Sad to hear of the passing of Bernard Hill. Many will know of him as King Theoden in Lord of The Rings but for me if there was ever a performance that could be called iconic, it was Bernard Hill as Yosser Hughes, a man who had lost everything.
Mental health wasn’t really talked about back then, but his portrayal of a man who’s life was destroyed by Thatcherism in the 80's was an important representation of what 1,000s of men were suffering, and suffering in silence.
But let's not forget his many other roles in Titanic, Wolf Hall, Golden Years, Shirley Valentine to various documentary voice overs.
RIP Bernard Hill💔
Just the other night I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people. I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.
TITANIC (1997) dir. James Cameron
rest in peace bernard hill 🫶😭
Many - especially on this site - will remember Bernard Hill for Lord of the Rings and Titanic, but I will always remember him for his superb acting as the broken Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale's Boys from the Blackstuff.
Bernard Hill is the only actor to have the distinction of appearing in two movies that have won 11 Oscars - Titanic (1997) and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), both of which are special to me and are my absolute favourite movies of all time.
My earliest memory of seeing him is watching Titanic on DVD for the first time when I was 9 years old and immediately feeling at ease whenever I saw this older experienced captain - Bernard Hill’s portrayal of Captain Edward J. Smith really captured how the real life Captain Smith was for the passengers on Titanic: a trustworthy seasoned Captain you could rely on, one who went down with his ship.
I’ve always thought, however, that my favourite moment of his comes from this behind-the-scenes video of Lord of the Rings, where he’s having a laugh throwing fruit into Dominic Monaghan’s mouth as the cast get dressed. I don’t know why I love this clip so much, but it always brings a smile to my face.
Rest in Peace, Theoden King, Captain 💔
I’ve been laughing for the past 10 minutes
Titanic junior 🚢
Bernard Hill RIP
Choosing Bernard Hill's delivery of the line "I believe you may get your headlines, Mr. Ismay" as the last moment on the first VHS was a genius move
The Titanic - compared to a modern cruise ship
Billy Zane as Cal Hockley in TITANIC (1997) dir. J. Cameron
Cas: i love you 🥺
Dean (especially) for the past few days on tumblr dot com:
[ID: a newscaster on TV, sitting at a desk and holding papers with both hands while looking at the viewer. The words “breaking news” are written in all caps on the screen behind him. End ID]