Bernard Hill
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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 (sea captain)|Edward Smith]] in ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997), Prison Warden Luther Plunkitt in [[Clint Eastwood]]'s ''[[True Crime (1999 film)|True Crime]]'' (1999), and [[Théoden]], King of [[Rohan, Middle-earth|Rohan]], in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''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 [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]] in the [[Wolf Hall (TV series)|BBC adaptation]] of Hilary Mantel's ''[[Wolf Hall]]''. | + | '''Bernard Hill''' (1944 – 2024) was an [[English actor]]. Among his many roles, he played Captain [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Edward Smith]] in ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' (1997), Prison Warden Luther Plunkitt in [[Clint Eastwood]]'s ''[[True Crime (1999 film)|True Crime]]'' (1999), and [[Théoden]], King of [[Rohan, Middle-earth|Rohan]], in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''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 [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]] in the [[Wolf Hall (TV series)|BBC adaptation]] of Hilary Mantel's ''[[Wolf Hall]]''. |
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Bernard Hill (1944 – 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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