Bernard Hill, who starred in Titanic and Lord of the Rings, has died as the age of 79.
The actor, who played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film, died in the early hours of this morning, his agent has said.
A father-of-one, he became known to a generation for his portrayal of King Theoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
The Manchester native first rose to prominence in the early 1980s, when he starred as Yosser Hughes in Boys from the Blackstuff.
The thespian, who lived in Suffolk with his actress wife Marianna Hill, also had roles in the Richard Attenborough film Gandhi and the BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall.
Bernard Hill portrayed King Theoden in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002 (pictured)
The actor also portrayed Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film Titanic (pictured)
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