British actor Bernard Hill, known for his roles in films such as James Cameron’s Titanic and Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings, has died at the age of 80. About it reported Sky News channel with reference to agent Lou Coulson.
According to him, Hill died early on the morning of Sunday, May 5. His agent did not disclose the cause of the actor’s death. Hill lived in Suffolk and was survived by his wife, 82-year-old American actress Marianne Hill, and son Gabriel.
Bernard Hill was due to attend Comic Con Liverpool on Saturday, May 4, but had to cancel at the last minute, event organizers said in a post on social media X. Organizers said they were “heartbroken” when news of his death broke. wished the actor’s family “a lot of strength.”
Bernard Hill was born in Manchester on December 17, 1944, and graduated from Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama in 1970.
In 1982, he landed a role in the popular British BBC series Boys on the Side, in which his character tried in vain to find work in Liverpool. The series won the Bafta Award for Best Drama Series in 1983, and in 2000 was ranked seventh on the British Film Institute’s list of the best TV shows ever made.
Hill played Captain Edward John Smith in Titanic and King Theoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He joined the cast of the second installment of the franchise, The Two Towers (2002), and the third film, The Return of the King (2003), which won 11 Oscars.
Hill also starred in films such as “Gandhi” (1982), “True Crime” (1999), “The Scorpion King” (2002), “Operation Valkyrie” (2008) and many others.
Bernard Hill can be seen in the second series of the popular series The Responder, which starts today, May 5, on BBC One.
