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Titanic and Lord of the Rings star Bernard Hill left £206,415 in his will, mostly to his son Gabriel. Fans were outraged after BAFTA omitted him from their tribute.
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Titanic star leaves just over £200,000 in his will

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Last updated: February 18, 2025 4:32 pm
NTK Journalist Published February 18, 2025
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Titanic and Lord of the Rings star, Bernard Hill, left just over £200,000 in his will, mostly to his son.

Documents show the actor who died last May, aged 79, had just £255,957 in his estate at the time of his death.

But, this was reduced to £206,415 after deductions for his funeral and other debts.

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Born in Manchester, but living in Beccles, Suffolk, his will reveals he left all his possessions to his son, Gabriel Hill.

He also left nine-tenths of his trust fund to Gabriel and the other tenth to his partner, Alison Bold.

He appointed solicitors, Katie Mantin and Katherine Hopkins, as executors.

Titanic and Lord of the Rings star Bernard Hill left £206,415 in his will, mostly to his son Gabriel. Fans were outraged after BAFTA omitted him from their tribute.
Bernard Hill’s grant of probate. (Picture: Jam Press)

Hill first came to prominence in 1980 as Yosser Hughes, a working-class Liverpudlian ultimately driven to the edge in Alan Bleasdale’s BBC Play for Today programme, The Black Stuff, and its series sequel, Boys from the Blackstuff.

His character’s much-repeated phrase Gizza job became popular with protesters against Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government, because of the high unemployment of the time.

In 1997, he portrayed Captain Edward Smith in the blockbuster movie, Titanic, about the infamous doomed liner.

He then played King Théoden of Rohan in the second and third instalments of Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, which were released in 2002 and 2003 respectively.

The films won 11 Oscars and grossed $1billion at the box office, as reported by Need To Know.

Titanic and Lord of the Rings star Bernard Hill left £206,415 in his will, mostly to his son Gabriel. Fans were outraged after BAFTA omitted him from their tribute.
Bernard Hill’s last will and testament. (Picture: Jam Press)
Titanic and Lord of the Rings star Bernard Hill left £206,415 in his will, mostly to his son Gabriel. Fans were outraged after BAFTA omitted him from their tribute.
Bernard Hill’s last will and testament. (Picture: Jam Press)

He was married to Marianna Hill with whom he had a son, Gabriel Hill.

On Sunday, BAFTA viewers were left outraged after Hill was omitted from the In Memoriam tribute.

Stars including the late Dame Maggie Smith, David Lynch and Kris Kristofferson were honoured.

A representative for Bafta insisted he was honoured during the TV Baftas In Memoriam segment last year, which was why he was not featured.

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