Death of Bernard Hill, the worthy captain of Titanic

He was a great supporting role who brought luck to his directors. The two most famous films in which he starred, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, won some eleven Oscars, a record. British actor Bernard Hill has died at the age of 79, the BBC announced.

Two compositions marked his career. First that of Captain Edward Smith in Titanic by James Cameron where he played with rare dignity this naval commander who remained until the end at the controls of the liner hit by an iceberg in 1912. Then he received a shower of awards in 2003 and 2004 (Phoenix Film Critics Awards, National Board of Review, Critics Choice, Award, Screen Actors Guild Awards...) for having magnificently portrayed King Théoden in two parts of The Lord of the Rings inspired by the work of Tolkien and directed by Peter Jackson.

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When Bernard Hill talked about his favorite role in James Cameron's Titanic

Bernard Hill was born in Manchester on December 17, 1944. He began his career on the small screen in England in a TV film by Mike Leigh, Hard Labor. He honed his skills for ten years in British series before in the 1980s and 90s his strong presence in front of the cameras attracted the seventh art. We will find him in Gandhi (1982) by Richard Attenborough, The Bounty (1984) by Roger Donaldson, The Shadow and the Prey (1996) by Stephen Hopkins and especially A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) by Michael Hoffman , inspired by the work of William Shakespeare where he plays Aegeus.

Actor sought after in England Bernard Hill will be able to show his talents in the United States where he plays under the direction of Clint Eastwood Found Guilty in 1999. And Matthieu Kassovitz will think of him to play Dr Phil Parsons in Ghotika in 1999, an American production .