Bernard Hill, the actor best known for playing Captain Edward Smith in the 1997 history-making film Titanic, has died. He was 79. Hill died Sunday morning, his manager William Blaylock confirmed ...

Within an hour, Captain Edward Smith ordered the lifeboats lowered ... Of the roughly 1,500 people who died aboard the Titanic, nearly 1,200 were crewmembers or third-class passengers.

Moore's decision that he could not safely render aid to the Titanic does not make him responsible for those who died that night. Captain Smith, who received no blame from the British inquiry and ...