On 8 Mar 2004 10:09:01 -0800, (John Lamont) wrote:

(Sam Sloan) wrote in message ...
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?

Sam Sloan

Bernard Hill the chessplayer appears to be an employee for a company
called Braeburn software in Scotland, making it rather unlikely he
also is an actor as well. Plus his picture looks different.

http://www.braeburn.co.uk/bh.htm

Thank you for finding this but I disagree.

I saw an interview of the Bernard Hill who plays Captain Smith in the
video "The Titanic Premier" and I believe from the picture you cite
that the Bernard Hill who is the software developer in the same man as
the Bernard Hill who played Captain Smith.

However, I think he is a different man from the Bernard Hill who is a
chess master, because the Bernard Hill who is a chess master appears
to be a resident of New York State.

Sam Sloan