Actor Bernard Hill, who delivered a rousing cry earlier than main his individuals into battle in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and went down with the ship as the captain in “Titanic,” has died.
Hill, 79, handed away Sunday morning, agent Lou Coulson stated.
Hill joined “The Lord Of The Rings” franchise within the second movie of the trilogy, 2002’s “The Two Towers,” as Théoden, King of Rohan. The following 12 months, he reprised the position in “Return of the King,” a film that received 11 Oscars.
In one of many movie’s most memorable scenes, Hill’s character fires up his overmatched forces by delivering a battle cry on horseback that sends his troops thundering downhill towards the enemy and his personal imminent demise.
“Arise, arise, riders of Théoden!” Hill hollers. “Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now! Ride now! Ride! Ride for ruin and the world’s ending! Death! Death! Death!”
In “Titanic,” Hill performed Captain Edward Smith, one of many solely characters primarily based on an actual individual within the 1997 tragic romance starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The movie additionally received 11 Academy Awards.
As the doomed ship takes on water, Hill’s character silently retreats to the wheelhouse. As the cabin groans beneath the strain of the waves, he takes a ultimate breath and grabs the wheel as water bursts via the home windows.
Hill first made a reputation for himself as Yosser Hughes in “Boys From the Blackstuff,” a 1982 British TV miniseries about 5 unemployed males.
He was nominated for an award in 1983 from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for the position, and the present received the BAFTA for greatest drama sequence.
His demise got here the identical day the second sequence of the BBC drama “The Responder” was to air, by which he performed the daddy of the present’s star, Martin Freeman.
“Bernard Hill blazed a trail across the screen, and his long-lasting career filled with iconic and remarkable roles is a testament to his incredible talent, said Lindsay Salt, director of BBC Drama. “Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this sad time.”
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