He led the people into battle in Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and went down with the ship as the doomed cruiseliner’s captain in Titanic. English actor Bernard Hill, known for his memorable scenes in the two blockbuster films, has died at age 79, his agent Lou Coulson announced on Sunday (5 May). Hill joined the Lord of the Rings franchise in the second film of the trilogy, 2002’s “The Two Towers”. He played Théoden, King of Rohan, reprising the role in Return of the King, a film that won 11 Academy Awards. One of the film’s most memorable scenes features Hill’s character getting …