"Sam Sloan" wrote in message
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I just replayed the video of the 1997 film Titanic and I noticed that
the actor who played Captain Smith is Bernard Hill.

http://imdb.com/name/nm0384060/

However, Bernard Hill is also the name of a vetern chess master.

http://www.64.com/uscf/ratings/10103908

The age is about the same. Does anybody know if this is the same
person?

Yes. He was also in 'Boys from the Black-&-White Stuff' playing 'Yosser'
Seirawan.
Alan