Hill’s portrayal of Yosser Hughes in 1982 BBC series launched career that included roles in Titanic and JRR Tolkein epic
Bernard Hill, the stage, television and film actor who rose to fame for his unforgettable portrayal of Yosser Hughes, has died at the age of 79.
None more so than Yosser Hughes, a jobless, desperate father of three who became an emblem of everything that was wrong in Thatcher’s Britain. The character would pester and hector people saying: “Gizza job. Go on. Gizza job. I could do that,” and when he wasn’t head-butting people he was banging his own head against the wall, literally and metaphorically.
Hill’s performance gained him a nomination for a best television actor Bafta, losing out to Alec Guinness for Smiley’s People. He is posthumously back on British TV screens this weekend, playing Martin Freeman’s dad in the BBC police series The Responder, set in Liverpool.about his fondness for the city, Hill said: “Liverpool is one of my favourite places, I’ve got a great relationship with the city. I lived there for a long time and my daughter was born there so it’s like my second home.”
When Hollywood came knocking for Hill it led to roles that included Titanic, as well as the San Quentin prison warden Luther Plunkitt in Clint Eastwood’s True Crime and the friendly inventor Philos opposite Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, in The Scorpion King.
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