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.
Known for
![The Moor](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vK9gEHVeoT3w5Erzk7TkOWtKBnB.jpg)
The Moor
![Forever Young](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qgjuELF3vlRiZkcarW5GNxfdXUK.jpg)
Forever Young
![The Responder](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9rG7UmjRCtSgHq8QzW07Drdq9HB.jpg)
The Responder
![Segunda oportunidad](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yiZWmpUGF63DkTOoSyZF3s4mg7i.jpg)
Segunda oportunidad
![Interlude: City of a Dead Woman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/Mn9Qwp4Rph52X35HP09PdE6pvZ.jpg)
Interlude: City of a Dead Woman
![Inside CERN](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5lRdC3ZurpLbzCtYAKV4tPfF858.jpg)
Inside CERN
![Golden Years](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6Pdm5FPRtU4DdCG4QbZHr6JlkaY.jpg)
Golden Years
![Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Za76PE8sK6Rw92hUoXjui0MK0x.jpg)
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
![North v South](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gRXTvnEoxCljMC6F2wc5WWWAYog.jpg)
North v South
![Unforgotten](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wll5rUiRvF51Mpyo2CfdLjtjl8f.jpg)
Unforgotten
![India's Frontier Railways](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5ry3iBn63mYef0oKTtnp9qg7nZ.jpg)
India's Frontier Railways
![Wolf Hall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w6nwMuJMQcfu5JcQ8iEKoDwwjee.jpg)
Wolf Hall
![From There to Here](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2IglDxHghp9Yyx4cni0dy4ivVUe.jpg)
From There to Here
![The Sorrows](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dtIbQQhIwvpL7OERS165dIt1ZgM.jpg)
The Sorrows
![Reflections on Titanic](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4TxXJqt7UrsgsCuiW8H2YN51t5g.jpg)
Reflections on Titanic
![Outpost 11](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/osIHphCMC05HaCu9Z1gFg3JJz6x.jpg)
Outpost 11
![ParaNorman](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9DZPtuYTKYxt6vzHvZ5FLThG4fl.jpg)
ParaNorman
![Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hJHYF5Whd4YnbfPcmGNmPrbr85N.jpg)
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
![Titanic: Case Closed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1IC5QesDZsimN2xll7avmCgIRM8.jpg)
Titanic: Case Closed
![The Kid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/etmSg2P1xhGjoqwaVwXABDUIjdY.jpg)
The Kid
![Canoe Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e6kqRo9llegKV5lGajZEfOEgnp.jpg)
Canoe Man
![Indian Hill Railways](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/anv04bc085lvKYA6faThbQeRgA0.jpg)
Indian Hill Railways
![Valkyrie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8eoRtXswC8IQDsqW7iJWO56NhAv.jpg)
Valkyrie
![Franklyn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5yns10om8I19j4OHy1zoVRilAnw.jpg)
Franklyn
![Sunshine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oppOvtFW3iKdZKIAvkjpmHGt5KJ.jpg)
Sunshine
![Wild China](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eFq9p9hSqMfHC1hfkHyMldUvKyD.jpg)
Wild China
![Fairy Tales](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vkuX3dL0x9YQxNAGGsn7O9uOv5l.jpg)
Fairy Tales
![Bombay Railway](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aG7SY3COWIcnKRLegRe9SB3YWwU.jpg)
Bombay Railway
![Save Angel Hope](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/icZ4ZXI9GGwC7uQh8XDnVKFzz3O.jpg)
Save Angel Hope
![Exodus](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hILDHmQnXfUPbtxs1TCftcbD1jN.jpg)
Exodus
![Bombay Railway](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uJ3YS6bMuc5MrYdSiWsHb4IsdB7.jpg)
Bombay Railway
![The Heart of the Earth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aYZmE3phYdjz5z2nUznvqKkKMw3.jpg)
The Heart of the Earth
![Five Days](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mnRh1Jcn6KAhgVyfVPDLJwgaOSu.jpg)
Five Days
![JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r4vBjUeYQofzniRqTy0cyh7k09O.jpg)
JFK's Women: The Scandals Revealed
![Joy Division](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nNvnFQKQ67jUg3w8wGaQQXOipJz.jpg)
Joy Division
![No Go: The Free Derry Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7eVF5IJ4cyOMeYVs8HRr8hMakJx.jpg)
No Go: The Free Derry Story
![Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h7yriM0LVB99H0faFQjfX5dSS9D.jpg)
Cruel Sea: The Penlee Lifeboat Disaster
![Ocean Odyssey](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r86zFCEupEEZ3YFO7rasRcjxbHn.jpg)
Ocean Odyssey
![Surviving Disaster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2PA4UGHajUdXMJutD6ggSfC6Q1o.jpg)
Surviving Disaster
![The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z3XYo7xdxg9QRecUZ1VpsfmZnxL.jpg)
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
![Beatles Biggest Secrets](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xokKiYwp0BZ1ecKkBle7ELqJ9UL.jpg)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
![Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rSs3xdaP5ejfOoYad29BAmGqT4k.jpg)
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
![Wimbledon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6VwpWP9iTkODN9Mqa7Ce7zmma6d.jpg)
Wimbledon
![The Grid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fJWa5Zjuz5d521q8D98Fg2zWBCC.jpg)
The Grid
![The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rCzpDGLbOoPwLjy3OAm5NUPOTrC.jpg)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
![Gothika](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/frSGNQcWx1ek8dCduFYCux1ho7n.jpg)
Gothika
![The Boys & Girl from County Clare](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3pO8Ur0tfOlBr2m9zJxMMm5Ha1F.jpg)
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
![The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5VTN0pR8gcqV3EPUHHfMGnJYN9L.jpg)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
![The Scorpion King](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aITIsX20tACn6jgtyDcCYpRT216.jpg)
The Scorpion King
![Going Off Big Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/opiDJzjaLQncLucqFMmbx9tgTki.jpg)
Going Off Big Time
![Eisenstein](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zsyzmBt8C5SYDLOOLO0KFjsIls7.jpg)
Eisenstein
![A Question of Faith](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wvq97E44ts0bEZUWFlDdhAATTed.jpg)
A Question of Faith
![The Criminal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z6byjYcxQX63Bri99u1CXFZPvlS.jpg)
The Criminal
![A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3Xlj999Q9mMnMbsICMJbPXFVyfe.jpg)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
![The Loss of Sexual Innocence](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ddrayzMrXTng8WgzhVHEu30247f.jpg)
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
![Great Expectations](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/59LU8PjGuW1oiSD9ZqmKCpEwUB0.jpg)
Great Expectations
![True Crime](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2VEqqlmSZ0VSr74XOTWUQUUGYWF.jpg)
True Crime
![Titanic](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9xjZS2rlVxm8SFx8kPC3aIGCOYQ.jpg)
Titanic
![The Mill on the Floss](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j0VckChXGd5A0zsPe1DMUhd3Uap.jpg)
The Mill on the Floss
![The Wind in the Willows](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nsOM52BsDeHzc0yI27bah2OWems.jpg)
The Wind in the Willows
![The Ghost and the Darkness](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3KEPs6RKlin9pT9fqjtW7MSLC8H.jpg)
The Ghost and the Darkness
![First Knight](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xuXkCcrvUTkehVXuTGpnfySsx0Z.jpg)
First Knight
![The Gambling Man](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8xwMMCpuVMQBBpBOZ0UZKq01Tab.jpg)
The Gambling Man
![Madagascar Skin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r33ET00aIBy7j0E9wJCXj4bWMET.jpg)
Madagascar Skin
![Dirtysomething](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9S6AWa9YyYO3LJsmWgB5Dt8j3Hq.jpg)
Dirtysomething
![Skallagrigg](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ikgrjUvxrqOxwNu9J2nXK5xoOOG.jpg)
Skallagrigg
![The Art of Tripping](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/grYRVfW7dGCMv5dlRWQ1pr8J7fR.jpg)
The Art of Tripping
![Lipstick on Your Collar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/87bxyjSx1DZPicwEYzEIoAdLVSR.jpg)
Lipstick on Your Collar
![Shepherd on the Rock](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5OKi4uFPefE0eGr9S2lHwDOA5vB.jpg)
Shepherd on the Rock
![A Question of Identity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zrjKYR0e1BhGODpAUqA83H0j85o.jpg)
A Question of Identity
![Shakespeare: The Animated Tales](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oTVrqJ1kdXgOaqlCthmd9iqfmrD.jpg)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
![Between the Lines](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hGWVJMXV6T7lMDfPG8K7TX793uQ.jpg)
Between the Lines
![HBO First Look](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1R6pR4X5usNA7rPbt9q7a96S6HK.jpg)
HBO First Look
![Double X: The Name of the Game](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ug8IAno3hOwq1NeZaKltFIR4u5J.jpg)
Double X: The Name of the Game
![The Law Lord](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lntzH3XHBFb95dtablPirpLBYyo.jpg)
The Law Lord
![Shoot the Revolution](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k5u5rheU4m7zDRPFPTEsS4sqAdD.jpg)
Shoot the Revolution
![From Moscow to Pietushki](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j7Tj6aYwOB4kaujvPit0CTsRN7i.jpg)
From Moscow to Pietushki
![Mountains of the Moon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uWWrigxf4yU1WmaTkxg3qYNMezG.jpg)
Mountains of the Moon
![Shirley Valentine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/u4XyJczTE8XBwjSksfn430nfjaT.jpg)
Shirley Valentine
![Drowning by Numbers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7VSvsr87TazqEvxqTDTWMDCbjwt.jpg)
Drowning by Numbers
![Bellman and True](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uTsQbhA4lU3F1axvxQ6DLUT3XFh.jpg)
Bellman and True
![Boy Soldier](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z4y2CO2tVqszrReImEGBBttBN1Z.jpg)
Boy Soldier
![Theban Plays: Antigone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xY7gU0MYRNQiaMV9hgHCmNrxaTs.jpg)
Theban Plays: Antigone
![No Surrender](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x6i6QtIuUCpWQCvbmRfIlKet8Fa.jpg)
No Surrender
![Restless Natives](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/93wlkxjiKlg3ApJozJkKVgbuQaE.jpg)
Restless Natives
![The Burston Rebellion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hk8HtkxQVvNH7Wiu5Qf7jXSX3Sx.jpg)
The Burston Rebellion
![Screen Two](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4Dp0H8DVuY5fzZWpOIRyEJ8eanx.jpg)
Screen Two
![Squaring the Circle](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aB3LNvrcf0Ibl09vbKPwXBjVfQ2.jpg)
Squaring the Circle
![The Bounty](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hMFgXhUv5UWqgZckOtSmv1H0diS.jpg)
The Bounty
![The Chain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xptnGxuMubM2WqKUBz0NJXBBYSn.jpg)
The Chain
![Natural World](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lM2O6k77POzauRNR6iAcOFZKwqY.jpg)
Natural World
![Runners](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pH9nZCPu3JPFwaR6fTp2y4TvbVz.jpg)
Runners
![The Tragedy of Richard III](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pm4qQ0fLvehS6oaUNYzvrqe6jsf.jpg)
The Tragedy of Richard III
![Henry VI Part 3](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gA8kLhuPyT9I6C6r6ZXF0M8WQ0E.jpg)
Henry VI Part 3
![Henry VI Part 2](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zn0UoT6lkoE3Gh3GvowzucwcHuw.jpg)
Henry VI Part 2
![Henry VI Part 1](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vfgZkMALR31nwjm2DzfJMCIK4wi.jpg)
Henry VI Part 1
![Gandhi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rOXftt7SluxskrFrvU7qFJa5zeN.jpg)
Gandhi
![Boys from the Blackstuff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xhAwRMLs3R0kJoj530RNRE9Zu5s.jpg)
Boys from the Blackstuff
![A Turn for the Worse](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A23R5Ew9yYXUxwIE6qoApYGqeU5.jpg)
A Turn for the Worse
![Fox](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sM2n93VlUflQ0y5WNEEJB4ppQnX.jpg)
Fox
![The Black Stuff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/93h1s1gPORjQQrsrfzAD6t0wnac.jpg)
The Black Stuff
![Soldiers Talking, Cleanly](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zKp2kuhWqdZ1agWBlJBjVlZWT8n.jpg)
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
![BBC Television Shakespeare](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lJ2A0vfD6zWW35omkvKF2C2QSA7.jpg)
BBC Television Shakespeare
![She Fell Among Thieves](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2aIKlPfv52fuHnS7sARdXPHpxtC.jpg)
She Fell Among Thieves
![The Spongers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A4BxN8u7ny2sPvoQUsrPqLKYgxG.jpg)
The Spongers
![Pit Strike](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cV0aE0q0Mfjt7i5Onxe2C6J1doA.jpg)
Pit Strike
![BBC2 Play of the Week](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bxw3egrIzeydlHvSruBVDpa3AU8.jpg)
BBC2 Play of the Week
![Daft Mam Blues](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9gi82ar5cPhuNJWeNlh1W98PCnJ.jpg)
Daft Mam Blues
![Our Flesh and Blood](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1jnyzBYIVXni3NFXSlQtb1FXE2p.jpg)
Our Flesh and Blood
![It Could Happen to You](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5QZGo6j9FyrctDotfH0OC6cr4wb.jpg)
It Could Happen to You
![Housewives' Choice](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ecnugXTQ7FuP2c6lTlH21PrA2gm.jpg)
Housewives' Choice
![I, Claudius](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oztxNqan7wKvFuCDS55WyUmKNMU.jpg)
I, Claudius
![Trial by Combat](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hlJDdd8AuWeUyFWWm1E1FtND35N.jpg)
Trial by Combat
![Village Hall](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8qREmyPzvWKtCdZItCUSRoiVwGF.jpg)
Village Hall
![Hard Labour](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kgbL3ng2ObR1w0FMxU3n3Y2Cydo.jpg)
Hard Labour
![Play for Today](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aIgjKkazKMhqQjytljsofAEsp3q.jpg)
Play for Today