The British actor is best known for playing a ship's captain in Titanic and a king in the Lord of the Rings films that won a combined 22 Oscars.
Actor Bernard Hill , best known for playing a ship's captain in Titanic and a king in the Lord of the Rings, has died at the age of 79.
In Titanic, Hill played Captain Edward Smith, one of the only characters based on a real person in the 1997 tragic romance starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.As the doomed ship takes on water, Hill's character silently retreats to the wheelhouse. As the cabin groans under the pressure of the waves, he takes a final breath and grabs the wheel as water bursts through the windows.
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