Hail, Théoden King!
RIP Bernard Hill
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3 min readMay 8, 2024
Yesterday news broke that Bernard Hill, known for roles including King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings and Captain Edward Smith in Titanic, passed away at the age of 79.
Hill was, to my knowledge, the only actor to star in two movies that each won 11 Oscars.
According to BBC News, his hobbit costars shared their memories of him over the weekend: