Movie
Narrator (voice)
Tim Haines Deep Ocean
2006Movie
Erzähler
Surviving Disaster
2006TV
Himself - Narrator
The Last Tommy
2005Movie
Narrator
A Very Social Secretary
2005Movie
David Blunkett
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005Movie
King William III
Collectormania 7
2005Movie
Self
Heatwave
2005Movie
Narrator (voice)
Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony
2005Movie
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004Movie
Narrator
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
2004TV
Self
Wimbledon
2004Movie
Edward Colt
The Grid
2004TV
On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004Movie
Self
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003Movie
Théoden
Gothika
2003Movie
Phil Parsons
One Life
2003TV
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003Movie
John Joe
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002Movie
Théoden
The Scorpion King
2002Movie
Philos
Going Off Big Time
2000Movie
Murray
Eisenstein
2000Movie
The voice of Stalin
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
2000Movie
Narrator (voice)
A Question of Faith
2000Movie
Frederick
The Criminal
1999Movie
Det. Insp. Walker
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999Movie
Egeus
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999Movie
Susan's Father
Great Expectations
1999Movie
Abel Magwitch
Great Expectations
1999TV
Abel Magwitch
True Crime
1999Movie
Warden Luther Plunkitt
The Titanic Chronicles
1999Movie
(voice)
Titanic: Secrets Revealed
1998Movie
Host
Titanic
1997Movie
Captain Smith
The Mill on the Floss
1997Movie
Edward Tulliver
The Wind in the Willows
1996Movie
The Engine Driver
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996Movie
Dr. David Hawthorne
First Knight
1995Movie
Knight (uncredited)
The Gambling Man
1995TV
Frank nickle
Madagascar Skin
1995Movie
Flint
Speaking In Tongues
1994Movie
Joe
Stages
1994TV
Joe
Once Upon A Time In The North
1994TV
Len Tollit
Dirtysomething
1994Movie
Larry
Skallagrigg
1994Movie
John
Olly's Prison
1993Movie
Mike
The Art of Tripping
1993Movie
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993TV
Uncle Fred
Shepherd on the Rock
1993Movie
Tam Ferrier
A Question of Identity
1992Movie
Erwin van Haarlem
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992TV
Bottom (voice)
Between the Lines
1992TV
Chief Constable Harmsworth
HBO First Look
1992TV
Self
Double X: The Name of the Game
1992Movie
Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1992Movie
Bottom (voice)
The Law Lord
1992Movie
Martin Allport
Shrinks
1991TV
Frank Beasley
Shoot the Revolution
1990Movie
Octavian Barbu
From Moscow to Pietushki
1990Movie
Readings (voice)
Mountains of the Moon
1990Movie
Dr. Livingstone
Shirley Valentine
1989Movie
Joe Bradshaw
Drowning by Numbers
1988Movie
Henry Madgett
Bellman and True
1987Movie
Hiller
Boy Soldier
1987Movie
Officer
Theban Plays: Antigone
1986Movie
Messenger
ScreenPlay
1986TV
Octavian Barbu
John Lennon: A Journey in the Life
1985Movie
John Lennon
No Surrender
1985Movie
Bernard
Restless Natives
1985Movie
Will's father
The Burston Rebellion
1985Movie
Tom Higdon
Screen Two
1985TV
John, Tom Higdon, Captain Larry
The Chain
1984Movie
Nick
Squaring the Circle
1984Movie
Lech Walesa
The Bounty
1984Movie
William Cole
Samson and Delilah
1984Movie
Willie
Natural World
1983TV
Runners
1983Movie
Trevor Field
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983Movie
First Murderer
Henry VI Part 3
1983Movie
Duke of York
Henry VI Part 2
1983Movie
Duke of York
Henry VI Part 1
1983Movie
Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
Gandhi
1982Movie
Sergeant Putnam
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982TV
Yosser Hughes
A Turn for the Worse
1981Movie
Simon Simpson
Say No to Strangers
1981Movie
Teresa's Dad
The Glamour Girls
1980TV
Boris
Fox
1980Movie
Vin Fox
Fox
1980TV
Vin Fox
The Black Stuff
1980Movie
Yosser Hughes
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978Movie
Mick
Pickersgill People
1978TV
Harry 'Sharky' Finn
She Fell Among Thieves
1978Movie
Carson
The Spongers
1978Movie
Sullivan
Pit Strike
1977Movie
Tom
Premiere
1977TV
Tom
Professional Foul
1977Movie
Broadbent
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977TV
Carson, Broadbent
Daft Mam Blues
1977Movie
Billy
Childhood
1977TV
Janey's father
Our Flesh and Blood
1977Movie
Bernard Blincoe
It Could Happen to You
1976Movie
Syph
Housewives' Choice
1976Movie
Eric
Trade Unions: Seven Days that Shook Young Jim
1976Movie
Bernie
I, Claudius
1976TV
Gratus
Trial by Combat
1976Movie
Blind Freddie
The Peddler
1976Movie
Graham
Village Hall
1974TV
Policeman
Second City Firsts
1973TV
Billy
Hard Labour
1973Movie
Edward Thornley
Play for Today
1970TV
Graham, Edward, Eric, Bernard Blincoe, Mick, Sullivan, Simon Simpson
Horizon
1964TV
Narrator