Bernard Hill, the stage, tv and movie actor who first grew to become well-known for his unforgettable portrayal of Yosser “gizza job” Hughes, has died on the age of 79.
Hill performed the character in Alan Bleasdale’s 1982 BBC sequence Boys from the Blackstuff.
It helped launch a stellar profession that included taking part in the captain of the Titanic in James Cameron’s 1997 movie, and Théoden, king of Rohan, in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.
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