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'''Bernard Hill''' ( 17 December 1944 - 5 May 2024<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68962192#:~:text=Actor%20Bernard%20Hill%2C%20best%20known,Lord%20of%20the%20Rings%20trilogy.</ref>) was an English actor. He was known for playing [[Théoden]], King of [[Rohan, Middle-earth|Rohan]], in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]], Captain [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Edward Smith]] in ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of [[San Quentin Prison]] in the [[Clint Eastwood]] film ''[[True Crime (1999 film)|True Crime]]''. Hill was also known for playing roles in television dramas, including [[Yosser Hughes]], the troubled "hard man" whose life is falling apart in [[Alan Bleasdale]]'s ''[[Boys from the Blackstuff]]'' in the 1980s, and more recently, as the [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]] in the [[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|BBC adaptation]] of [[Hilary Mantel]]'s ''[[Wolf Hall]]''.
'''Bernard Hill''' (17 December 1944 - 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He is remembered for playing [[Théoden]], King of [[Rohan, Middle-earth|Rohan]], in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]], Captain [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Edward Smith]] in ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of [[San Quentin Prison]] in the [[Clint Eastwood]] film ''[[True Crime (1999 film)|True Crime]]''. Hill was also known for playing roles in television dramas, including [[Yosser Hughes]], the troubled "hard man" whose life is falling apart in [[Alan Bleasdale]]'s ''[[Boys from the Blackstuff]]'' in the 1980s, and latterly, as the [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]] in the [[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|BBC adaptation]] of [[Hilary Mantel]]'s ''[[Wolf Hall]]''.


Hill had the distinction of being the only actor to have appeared in more than one film that won 11 [[Academy Awards]], for his roles in [[76th Academy Awards|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']] and [[70th Academy Awards|''Titanic'']].
Hill had the distinction of being the only actor to have appeared in more than one film that won 11 [[Academy Awards]], for his roles in [[76th Academy Awards|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'']] and [[70th Academy Awards|''Titanic'']].

==Early life==
Hill was born in [[Blackley]], [[Manchester]]. He was brought up in a Catholic family of miners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oxfordstudent.com/2012/06/07/the-oxstu-talks-titanic-daniel-day-lewis-and-more-with-film-star-bernard-hill/|title=The OxStu talks Titanic, Daniel Day-Lewis and more with film star Bernard Hill|work=The Oxford Student|date=7 June 2012 }}</ref> Hill attended [[Xaverian College]], and then [[Manchester School of Theatre|Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama]] at the same time as [[Richard Griffiths]]. He graduated with a diploma in theatre in 1970.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/going_out/films/2003/03/bernard_hill.shtml |title=Manchester Films – Bernard Hill – a biography |publisher=BBC |access-date=21 August 2011}}</ref>

==Career==
In 1976, Hill was seen as Police Constable Cluff in the [[Granada Television]] series ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'', the episode entitled "The Jolly Swagmen".

Hill first came to prominence as [[Yosser Hughes]], a working-class [[Liverpool|Liverpudlian]] man ultimately driven to the edge by an uncaring welfare system, in [[Alan Bleasdale]]'s [[BBC]] ''[[Play for Today]]'' programme, ''[[Boys from the Blackstuff#The Black Stuff|The Black Stuff]]'', and its series sequel, ''[[Boys from the Blackstuff]]''.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> His character's much-repeated phrase ''Gizza job'' ("''Give us a job''")<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> became popular with protesters against [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s Conservative government, because of the high unemployment of the time.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23603238-details/Out+of+work+-+and+this+time+it+won+t+just+be+Yosser+who+will+feel+the+pain/article.do |title= Out of work – and this time it won't just be Yosser who will feel the pain &#124; News |publisher=Thisislondon.co.uk |date=17 December 2008 |access-date=21 August 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505120811/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23603238-details/Out+of+work+-+and+this+time+it+won+t+just+be+Yosser+who+will+feel+the+pain/article.do |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 }}</ref>

Hill then appeared as Sergeant Putnam in ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982), directed by [[Richard Attenborough]]. Next for him was [[Roger Donaldson]]’s ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]'' (1984), a fourth dramatisation of the mutiny on [[HMS Bounty|HMS ''Bounty'']].<ref name="tv">{{cite web|title= Bernard Hill credits|url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/bernard-hill/credits/3030214685/ |publisher=tvguide.com|access-date= June 5, 2023}}</ref> He had previously taken smaller parts in a number of British television dramas, appearing in ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]'' in 1976 as the character [[Gratus]].<ref name="tv"/>
[[File:Bernard Hill.jpg|thumb|right|Hill at a ''Lord of the Rings'' convention in Bonn, Germany, October 2004]]
In 1985, he played the lead role in a TV dramatisation of [[John Lennon]]'s life, ''A Journey in the Life''. In addition to TV roles, Hill appeared on stage in ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'',<ref name="tv"/> and the title roles in ''[[Macbeth]]'' and ''[[A View from the Bridge]]''.<ref name="tv"/>

Hill appeared as Joe Bradshaw in ''[[Shirley Valentine (film)|Shirley Valentine]]'' (1989),<ref name="tv"/> about a [[Liverpool]] housewife ([[Pauline Collins]]) who was a former anti-establishment rebel and engages in an extramarital affair. Hill added more prominent films to his resume, including ''[[Mountains of the Moon (film)|Mountains of the Moon]]'' (1990),<ref name="tv"/> ''[[Skallagrigg]]'' (1994) and ''[[Madagascar Skin]]'' (1995).<ref name="tv"/>

In the mid-1990s, Hill began appearing in films more regularly. His first major role came in ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]'' (1996),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-ghost-and-the-darkness-1200447411/ |title=The Ghost and the Darkness |last=Klady |first=Leonard |date=7 October 1996 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=15 May 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515200005/https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/the-ghost-and-the-darkness-1200447411/ |archive-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> starring [[Val Kilmer]] and ([[Michael Douglas]]). Hill then portrayed [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Captain Edward J. Smith]] in ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997), by [[James Cameron]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bernard Hill visits Titanic's street of death |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17695042 |work=BBC |date=13 April 2012 |access-date=16 April 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416070949/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17695042 |archive-date=16 April 2012}}</ref>

Hill played Philos in ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' (2002), starring [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]], [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] and [[Kelly Hu]].<ref name="tv"/>

In 2002 and 2003, Hill played [[Théoden|King Théoden of Rohan]] in the 2nd and 3rd films of [[Peter Jackson]]'s epic trilogy ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |url=https://ew.com/article/2002/12/04/lord-rings-two-towers-4/ |access-date=2024-02-02 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

He held a minor role in the 2008 film ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]'', as the commanding general of the 10th Panzer Division of the German ''Afrika Korps'' and as a voice actor for Sir Walter Beck in ''[[Fable III]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Bernard-Hill/|title=Behind The Voice Actors – Bernard Hill|work= Behind The Voice Actors}}</ref>

Hill was the voice of The Judge in the American [[stop-motion]] [[Animation|animated]] [[comedy horror|comedy horror film]] ''[[ParaNorman]]'' in 2012.<ref name="norman">{{cite web|title= ParaNorman (2012) |url= https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/ParaNorman/ |work= behindthevoiceactors.com |date= August 17, 2012}}</ref> He played Samuel Cotton, who ran a sweet factory with his son in the 2014 three-part BBC drama series about Manchester ''[[From There To Here]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title= Stellar cast assemble for Peter Bowker's new BBC One drama, From There To Here|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/from-there-to-here-casting.html|work=BBC Media Centre |access-date=14 September 2013}}</ref>

He appeared as [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk]] in the 2015 six-part BBC adaptation of [[Hilary Mantel]]'s novels, [[Wolf Hall (miniseries)|''Wolf Hall'']].<ref name="wolf">{{cite web|title= Wolf Hall - Who are the royal subjects? The Duke of Norfolk (Bernard Hill)|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02g3n38/p02g3cb5 |publisher=BBC|access-date= 16 February 2015}}</ref> Later in 2015, he starred as John Claridge in the British gangster movie ''[[North v South (film)|North v South]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=McCahill |first=Mike |date=15 October 2015 |title=North v South review – Romeo and Juliet caught up in gang war |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/15/north-v-south-review-british-gangster-movie |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=15 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015203813/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/15/north-v-south-review-british-gangster-movie |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life==
{{Expand section|date=June 2012}}
Hill was married to the actor [[Marianna Hill]], with whom he has a son named Gabriel. He lived in [[Suffolk]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>

Hill was a longtime supporter of [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United FC]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Grimsditch |first=Lee |date=22 December 2022 |title=The Blackley-born actor with a famous catchphrase who made Hollywood history |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/how-blackley-born-actor-famous-22330099 |work=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref>

In 2019, Hill received an honorary degree from the [[University of East Anglia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=A Titanic actor, climate change trailblazer and banking boss: Meet UEA's newest honorary graduates|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/meet-university-of-east-anglia-honorary-gradutes-2019-1-6099335|publisher=Eastern Daily Press|access-date=12 June 2019}}</ref>

Hill died in May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68962192|title=Bernard Hill: Titanic and Lord of the Rings actor dies|date=5 May 2024|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1975
| ''It Could Happen to You''
| Syph
| Film also known as ''Intimate Teenage Secrets''
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Trial by Combat (film)|Trial by Combat]]''
| Blind Freddie
| Film also known as ''Dirty Knights Work''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1978
| ''[[The Sailor's Return (film)|The Sailor's Return]]''
| Carter
|
|-
| ''[[The Spongers]]''
| Sullivan
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]''
| Sergeant Putnam
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| ''Squaring the Circle''
| [[Narrator]]
| [[Documentary]]
|-
| ''[[Runners (film)|Runners]]''
| Trevor Field
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]''
| Cole
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1985
| ''[[Restless Natives]]''
| Will's father
|
|-
| ''[[The Chain (1984 film)|The Chain]]''
| Nick
|
|-
| ''Samson and Delilah''
| Willie Naknervis
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1986
| ''Milwr Bychan''
| Officer
| Film also known as ''Boy Soldier''
|-
| ''New World''
| John Billington
|
|-
| ''[[No Surrender (film)|No Surrender]]''
| Bernard
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Bellman and True]]''
| Hiller
|
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Drowning by Numbers]]''
| Henry Madgett
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Shirley Valentine (film)|Shirley Valentine]]''
| Joe Bradshaw
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Mountains of the Moon (film)|Mountains of the Moon]]''
| David Livingston
|
|-
| 1991
| ''The Law Lord''
| Martin Allport
|
|-
| 1992
| ''The Name of the Game''
| Ignatius "Iggy" Smith
| Film also known as ''Run Rabbit Run'' and ''Double X''
|-
| 1993
| ''Shepherd on the Rock''
| Tam Ferrier
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1994
| ''[[Skallagrigg]]''
| John
|
|-
| ''Drug Taking and the Arts''
| Presenter and narrator
| Documentary
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Madagascar Skin]]''
| Flint
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[The Ghost and the Darkness]]''
| David Hawthorne
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1997
| ''[[The Wind in the Willows (1996 film)|The Wind in the Willows]]''
| Engine driver
| Film also known as ''Mr. Toad's Wild Ride''
|-
| ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''
| [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Captain Edward J. Smith]]
| Nominated – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]<br>One of two films in which Hill stars that have won 11 Oscars.
|-
| ''[[The Mill on the Floss (film)|The Mill on the Floss]]''
| Edwards Tulliver
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |1999
| ''The Titanic Chronicles''
| Captain S. Lord
|
|-
| ''[[The Criminal (1999 film)|The Criminal]]''
| Walker
|
|-
| ''[[True Crime (1999 film)|True Crime]]''
| Lunther Plunkitt
|
|-
| ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
| [[Egeus]]
| Film also known as ''Sogno di una notte di mezza estate''
|-
| ''[[The Loss of Sexual Innocence]]''
| Susan's father
|
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2000
| ''Blessed Art Thou''
| Frederick
|
|-
| ''Einstein''
| Voice of Stalin
| Film also known as ''The Furnace''
|-
| ''Going Off Big Time''
| Murray
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2002
| ''[[The Scorpion King]]''
| Philos
|
|-
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''
| [[Théoden|King Théoden]]
|[[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast]]<br>Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast<br>Nominated – [[DVD Exclusive Awards|DVD Exclusive Awards for Best Audio Commentary]]<br>Nominated – [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2003
| ''[[The Boys from County Clare]]''
| John Joe
|
|-
| ''[[Gothika]]''
| Phil Parsons
|
|-
|''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
| King Théoden
|[[Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast]]<br>[[National Board of Review Award for Best Cast]]<br>[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]<br>Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast<br>The second film in which Hill starred that won [[76th Academy Awards|11 Oscars]].
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2004
| ''[[Wimbledon (film)|Wimbledon]]''
| Edward Colt
|
|-
| ''The Deal''
| Victor
| [[Short film]]
|-
| 2005
| ''[[The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse]]''
| King William
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| ''[[Joy Division (2006 film)|Joy Division]]''
| Dennis
|
|-
| ''Save Angel Hope''
| Oscar Kurz
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Exodus (2007 British film)|Exodus]]''
| N/A
| Film made for television. Broadcast on [[Channel 4]]
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]''
| Unnamed German General in the desert
|
|-
| ''[[Franklyn]]''
| Peter
|
|-
| 2011
| ''The Wraith''
| The Narrator
| Short Film
|-
| 2012
| ''[[ParaNorman]]''
| The Judge
| Voice only
|-
| 2015
| ''[[North v South (film)|North v South]]''
| John Claridge
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| ''[[Golden Years (2016 film)|Golden Years]]''
| Arthur Goode
|
|-
|''Interlude City''
|Richard
|
|-
|2018
|''Second Chance''
|Peter
|
|-
|2023
|''Forever Now''
|Oscar Smith
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Programme
! Role
! Episodes
! Broadcasting Network
! Notes
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Hard Labour (film)|Hard Labour]]''
| Edward Thornley
| N/A
| [[BBC]]
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[I, Claudius (TV series)|I, Claudius]]''
| [[Gratus]]
| 2
| BBC
| 1977
''Our Flesh and Blood''
Bernard Blencoe
1
BBC
|-
| 1978
| ''Pickersgill People''
| N/A
| 1
| BBC
|
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1979
| ''Telford's Change''
| Jack Burton
| 1
| BBC
|
|-
| ''[[Boys from the Blackstuff#The Black Stuff|The Black Stuff]]''
| [[Yosser Hughes]]
| 1
| BBC
|
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Fox (TV series)|Fox]]''
| Vin Fox
| 11
| [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Boys from the Black Stuff]]''
| Yosser Hughes
| 5
| BBC
|[[Broadcasting Press Guild|Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for Best Actor]]<br>Nominated – [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1983
| ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#The First Part of Henry the Sixt|Henry VI, Part 1]]''
| [[Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York|Duke of York]]
| 1
| BBC
|Part of the [[BBC Television Shakespeare]] series
|-
| ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#The Second Part of Henry the Sixt|Henry VI, Part 2]]''
| Duke of York
| 1
| BBC
|Part of the BBC Television Shakespeare series
|-
| ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#The Third Part of Henry the Sixt|Henry VI, Part 3]]''
| Duke of York
| 1
| BBC
|Part of the BBC Television Shakespeare series
|-
| ''[[BBC Television Shakespeare#The Tragedy of Richard III|Richard III]]''
| First Murderer
| 1
| BBC
|Part of the BBC Television Shakespeare series
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Antigone (Sophocles play)|Antigone]]''
| Messenger
| 1
| BBC
|
|-
| 1985
| ''The Burston Rebellion''
| [[Tom Higdon]]
| 1
| BBC
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[John Lennon: A Journey in the Life]]''
| ''[[John Lennon]]''
| 1
| BBC
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Olly's Prison''
| Mike
| 1
| BBC
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Telltale (TV series)|Telltale]]''
| Det. Sgt. Gavin Douglas
| 3
| ITV
|
|-
|1993
|[[Lipstick on Your Collar (TV series)|''Lipstick on Your Collar'']]
|Uncle Fred
|
|Channel 4
|
|-
| 1994
| ''Once Upon a Time in the North''
| Len Tollit
| N/A
| BBC
|
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The Gambling Man]]''
| Frank Nickle
| all
| Tyne Tees TV
|
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Great Expectations (1999 film)|Great Expectations]]''
| Abel Magwitch
| 2
| BBC
|
|-
| 1999
| ''The Titanic Chronicles''
| Captain [[Stanley Lord]]
| N/A
|
|
|-
| 2001
| ''Horizon''
| Narrator
| 9
| BBC
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Timewatch]]''
| Narrator
| 1
| BBC
|
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief]]''
| Himself
| 1
| BBC
|
|-
| 2005
| ''A Very Social Secretary''
| [[David Blunkett]]
| 1
| Channel 4
|Nominated – [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor]]<br>Nominated – [[International Emmy Award|International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor]]
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Ocean Odyssey (TV series)|Ocean Odyssey]]''
| Narrator
| 2
|
|Nominated - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated]]
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Egomania (UK TV documentary)|Egomania]]''
| Narrator
| 1
| Channel 4
|
|-
| 2007
| ''Bombay Railway''
| Narrator
| 2
| BBC Series
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Sunshine (British TV series)|Sunshine]]''
| Granddad Crosby
| 3
| BBC
|
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Wild China]]''
| Narrator
| 6
| BBC
| A BBC/CTV/Travel Channel co-production in association with Canal+
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Folk America]]''
| Narrator
| 3
| BBC
|
|-
| 2009
| ''Ice Patrol''
| Narrator
| 4
| National Geographic
|
|-
| 2010
| ''Old Trafford 100 Years''
| Narrator and Presenter
| 1
| MUTV
|
|-
| 2010
| ''Five Days''
| Gerard Hopkirk
| 5
| BBC
|
|-
| 2010
| ''Indian Hill Railways''
| Narrator<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://shop.abc.net.au/products/indian-hill-railways-dvd|title=Indian Hill Railway|last=Unit|first=Commercial Development|website=ABC Shop|language=en-AU|access-date=4 March 2017}}</ref>
| 3
| BBC
|
|-
| 2010
| ''Canoe Man''
| [[John Darwin disappearance case|John Darwin]]
| 1
| BBC
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Falcón (TV series)|Falcón]]''
| Ramón Salgado
| 2
|[[BSkyB|Sky]]
| Episode "The Blind Man of Seville"
|-
| 2014
| ''[[From There to Here]]''
| Samuel Cotton
| 3
|[[BBC]]
|
|-
|2014
| ''Hope And Wire''
| Len Russell
| 3
|[[TV3 (New Zealand)|TV3]]
|[[New Zealand]] mini-series
|-
|2015
|''[[Wolf Hall (TV series)|Wolf Hall]]''
|[[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]]
|6
|[[BBC]]
|
|-
| 2015
| ''India's Frontier Railways''
| Narrator<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022|title=BBC Four - India's Frontier Railways|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0555xgw|access-date=2 February 2022|website=BBC|language=en-GB}}</ref>
| 3
| BBC
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Unforgotten]]''
|Father Robert Greaves
|6
|[[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]
|
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Play
! Role
! Theatre
|-
| 1974
| ''[[John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and Bert]]''
| [[John Lennon]]
| [[Everyman Theatre, Liverpool]]
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
| [[Toby Belch]]
| [[Young Vic]], London
|-
| 1983
| ''Short List''
| Howard
| [[Hampstead Theatre]], [[London]]
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Plough and the Stars]]''
| Fluther Good
| [[Royal Exchange, Manchester]]
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Macbeth]]''
| [[Macbeth (character)|Macbeth]]
| [[Haymarket Theatre (Leicester)|Haymarket Theatre]], [[Leicester]]
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''
| Lopakhin
| [[Aldwych Theatre]], London
|-
| 1990
| ''Gasping''
| Sir Chiffley Lockheart
| [[Haymarket Theatre|Theatre Royal]], [[Haymarket (London)|Haymarket]], London
|-
| 1995
| ''[[A View from the Bridge]]''
| Eddie Carbone
| [[Strand Theatre (Novello)|Strand Theatre]], London
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Video game
! Role
|-
|2010
|''[[Fable III]]''
|Sir Walter Beck
|}

==References and notes==
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==External links==
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* {{Screenonline name|873852}}
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* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/features/bernard_hill.shtml Interview with BBC Suffolk]
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Revision as of 14:02, 5 May 2024

Bernard Hill
Hill in 2007
Born(1944-12-17)17 December 1944
Blackley, Manchester, England
Died5 May 2024(2024-05-05) (aged 79)
NationalityEnglish
EducationXaverian College
Alma materManchester Polytechnic School of Drama
OccupationActor
Years active1970–2024
SpouseMarianna Hill
Children1

Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 - 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He is remembered for playing Théoden, King of Rohan, in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Captain Edward Smith in Titanic, and Luther Plunkitt, the Warden of San Quentin Prison in the Clint Eastwood film True Crime. Hill was also known for playing roles in television dramas, including Yosser Hughes, the troubled "hard man" whose life is falling apart in Alan Bleasdale's Boys from the Blackstuff in the 1980s, and latterly, as the Duke of Norfolk in the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall.

Hill had the distinction of being the only actor to have appeared in more than one film that won 11 Academy Awards, for his roles in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Titanic.

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