Bernard Hill, the versatile actor famend for his roles in epic motion pictures equivalent to ‘Titanic’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ handed away early Sunday morning on the age of 79, his agent, Lou Coulson, confirmed.
Hill‘s performing profession was marked by a variety of highly effective performances each on tv and in movie. He gained fame from his position as Captain Edward Smith within the 1997 Oscar-winning film ‘Titanic’ and as King Theoden within the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. Each motion pictures had been notable for successful 11 Oscars every and grossing over $1 billion on the field workplace.
Earlier than his roles in these blockbuster motion pictures, Hill was recognized for his compelling portrayal of Yosser Hughes within the BBC TV drama ‘Boys from the Blackstuff’. The TV present, which explored the impression of unemployment in Liverpool, gained a BAFTA for Greatest Drama Collection in 1983 and later earned the seventh spot on the British Movie Institute’s record of the very best TV exhibits ever made.
In 2015, Hill delivered one other memorable efficiency within the BBC drama collection ‘Wolf Corridor’, tailored from Hilary Mantel‘s e-book in regards to the courtroom of Henry VIII, the place he performed the Duke of Norfolk.
Bernard Hill’s profession
Born in Blackley, Manchester, right into a household of coal miners, Hill attended performing college with Richard Griffiths.
His profession started with small roles in tv, resulting in his main break in ‘The Black Stuff’ and its sequel, ‘Boys from the Blackstuff’. He additionally appeared in Richard Attenborough‘s ‘Gandhi’ and the BBC’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Henry VI’ because the Duke of York.
On the time of his passing, Hill was set to return to tv within the second collection of ‘The Responder’ a BBC drama starring Martin Freeman, which begins airing on Sunday night within the UK.
Hill lived in Suffolk and is survived by his spouse Marianna Hill and their son Gabriel. His contributions to movie and tv have left a long-lasting legacy, cherished by followers and colleagues alike.
Bernard Hill’s FIlmography
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1973-1981: ‘Play for In the present day’
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1976: ‘I, Claudius’
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1980: ‘Fox’
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1982: ‘Boys from the Blackstuff’
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1984: ‘The Bounty’
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1985: ‘John Lennon: A Journey within the Life’
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1987: ‘Bellman and True’
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1988: ‘Drowning by Numbers’
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1989: ‘Shirley Valentine’
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1990: ‘Mountains of the Moon’
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1993: ‘Lipstick on Your Collar’
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1994: ‘As soon as Upon a Time within the North’
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1996: ‘The Ghost and the Darkness’
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1997: ‘Titanic’
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1997: ‘The Mill on the Floss’
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1999: ‘True Crime’
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1999: ‘A Midsummer Evening’s Dream’
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2002: ‘The Scorpion King’
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2002: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers’
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2003: ‘Gothika’
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2003: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’
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2004: ‘Wimbledon’
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2005: ‘Midsummer Dream’
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2005: ‘A Very Social Secretary’
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2006: ‘Surviving Catastrophe’
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2008: ‘Franklyn’
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2009: ‘Valkyrie’
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2010: ‘5 Days’
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2010: ‘Canoe Man’
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2010: ‘The Child’
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2012: ‘ParaNorman’