Bernard Hill, the actor who played King Théoden in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, has passed away. He was 79. As of this writing, Hill's cause of death has not yet been released.

Bernard Hill has died. The actor, who played Théoden, King of Rohan, in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was born in Manchester, England on December 17, 1944. His acting career began in 1970 when ...