Bernard Hill

Biography

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

Horizon

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Play for Today

Play for Today

Play for Today

Play for Today

Play for Today

Play for Today

All Movies (112)

• The Moor2024 · as Thornley
• Forever Young2024 · as Oscar Smith
• Segunda oportunidad2018 · as Peter
• Interlude: City of a Dead Woman2017 · as Richard
• Inside CERN2016 · as Narrator
• Golden Years2016 · as Arthur
• Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary2016 · as Narrator
• North v South2015 · as John Claridge
• The Sorrows2013
• Reflections on Titanic2012 · as Self
• Outpost 112012 · as Cranleigh
• ParaNorman2012 · as Judge Hopkins (voice)
• Titanic: Southampton Remembers2012
• Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron2012 · as Captain EJ Smith
• Titanic: Case Closed2012
• The Kid2010 · as Uncle David
• Canoe Man2010 · as John Darwin
• Valkyrie2008 · as General - Desert Sequence
• Franklyn2008 · as Esser
• Exodus2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• Titus: The Gorilla King2008 · as Narrator
• Bombay Railway2008 · as Narrator
• Save Angel Hope2007 · as Oscar Kurz
• Exodus2007 · as Pharoah Mann
• The Crumblegiant2007 · as Narrator
• The Heart of the Earth2007 · as Sr. Crown
• JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed2006 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Joy Division2006 · as Dennis
• No Go: The Free Derry Story2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• Ocean Odyssey2006 · as Narrator (voice)
• Tim Haines Deep Ocean2006 · as Erzähler
• The Last Tommy2005 · as Narrator
• A Very Social Secretary2005 · as David Blunkett
• The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse2005 · as King William III
• Heatwave2005 · as Narrator (voice)
• Horizon: Einstein's Unfinished Symphony2005
• Beatles Biggest Secrets2004 · as Narrator
• Wimbledon2004 · as Edward Colt
• The Making of 'The Return of the King'2004 · as Self
• On the Set of 'Gothika'2004 · as Self
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003 · as Théoden
• Gothika2003 · as Phil Parsons
• The Boys & Girl from County Clare2003 · as John Joe
• The Making of 'The Two Towers'2003
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers2002 · as Théoden
• The Scorpion King2002 · as Philos
• Going Off Big Time2000 · as Murray
• Eisenstein2000 · as The voice of Stalin
• Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano2000 · as Narrator (voice)
• A Question of Faith2000 · as Frederick
• The Criminal1999 · as Det. Insp. Walker
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1999 · as Egeus
• The Loss of Sexual Innocence1999 · as Susan's Father
• Great Expectations1999 · as Abel Magwitch
• True Crime1999 · as Warden Luther Plunkitt
• The Titanic Chronicles1999 · as (voice)
• Titanic: Secrets Revealed1998 · as Host
• Titanic1997 · as Captain Smith
• The Mill on the Floss1997 · as Edward Tulliver
• The Wind in the Willows1996 · as The Engine Driver
• The Ghost and the Darkness1996 · as Dr. David Hawthorne
• First Knight1995 · as Knight (uncredited)
• Madagascar Skin1995 · as Flint
• Speaking In Tongues1994 · as Joe
• Dirtysomething1994 · as Larry
• Skallagrigg1994 · as John
• Olly's Prison1993 · as Mike
• The Art of Tripping1993
• Shepherd on the Rock1993 · as Tam Ferrier
• A Question of Identity1992 · as Erwin van Haarlem
• Double X: The Name of the Game1992 · as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
• A Midsummer Night's Dream1992 · as Bottom (voice)
• The Law Lord1992 · as Martin Allport
• Shoot the Revolution1990 · as Octavian Barbu
• From Moscow to Pietushki1990 · as Readings (voice)
• Mountains of the Moon1990 · as Dr. Livingstone
• Shirley Valentine1989 · as Joe Bradshaw
• Drowning by Numbers1988 · as Henry Madgett
• Bellman and True1987 · as Hiller
• Boy Soldier1987 · as Officer
• Theban Plays: Antigone1986 · as Messenger
• John Lennon: A Journey in the Life1985 · as John Lennon
• No Surrender1985 · as Bernard
• Restless Natives1985 · as Will's father
• The Burston Rebellion1985 · as Tom Higdon
• The Chain1984 · as Nick
• Squaring the Circle1984 · as Lech Walesa
• The Bounty1984 · as William Cole
• Samson and Delilah1984 · as Willie
• Runners1983 · as Trevor Field
• The Tragedy of Richard III1983 · as First Murderer
• Henry VI Part 31983 · as Duke of York
• Henry VI Part 21983 · as Duke of York
• Henry VI Part 11983 · as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
• Gandhi1982 · as Sergeant Putnam
• A Turn for the Worse1981 · as Simon Simpson
• Say No to Strangers1981 · as Teresa's Dad
• Fox1980 · as Vin Fox
• The Black Stuff1980 · as Yosser Hughes
• Soldiers Talking, Cleanly1978 · as Mick
• She Fell Among Thieves1978 · as Carson
• The Spongers1978 · as Sullivan
• Pit Strike1977 · as Tom
• Professional Foul1977 · as Broadbent
• Daft Mam Blues1977 · as Billy
• Our Flesh and Blood1977 · as Bernard Blincoe
• It Could Happen to You1976 · as Syph
• Housewives' Choice1976 · as Eric
• Trial by Combat1976 · as Blind Freddie
• The Peddler1976 · as Graham
• Hard Labour1973 · as Edward Thornley

All TV Shows (46)

• Remembers…2022
• The Responder2022 · as Tom Carson
• Unforgotten2015 · as Father Robert Greaves
• India's Frontier Railways2015 · as Narrator - (Voice)
• Wolf Hall2015 · as Duke of Norfolk
• Hope and Wire2014 · as Len Russell
• From There to Here2014 · as Samuel
• Indian Hill Railways2010 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Sunshine2008 · as George Crosby
• Wild China2008 · as Himself - Narrator
• Fairy Tales2008 · as Grettongrat
• Bombay Railway2007 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Five Days2007 · as Gerard Hopkirk
• Surviving Disaster2006 · as Himself - Narrator
• Surviving Disaster2006
• Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief2004 · as Self
• The Grid2004
• One Life2003
• Great Expectations1999 · as Abel Magwitch
• The Gambling Man1995 · as Frank nickle
• Once Upon A Time In The North1994 · as Len Tollit
• Lipstick on Your Collar1993 · as Uncle Fred
• Shakespeare: The Animated Tales1992 · as Bottom (voice)
• Between the Lines1992 · as Chief Constable Harmsworth
• HBO First Look1992 · as Self
• ScreenPlay1986 · as Octavian Barbu
• Screen Two1985 · as John
• Screen Two1985 · as Tom Higdon
• Screen Two1985 · as Captain Larry
• Natural World1983
• Boys from the Blackstuff1982 · as Yosser Hughes
• Fox1980 · as Vin Fox
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Carson
• BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Broadbent
• Childhood1977 · as Janey's father
• I, Claudius1976 · as Gratus
• Village Hall1974 · as Policeman
• Second City Firsts1973 · as Billy
• Play for Today1970 · as Graham
• Play for Today1970 · as Bernard Blincoe
• Play for Today1970 · as Edward
• Play for Today1970 · as Eric
• Play for Today1970 · as Sullivan
• Play for Today1970 · as Mick
• Play for Today1970 · as Simon Simpson
• Horizon1964 · as Narrator