‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’ actor Bernard Hill dies [Video]

British actor Bernard Hill, best known for supporting roles in “Titanic” and “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, has died, his family announced on Sunday.Video above: Remembering those we’ve lost in 2024“It is with the greatest sadness that we must announce that Bernard Hill, renowned actor known for his roles in ‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of the Rings,’ passed away in the early hours of this morning at the age of 79,” his family said in a statement.“He was with his fiancée Alison and his son Gabriel.”Hill found fame in his home country starring in 1982’s “Boys from the Blackstuff,” a gritty drama about unemployed men that became symbolic of the Thatcher era.But it was in smaller roles, lending quiet dignity to some of the most successful films in cinema history, that he will be most familiar to audiences.In James Cameron’s 1997 multi-Oscar-winning “Titanic”, Hill plays the ship’s Captain Edward Smith …