Bernard Hill
English actor (1944–2024) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. Among his many roles, he played Captain Edward Smith in Titanic (1997), Prison Warden Luther Plunkitt in Clint Eastwood's True Crime (1999), and Théoden, King of Rohan, in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2002-2003). Hill also played 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 Duke of Norfolk in the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall.
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Bernard Hill | |
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Born | (1944-12-17)17 December 1944 Blackley, Manchester, England |
Died | 5 May 2024(2024-05-05) (aged 79) |
Education | Xaverian College |
Alma mater | Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1970–2024 |
Spouse | Marianna Hill |
Children | 2 |
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