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Bernard Hill, the actor ideal regarded for his roles as Captain Edward Smith in Titanic and King Théoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, has died at the age of 79, his agent confirmed to BBC. Concerning 1997’s Titanic and 2003’s The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Hill had the distinction of getting the only actor to surface in multiple films that would go on to win 11 Academy Awards. Hill’s other films consist of Gandhi (1982), Legitimate Crime (1999), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999). On tv, Hill was known for playing Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale’s Boys from the Blackstuff in 1982, as properly as for his extra recent change in 2015’s Wolf Hall. Hill’s death comes just hours ahead of he was established to return to tv in the 2nd period of the Martin Freeman-led BBC Just one collection The Responder — which begins airing Sunday, May well 5.
