Most Recent Role: Grettongrat on Fairy Tales
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Manchester, England, UK
Birthday: 12-17-1944
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Manchester, England, UK
Birthday: 12-17-1944
Bernard attended Xaverian College and later on attended the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama.
He was nominated for the award of 'best actor' at the 2006 BAFTA Television Awards for his portrayal of David Blunkett in the one-off satirical drama A Very Social Secretary (2005).
Bernard now resides in Reydon, near Southwold.
Most Recent Appearance
Billy Goat
Thursday 31 January 2008 on BBC-1
Billy Goat, a band with a big following in their home town, decide it's time to leave and seek their fortune... that is if they can escape the contract binding them to their troll of a manager.
In 2004 Bernard read famous quotations about religion and atheism in the documentary Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief which was written by Jonathan Miller.
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Bernard Hill came to prominence in the role of the unemployed Yosser Hughes, a working-class man ultimately driven to the edge by an uncaring system, in Alan Bleasdale's BBC Play for Today The Black Stuff.
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Bernard Hill also played the coroner Madgett in Peter Greenaway's Drowning by Numbers (1988).
(edit) In addition to TV roles, Bernard Hill appeared on stage in both The Cherry Orchard (Aldwych Theatre) and in the title role in Macbeth (Leicester Haymarket Theatre, 1986). (edit) Bernard Hill attended Xaverian College, although at the time it was still a school. (edit)
(edit) In addition to TV roles, Bernard Hill appeared on stage in both The Cherry Orchard (Aldwych Theatre) and in the title role in Macbeth (Leicester Haymarket Theatre, 1986). (edit) Bernard Hill attended Xaverian College, although at the time it was still a school. (edit)
Bernard: (when asked if he was familiar with the book Lord of the rings prior to filming the movies) I've got a copy of it from 1977 for my birthday that I used as my reference. I can't own up to having read it all, it is a bit of a heavy read, but I read the second and third books when I heard that we were going to do this. The first book kind of twists and turns so much, it's much more whimsical than the other two. I thought I'll read the script and get some background from the script for (film) one, but as far as my character was concerned there's not really that much info in one at all.
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Other Appearances
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Boys from the Blackstuff
Yosser Hughes |
Fox
Vin Fox |
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Once Upon A Time In The North
Len Tollit |
Telford's Change
Jack Burton |
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About Face
Monkey Business Bryce |
BBC Television Shakespeare
King Henry the Sixth, Part II Duke of York |
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BBC Television Shakespeare
King Henry the Sixth, Part III Duke of York |
BBC Television Shakespeare
King Henry the Sixth, Part I Duke of York |
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BBC Television Shakespeare
The Tragedy of King Richard the Third First Murderer |
Between the Lines
The Fifth Estate Chief Constable Harmsworth |
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Welcome to the Fox guide at TV.com. This show tells the story of the Fox family from south London, dominated by the patriarch Billy Fox. more Once Upon A Time In The North
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