Bernard Hill, captain of the Titanic and Theoden of The Lord of the Rings, has died aged 79.

Bernard Hill, captain of the Titanic and Theoden of The Lord of the Rings, has died aged 79.

Titanic and Lord of the Rings fans mourn. Bernard Hill, who played the liner’s captain in the James Cameron classic as well as King Theoden in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, died this Sunday, May 5. The British actor was 79 years old.

Appeared in the 1982 TV series Boys from the Blackstuff, where he played a man struggling to get a job in Liverpool. Bernard Hill, a great supporting role on the big and small screen, has enjoyed international recognition of late. And not with any movie: In 1988 Titanic from James Cameron, he plays the captain of the famous liner Edward John Smith. It is impossible to forget his gaze upon the inevitable, standing on the deck of the infamous ship…

after a few years Bernard Hill Gets a major new role when Peter Jackson calls him to play King Théoden in two parts of the Lord of the Rings saga: two towers and return of the king. The actor, who fought violently in the Amazon series adapted from Tolkien, is remembered by everyone for the powerful speech he delivered to his meager troops to fight the hordes of orcs in Minas Tirith. You can watch the powerful speech below.

In addition to these two performances, which have left their mark on millions of viewers around the world, Bernard Hill Appeared in credits for Clint Eastwood’s Judged Guilty, toured under Matthew Kasowitz in Gothic, and toured with Dwayne Johnson and Tom Cruise in The Scorpion King and Walkyrie, respectively.

It should be noted to conclude that with his roles in St Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Bernard Hill He has quite a title. He is actually the only actor who has appeared in the credits of two films that have won 11 Oscars, the record for most statuettes for a single work.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers trailer:

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