You were an epic man of epic, cinematic proportions.
Most fans know you, of course, from Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, where you portrayed the beleaguered yet righteous King Theoden, but you brought comparable, nuanced distinction to many other roles.
On your grand list is The Ghost and the Darkness; Mountains of the Moon; The Scorpion King; Samson and Delilah 1985; The Bounty; North v South; Gandhi; Exodus 2007; The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse; Franklyn; Madagascar Skin; The Wind and the Willows; Skallagrigg; Trail by Combat; Runners; The Sailor's Return; New World; No Surrender; Restless Natives; True Crime; The Criminal; Drowning by Numbers; The Spongers; Shirley Valentine; Golden Years; Joy Division; ParaNorman; Bellman and True; Wimbleton; and James Cameron's mega-blockbuster, Titanic (as the ill-fated Captain Edward J. Smith).
You shined with each performance, Mr. Hill, as you did in real life, an actor of royal texture who (like any among the refined and elite) will endure within filmdom's appreciative consciousness.
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