London:
British actor Bernard Hill, best known for his supporting roles in the trilogy 'Titanic' and 'The Lord Of The Rings', died on Sunday at the age of 79, his agent announced.
He played Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning epic romance 'Titanic', and gained worldwide recognition playing Theoden, King of Rohan, in two of the three 'The Lord Of The Rings' films directed by Peter Jackson .
His agent Lou Coulson confirmed his death to British media in the early hours of Sunday.
Early in his career, Hill appeared in the BBC's critically acclaimed 1982 drama “Boys from the Blackstuff”, which won numerous awards and remains praised as one of the best examples of its genre of the era.
He is due to return to television screens in series two of a contemporary BBC drama, “The Responder”, starring Martin Freeman, which airs in Britain later on Sunday.
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