Bernard Hill, star of Titanic and The Lord of the Rings, has died at the age of 79.
The actor, who played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film, died in the early hours of this morning, his agent said.
The father of one son, he became known for a generation for his portrayal of King Theoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The Manchester native first rose to fame in the early 1980s, when he played Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff.
The actor, who lived in Suffolk with his wife, actress Marianna Hill, also had roles in Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi and the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall.
Bernard Hill played King Theoden in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002 (pictured)
The actor also played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film Titanic (pictured).
Bernard Hill had a varied career on screen, rising to fame acting in small, down-to-earth dramas before starring in films that earned billions around the world. Pictured: Hill at the premiere of ‘Gods Own Country’ in Edinburgh in June 2017.
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