Actor Bernard Hill, known for “Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings,” dies – 2024-05-09 04:04:32

2024-05-09 04:04:32

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – JANUARY 08: Actors Bernard Hill (L) and Sophie Turner at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards sponsored by FIJI Water at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. Charley Gallay/Getty Images for FIJI Water/AFP (Photo by Charley Gallay / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

British actor Bernard Hill, who had supporting roles in “Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings,” died Sunday at age 79, his agent said.

Originally from Manchester, the performer was best known for playing the captain of the “Titanic” Edward Smith in James Cameron’s famous 1997 film.

The interpreter died early Sunday morning, his agent Lou Coulson told the British press.

Hill also played King Théoden of Rohan in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, based on the work of JRR Tolkien and which was successful in the 2000s, and many other secondary characters, such as in “Imminent Execution” (1999). ), by Clint Eastwood, and in “The Mountains of the Moon” (1990), by Bob Rafelson (1990).

The actor also had a long career on British television, where he debuted in the 1980s with a role as an unemployed man in the well-known series “Boys from the Blackstuff.”

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