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‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ actor Bernard Hill dies | |
By Thom Poole and Audry Jeong, CNN | |
Updated: | |
1:55 PM EDT, Sun May 5, 2024 | |
Source: CNN | |
British actor Bernard Hill, best known for supporting roles in | |
“Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, has died, his | |
family announced on Sunday. | |
“It is with the greatest sadness that we must announce that Bernard | |
Hill, renowned actor known for his roles in ‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord | |
of the Rings,’ passed away in the early hours of this morning at the | |
age of 79,” his family said in a statement. | |
“He was with his fiancée Alison and his son Gabriel.” | |
Hill found fame in his home country starring in 1982’s “Boys from | |
the Blackstuff,” a gritty drama about unemployed men that become | |
symbolic of the Thatcher era. | |
But it was in smaller roles, lending quiet dignity to some of the most | |
successful films in cinema history, that he will be most familiar to | |
audiences. | |
In James Cameron’s 1997 multi-Oscar winning “Titanic”, Hill plays | |
the ship’s Captain Edward Smith as a man haunted by his role in the | |
tragedy and ultimately resigned to his fate. | |
We last see him alone, still clutching the ship’s helm, before the | |
rising water bursts in through the windows. | |
Hill later appeared in two parts of Peter Jackson’s blockbuster | |
“The Lord of the Rings” series as Theoden, King of Rohan, who in | |
“The Two Towers” is manipulated by his adviser before becoming a | |
heroic leader in “The Return of the King.” | |
Other film roles included “Gandhi,” “Shirley Valentine” and | |
“The Scorpion King.” | |
His agent Lou Coulson told the PA news agency that he died in the early | |
hours of Sunday. CNN has reached out separately for comment. | |
Paying tribute, Director of BBC Drama, Lindsay Salt said Hill “blazed | |
a trail across the screen, and his long-lasting career filled with | |
iconic and remarkable roles is a testament to his incredible talent.” | |
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