Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1938
- Died
- 2024-05-05
- Works
- 17
Top works
- A study of arrest patterns in the 1960's riots
- A conversation with Robert B. Hill
- The effects of topography and stratification on oceanic circulation
- The illusion of Black progress
- Inflation and the Black consumer
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Film & TV
Acting · Blackley, Manchester, England, UK
Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known as a character actor of film, stage and television, having acted in nearly 130 projects. He is best known to British television viewers for playing Yosser Hughes in the groundbreaking 1982 TV series Boys from the Blackstuff. On film he has played Captain Edward John Smith in Titanic, King Théoden in The Lord of the…
Known for
- The Moor — Thornley2024
- Forever Young — Oscar Smith2024
- The Responder — Tom Carson2022
- Remembers…2022
- Segunda oportunidad — Peter2018
- Interlude: City of a Dead Woman — Richard2017
- Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary — Narrator2016
- Golden Years — Arthur2016
- Inside CERN — Narrator2016
- North v South — John Claridge2015
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,227x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,708x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
- <scp>CHARMM</scp>: A program for macromolecular energy, minimization, and dynamics calculations
· 1983 · cited 13,553x
- Market Orientation: The Construct, Research Propositions, and Managerial Implications
· 1990 · cited 13,124x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1944-12-17 ) 17 December 1944, Blackley , Manchester , England
- Died
- 5 May 2024 (2024-05-05) (aged 79), Reydon , Suffolk , England
- Education
- Xaverian College
- Alma mater
- Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1970–2024
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 17 December 1944
- Died
- 5 May 2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernard
- Family name
- Hill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Blackley
- Place of death
- Reydon
- Spouse
- Marianna Hill
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Titanic (1997 film)
Article
Bernard Hill (17 December 1944 – 5 May 2024) was an English actor. He was known for his versatile performances in both television and film, and his career spanned over fifty years.
Hill first gained prominence as the troubled hard man Yosser Hughes in Alan Bleasdale's Play for Today drama The Black Stuff (1980) and its sequel serial Boys from the Blackstuff (1982), the latter earning him a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor. He received an additional nomination for his role as David Blunkett in the drama A Very Social Secretary (2005), for which he was also nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Performance by an Actor. He also appeared on television in I, Claudius (1976), the BBC Television Shakespeare productions of Henry VI, Part 1, 2, and 3, and Richard III (all 1983), Great Expectations (1999), and Wolf Hall (2015).
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