Who was Bernard Hill?
Born in Blackley (northern England) on December 17, 1944, the actor Bernard Hill grew up in a Catholic family of miners and from an early age he was inclined towards dramatic art, which led him to study at the Polytechnic School. of Manchester Drama.
In the world of acting, he made his debut in 1974 when he participated in the musical John, Paul, George, Ringo… and Bert, by Willy Russell, which premiered on May 21, 1974 at the Everyman Theater in Liverpool.
Bernard Hill in ‘The Lord of the Rings’. (IMDB)
He also played Sergeant Putnam in the 1982 film Gandhi, directed by filmmaker Richard Attenborough, while he played small roles in several dramatic television programs, such as I, Claudius (1976), as the character Gratus.
Among other jobs, he played Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, in the BBC’s six-part adaptation of writer Hilary Mantel’s novels, Wolf Hall.
