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

"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

(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

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

hi bernard hill is the king dude in lord of the rings but he isnt the
guy on the uscf website - he's english and would have a 'grade' and be
on the BCF website. why do we english have to have the grading system
? i would prefer somthing consistent with the elo type affair,
cheers
jonny

"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?

Sam Sloan

He can't be the same person. The Bernie Hill I knew, the veteran
chessplayer, was a friend of Abe Turner's, played at times at the Manhattan
CC, and certainly wasn't born in 1944, the year the actor was.

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(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?

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



Here's another picture of Bernard Hill the actor -
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0384060/ - In his biography imdb mentions
that he a skilled horse back rider and has a purple belt in Karate,
nothing about chess.

Dave in Toronto

(Sam Sloan) writes:

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




Bernie Hill the chess master can be seen live and in person virtually every
Friday night at the Queens Chess Club in Jamaica, New York. Go to
www.queens-chess.com for many of his recent games and results. If he is an
actor, he's kept it a tightly guarded secret from his fellow Queens Club
members.

Jay Kleinman

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

Given the following:

1) Bernard Hill is a common name
2) They do not look like the same person
3) You have no reason to even think they're the same person

It's easy to underestand that you would suspect they're the same person...


Tony D.

Bernard Hill is a well known actor in the UK. He has had many parts in BBC
plays where he once played an unemployed person with his saying "got a job".
Next part was he was the Captain of Titanic!

All the best

Jim Carlisle