Bernard Hill: Titanic and True Crime actor dies aged 79
It was sad to hear that British actor Bernard Hill has died aged 79. He played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film Titanic and King Théoden in the Rings trilogy.
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. He died early this morning, his agent Lou Coulson confirmed.
In Boys from the Blackstuff, Hill drew praise for his gritty portrayal of Yosser Hughes, an intense and memorable character.
That show won a Bafta for best drama series in 1983, and in 2000 it was ranked seventh on a British Film Institute list of the best TV shows ever made.
Another of Hill's memorable BBC TV performances came in the 2015 drama series Wolf Hall, adapted from Hilary Mantel's book about the court of Henry VIII. Hill portrayed the Duke of Norfolk - an uncle of Anne Boleyn and an enemy of Cardinal Wolsey.
In 1999, Hill starred as Warden Luther Plunkitt in Clint’s tense thriller, True Crime. Hill lived with his wife, High Plains Drifter actress Marianna Hill, with whom he had a son named Gabriel.
RIP Sir, our thoughts and condolences go out to his family and friends.
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