Bernard Hill's final TV 業績/成果 in BBC's The Responder left テレビ視聴者s in 涙/ほころびs on Sunday, just hours after the actor's death was 確認するd 老年の 79.

The Lord Of The (犯罪の)一味s 星/主役にする passed away in the 早期に hours of Sunday morning, によれば his スパイ/執行官.

同様に as appearing in billion 続けざまに猛撃する fantasy LOTR trilogy which won 11 Oscars, he also starred in Titanic and iconic 1980's TV play The 黒人/ボイコット Stuff and it's sequel?which? catapulted him to stardom.?

Bernard's last 役割 saw him play ツバメ's Freeman's estranged father in the BBC police 演劇, which returned for a second season on Sunday.

に引き続いて the episode emotional テレビ視聴者s took to X, 以前は Twitter, 令状ing:? 'Poignant seeing Bernard Hill in the Responder on BBC1 on the day he passed away': 'RIP wonderful Bernard Hill, 涙/ほころびs 井戸/弁護士席ing as always with this powerful 業績/成果'.

Bernard Hill's final TV performance in BBC 's The Responder (pictured) left viewers in tears on Sunday, just hours after the actor's death was confirmed aged 79

Bernard Hill's final TV 業績/成果 in BBC 's The Responder (pictured) left テレビ視聴者s in 涙/ほころびs on Sunday, just hours after the actor's death was 確認するd 老年の 79

The Lord Of The Rings star passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to his agent (pictured in The Responder with co-star Martin Freeman)

The Lord Of The (犯罪の)一味s 星/主役にする passed away in the 早期に hours of Sunday morning, によれば his スパイ/執行官 (pictured in The Responder with co-星/主役にする ツバメ Freeman)?

'突然に I find myself watching Bernard Hill on The Responder tonight on the telly box. What superb タイミング! Hat's off o you sir, you were one of the best RIP':? Awe, watching The Responder and knowing Bernard Hill is in it RIP'.

尊敬の印s have been paid to the thespian, with 賞賛する for his 'incredible talent' and a career that saw him '炎 a rail across the 審査する' に引き続いて the news of his death.?

Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC 演劇, said: 'Bernard Hill 炎d a 追跡する across the 審査する, and his long-継続している career filled with iconic and remarkable 役割s is a testament to his incredible talent.

'From Boys from the Blackstuff, to Wolf Hall, The Responder, and many more, we feel truly honoured to have worked with Bernard at the BBC. Our thoughts are with his loved ones at this sad time.'

Actress and musician Barbara Dickson, who starred with him in a musical based on the Beatles, was の中で those 支払う/賃金ing 尊敬の印, 述べるing him as a 'marvellous actor'.

と一緒に a photo of them together, she wrote: 'It's with 広大な/多数の/重要な sa dness that I 公式文書,認める the death of Bernard Hill.

'We worked together in John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert, (by) Willy Russell marvellous show 1974-1975.

'A really marvellous actor. It was a 特権 to have crossed paths with him. RIP Benny x.'

Bernard's last role saw him play Martin's Freeman's estranged father (pictured) in the BBC police drama, which returned for a second season on Sunday

Bernard's last 役割 saw him play ツバメ's Freeman's estranged father (pictured) in the BBC police 演劇, which returned for a second season on Sunday

Following the episode emotional viewers took to X, formerly Twitter , writing: 'Poignant seeing Bernard Hill in the Responder on BBC1 on the day he passed away': 'RIP wonderful Bernard Hill, tears welling as always with this powerful performance'

に引き続いて the episode emotional テレビ視聴者s took to X, 以前は Twitter , 令状ing: 'Poignant seeing Bernard Hill in the Responder on BBC1 on the day he passed away': 'RIP wonderful Bernard Hill, 涙/ほころびs 井戸/弁護士席ing as always with this powerful 業績/成果'

The Manchester native had a 変化させるd on-審査する career, coming to prominence 事実上の/代理 in small 現実主義の 演劇s, before going on to 星/主役にする in films that made billions 世界的な.

Born in Blackley into a family of coal 鉱夫s, he would …に出席する 事実上の/代理 school with Richard Griffiths, before moving into television.

After bit 役割s in Hard 労働 and the 貧しく received but now acclaimed I, Claudius, he?got his first major break in the 早期に 1980s.

The actor was cast as Yosser Hughes, a working class Liverpudlian in The 黒人/ボイコット Stuff and its sequel, Boys from the Blackstuff, in 1982.

His character was a man left struggling to do the 権利 thing after becoming 失業した and coined the phrase 'gizza 職業' - meaning 'give us a 職業' - became a ありふれた 差し控える の中で 抗議する人s in Thatcherite Britain.

The sequel won a Bafta for best 演劇 series in 1983 and was 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d as the seventh best TV show ever made on a British Film 学校/設ける 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) in 2000.?

The same year he took the 役割 of Sergeant Putnam in Richard Attenborough's Oscar-winning biopic Gandhi, before starring in the BBC's 1983 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play Henry VI, in which he played the Duke of York.

He would later be cast as Captain Edward Smith in James Cameron's gargantuan film, Titanic.?

Bernard rose to fame for his performance as Yosser Hughes in the 1982 BBC drama Boys from the Blackstuff

Bernard rose to fame for his 業績/成果 as Yosser Hughes in the 1982 BBC 演劇 Boys from the Blackstuff

The actor also portrayed?Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 Oscar-winning film Titanic (pictured)

It marked the start of a late career renaissance for Hill, who was then chosen by Peter Jackson in the role of King Theoden in the Lord of the Rings trilogy (pictured)

It 示すd the start of a late career renaissance for Hill, who was then chosen by Peter Jackson in the 役割 of King Theoden in the Lord of the (犯罪の)一味s trilogy (pictured)?

The 1997 movie saw him play the captain of the 悪名高い 大型船 on what woul d be its maiden and only voyage across the 大西洋, before going 負かす/撃墜する with the ship after it 攻撃する,衝突する an iceberg.

It 示すd the start of a late career renaissance for Hill, who was then chosen by Peter Jackson in the 役割 of King Theoden in the Lord of the (犯罪の)一味s trilogy.

The actor was 賞賛するd for his 描写 of the 戦闘の準備を整えた King of Rohan who valiantly fights to save his people from the 軍隊s of evil.

Hollywood kept calling, with Hill making 外見s in Dwayne Johnson 乗り物 The Scorpion King, Halle Berry horror film Gothika and the tennis-主題d romantic comedy Wimbledon.

He continued to make 正規の/正選手 外見s on British television, before 存在 cast in the 2015 BBC 演劇 Wolf Hall.?

An adaptation of Hilary Mantel's historical fiction about the rise of Thomas Cromwell, Hill portrayed the Duke of Norfolk in the first 一連の the show, before 存在 取って代わるd by Timothy Spall in the second.

The thespian lived in Suffolk and is 生き残るd by his wife Marianna Hill and their son Gabriel.

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