Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill in Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Bernard Hill (1944 - )

Deaths in Film

• Drowning by Numbers (1988) [Madgett]: Drowned (off-screen) after Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson, and Joely Richardson abandon him in a sinking boat in the middle of the lake.

• The Ghost and The Darkness (1996) [Dr. David Hawthorne]: Mauled to death by off-screen by one of the lions as he was running to his hospital when the animals started killing his patients.

• Titanic (1997) [Capt. Edward John Smith]: Drowned in the sinking of the RMS Titanic; he enters the wheelhouse on the bridge and dies there when it is engulfed. He later appears at the end of the film in Rose's dream or as a spirit in the afterlife.

• The Criminal (1999) [Detective Inspector Walker]: Shot in the head by Steven Mackintosh in an alley.

• Great Expectations (1999) [Abel Magwitch]: Presumably dies of natural causes while talking to Ioan Gruffudd. (I haven't seen this version, but I'm reasonably familiar with the story.)

• The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999) [Susan's Father]: My memory of this movie is vague, but I believe he died of natural causes; I can't recall whether it was shown on-screen or not.

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) [Theoden]: Fatally wounded by Lawrence Makoare during the climactic battle; he dies shortly afterwards with Miranda Otto by his side.

• Joy Division (2006) [Dennis] Commits suicide by shooting himself in the mouth, rather than be killed by Ed Stoppard (who looks on in shock).

• Valkyrie (2008) [Confident General - Desert] Dies when he is shot to death by an air raid.

• ParaNorman (2012) [Judge Hopkins]: Dies (off-screen) along with the other judges after being cursed by Aggie (voiced by Jodelle Ferland). He and the other judges come back as zombies as part of the curse; before they are turned into ghosts and return to the afterlife after Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) convinced Aggie that vengeance accomplishes nothing.