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Bernard Hill Dies: ‘Lord Of The Rings’ And ‘Titanic’ Actor Was 79
Veteran actor Bernard Hill is dead at 79.
He played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film Titanic, and King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings. His breakout role was in BBC TV drama Boys from the Blackstuff, where he portrayed Yosser Hughes, a character who struggled – and often failed – to cope with unemployment in Liverpool. Hill will be seen in series two of The Responder, a BBC drama starring Martin Freeman, which begins airing on Sunday.
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