The 2024 Noteworthy Deaths Thread

[tdm34]

Bernard Hill, actor famous for Titanic, Lord of the Rings and Boys from the Black Stuff has died aged 79.

[732NM]

tdm34 said:

Bernard Hill, actor famous for Titanic, Lord of the Rings and Boys from the Black Stuff has died aged 79.

That's sad to see, he was a great actor, he was amazing in Boys from the Black Stuff, it's one of the performances that had a big impact on me in my youth as it was such a real and heart breaking depiction of the plight of many manual workers in my area when all the mines, steel works and heavy industry collapsed around us.

He went to the same college as i did in central Manchester, lots of well known people in the arts went there, which is amazing considering it wasn't a dedicated arts school.

RIP Bernard.

[Speed 3]

732NM said:

tdm34 said:

Bernard Hill, actor famous for Titanic, Lord of the Rings and Boys from the Black Stuff has died aged 79.

That's sad to see, he was a great actor, he was amazing in Boys from the Black Stuff, it's one of the performances that had a big impact on me in my youth as it was such a real and heart breaking depiction of the plight of many manual workers in my area when all the mines, steel works and heavy industry collapsed around us.

He went to the same college as i did in central Manchester, lots of well known people in the arts went there, which is amazing considering it wasn't a dedicated arts school.

RIP Bernard.

Definitely a defining character in my teenage years growing up in the Northwest.

[SpudLink]

Speed 3 said:

732NM said:

tdm34 said:

Bernard Hill, actor famous for Titanic, Lord of the Rings and Boys from the Black Stuff has died aged 79.

That's sad to see, he was a great actor, he was amazing in Boys from the Black Stuff, it's one of the performances that had a big impact on me in my youth as it was such a real and heart breaking depiction of the plight of many manual workers in my area when all the mines, steel works and heavy industry collapsed around us.

He went to the same college as i did in central Manchester, lots of well known people in the arts went there, which is amazing considering it wasn't a dedicated arts school.

RIP Bernard.

Definitely a defining character in my teenage years growing up in the Northwest.

As a teenager in the South East, Boys From The Black Stuff was the first portrayal of a world I only knew from news headlines. Bernard Hill’s performance was a comedic tragedy that I don’t think anyone could forget. The standout performance among many outstanding performances.

RIP.

[Purosangue]

SpudLink said:

Speed 3 said:

732NM said:

tdm34 said:

Bernard Hill, actor famous for Titanic, Lord of the Rings and Boys from the Black Stuff has died aged 79.

That's sad to see, he was a great actor, he was amazing in Boys from the Black Stuff, it's one of the performances that had a big impact on me in my youth as it was such a real and heart breaking depiction of the plight of many manual workers in my area when all the mines, steel works and heavy industry collapsed around us.

He went to the same college as i did in central Manchester, lots of well known people in the arts went there, which is amazing considering it wasn't a dedicated arts school.

RIP Bernard.

Definitely a defining character in my teenage years growing up in the Northwest.

As a teenager in the South East, Boys From The Black Stuff was the first portrayal of a world I only knew from news headlines. Bernard Hill’s performance was a comedic tragedy that I don’t think anyone could forget. The standout performance among many outstanding performances.

RIP.

I can do that ..........lay bricks ..thats me ............Gis us a job

[Ferodocastrol]

Shame, I thought he was good in Shirley Valentine. Titanic was a great gig to get though.

[Nethybridge]

dingg said:

Same endorsement from me and ALL of us in the north east

Burn in hell, Thatcher....

what an idiot.

[Randy Winkman]

SpudLink said:

Speed 3 said:

732NM said:

tdm34 said:

Bernard Hill, actor famous for Titanic, Lord of the Rings and Boys from the Black Stuff has died aged 79.

That's sad to see, he was a great actor, he was amazing in Boys from the Black Stuff, it's one of the performances that had a big impact on me in my youth as it was such a real and heart breaking depiction of the plight of many manual workers in my area when all the mines, steel works and heavy industry collapsed around us.

He went to the same college as i did in central Manchester, lots of well known people in the arts went there, which is amazing considering it wasn't a dedicated arts school.

RIP Bernard.

Definitely a defining character in my teenage years growing up in the Northwest.

As a teenager in the South East, Boys From The Black Stuff was the first portrayal of a world I only knew from news headlines. Bernard Hill’s performance was a comedic tragedy that I don’t think anyone could forget. The standout performance among many outstanding performances.

RIP.

I'm from SE London and the same goes for me. I was 17 when Black Stuff was on and it was a big deal. Hill has always been Yosser Hughes for me.

[TGCOTF-dewey]

Purosangue said:

SpudLink said:

Speed 3 said:

732NM said:

tdm34 said:

Bernard Hill, actor famous for Titanic, Lord of the Rings and Boys from the Black Stuff has died aged 79.

That's sad to see, he was a great actor, he was amazing in Boys from the Black Stuff, it's one of the performances that had a big impact on me in my youth as it was such a real and heart breaking depiction of the plight of many manual workers in my area when all the mines, steel works and heavy industry collapsed around us.

He went to the same college as i did in central Manchester, lots of well known people in the arts went there, which is amazing considering it wasn't a dedicated arts school.

RIP Bernard.

Definitely a defining character in my teenage years growing up in the Northwest.

As a teenager in the South East, Boys From The Black Stuff was the first portrayal of a world I only knew from news headlines. Bernard Hill’s performance was a comedic tragedy that I don’t think anyone could forget. The standout performance among many outstanding performances.

RIP.

I can do that ..........lay bricks ..thats me ............Gis us a job

Bloody hell, I've never made that link that he played Yosser Hughes.

Most of his later roles were him playing someone posh.

[LimmerickLad]

TGCOTF-dewey said:

Bloody hell, I've never made that link that he played Yosser Hughes.

Most of his later roles were him playing someone posh.

You having a giraffe? The phrase "Gissajob...........I can do that" never existed before this and is almost up there with "don't tellem Pike"

RIP Yosser.

[tvrolet]

dingg said:

Same endorsement from me and ALL of us in the north east

Burn in hell, Thatcher....

You are aware Harold Wilson closed 253 mines, against 115 by Thatcher. But of course Wilson didn’t have Scargill trying to stir things up…but maybe that doesn’t suit your agenda?

Or should Wilson be burning twice as hot as he closed twice as many?

[732NM]

Can we keep the politics out of it?

[Yahonza]

Don't but me - alright .....!
Boys From The Blackstuff was pretty hard hitting at the time, and very political.

RIP Bernard Hill / Yosser Hughes.

[Blown2CV]

732NM said:

Can we keep the politics out of it?

Exactly. It was just a part he played.

[Pitre]

Bernard Hill was in the excellent 70's series 'Fox' as a proper cockney geezer.

Excellent cast including Peter Vaughan, Ray Winstone, Larry Lamb and many more.

[TGCOTF-dewey]

LimmerickLad said:

TGCOTF-dewey said:

Bloody hell, I've never made that link that he played Yosser Hughes.

Most of his later roles were him playing someone posh.

You having a giraffe? The phrase "Gissajob...........I can do that" never existed before this and is almost up there with "don't tellem Pike"

RIP Yosser.

I know that. I watched the series. I just never made the link with LOTR and other things he was in playing royalty or posh folks.

[Rayny]

And who could forget the 'Yosser kiss' ...

[stemll]

tvrolet said:

dingg said:

Same endorsement from me and ALL of us in the north east

Burn in hell, Thatcher....

You are aware Harold Wilson closed 253 mines, against 115 by Thatcher. But of course Wilson didn’t have Scargill trying to stir things up…but maybe that doesn’t suit your agenda?

Or should Wilson be burning twice as hot as he closed twice as many?

Don't forget those lovable rogues claiming the dole while working. BFTBS was awful. Just tried watching it again and it's even worse now than it was in the 80's. It was also mostly written before Thatcher came to power.

This from a Monkey Hanger so wind it in with the ALL from the North East. My dad made the effort to make good and made something for himself from which I can build and it's fk all to do with Thatcher.

[nismocat]

stemll said:

It was also mostly written before Thatcher came to power.

T.

She was PM from 79 till the 90s so I would imagine it was.

I was too young, and from the south, but have seen clips and just thought it was grim.

[Eric Mc]

It was supposed to be grim.