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.
as Thornley
as Oscar Smith
as Tom Carson(5 eps)
as Peter
as Richard
as Narrator
as Arthur
as Narrator
as John Claridge
as Father Robert Greaves(6 eps)
as Narrator - (Voice)(3 eps)
as Duke of Norfolk(6 eps)
as Len Russell(3 eps)
as Samuel(3 eps)
as Self
as Cranleigh
as Judge Hopkins (voice)
as Captain EJ Smith
as Uncle David
as John Darwin
as Self - Narrator (voice)(3 eps)
as General - Desert Sequence
as Esser
as George Crosby(3 eps)
as Himself - Narrator(6 eps)
as Grettongrat(1 ep)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Narrator
as Oscar Kurz
as Pharoah Mann
as Self - Narrator (voice)(2 eps)
as Narrator
as Sr. Crown
as Gerard Hopkirk(10 eps)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Dennis
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Erzähler
as Himself - Narrator(7 eps)
as Narrator
as David Blunkett
as King William III
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
as Self(3 eps)
as Edward Colt
as Self
as Phil Parsons
as John Joe
as Théoden
as Philos
as Murray
as The voice of Stalin
as Narrator (voice)
as Frederick
as Det. Insp. Walker
as Egeus
as Susan's Father
as Abel Magwitch
as Abel Magwitch(2 eps)
as Warden Luther Plunkitt
as (voice)
as Host
as Captain Smith
as Edward Tulliver
as The Engine Driver
as Dr. David Hawthorne
as Knight (uncredited)
as Frank nickle(3 eps)
as Flint
as Joe
as Joe(1 ep)
as Len Tollit(6 eps)
as Larry
as John
as Mike
as Uncle Fred(6 eps)
as Tam Ferrier
as Erwin van Haarlem
as Bottom (voice)(1 ep)
as Erwin van Haarlem(1 ep)
as Chief Constable Harmsworth(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as Ignatius 'Iggy' Smith
as Bottom (voice)
as Martin Allport
as Frank Beasley(1 ep)
as Octavian Barbu
as Readings (voice)
as Dr. Livingstone
as Bryce(1 ep)
as Joe Bradshaw
as Henry Madgett
as Hiller
as Officer
as Messenger
as Octavian Barbu(1 ep)
as John Lennon
as Bernard
as Will's father
as Tom Higdon
as John(1 ep)
as Tom Higdon(1 ep)
as Captain Larry(1 ep)
as Nick
as Lech Walesa
as William Cole
as Willie
as Trevor Field
as First Murderer
as Duke of York
as Duke of York
as Duke of York / Master Gunner Of Orleans
as Sergeant Putnam
as Yosser Hughes(5 eps)
as Simon Simpson
as Teresa's Dad
as Boris(1 ep)
as Vin Fox
as Vin Fox(13 eps)
as Yosser Hughes
as Mick
as Harry 'Sharky' Finn(1 ep)
as Carson
as Sullivan
as Tom
as Tom(1 ep)
as Broadbent
as Carson(1 ep)
as Broadbent(1 ep)
as Billy
as Janey's father(1 ep)
as Bernard Blincoe
as Syph
as Eric
as Gratus(2 eps)
as Blind Freddie
as Graham
as Policeman(1 ep)
as Billy(1 ep)
as Edward Thornley
as Graham(1 ep)
as Bernard Blincoe(1 ep)
as Edward(1 ep)
as Eric(1 ep)
as Sullivan(1 ep)
as Mick(1 ep)
as Simon Simpson(1 ep)
as Narrator(1 ep)