Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 β 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 ThΓ©oden 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 Pict...
Titanic
1997
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
True Crime
1999
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
Valkyrie
2008
The Spongers
1978
The Scorpion King
2002
ParaNorman
2012
The Bounty
1984
Gothika
2003
First Knight
1995
Gandhi
1982
The Ghost and the Darkness
1996
Joy Division
2006
A Turn for the Worse
1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1999
Wimbledon
2004
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Shirley Valentine
1989
Runners
1983
The Moor
2024
Franklyn
2008
Forever Young
2024
Dirtysomething
1994
The Kid
2010
The Wind in the Willows
1996
Drowning by Numbers
1988
The Tragedy of Richard III
1983
Golden Years
2016
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
2005
The Making of 'The Two Towers'
2003
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
1999
Great Expectations
1999
Ocean Odyssey
2006
Professional Foul
1977
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron
2012
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
2003
The Making of 'The Return of the King'
2004
The Law Lord
1992