List of characters in Titanic (1997)
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The following is a list of characters from the 1997 film Titanic.
[edit] 1912 Characters
[edit] Passengers
[edit] Jack Dawson
| Jack Dawson | |
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 Jack Dawson dressed for first class dinner.
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| Born | 1892 Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin |
| Died | April 15, 1912 Atlantic Ocean |
Jack Dawson was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin in 1892. When he was 15, his parents died and he traveled the world on his own. His travels took him to many places, including Los Angeles and Paris. He is a talented artist, who takes a talent in drawing French women nude.
Somewhere along the line, Jack makes friends with a Italian immigrant named Fabrizio Di Rossi. Their travels bring them to Southampton on April 10th, 1912, sailing day for the RMS Titanic. Desperate to go to America, Jack bets all he and Fabrizio have on two third class tickets to the Titanic. Jack's full house hand wins the pot, and Jack and Fabrizio make it to the Titanic at the last minute, occupying Cabin G-60, along with Bjorn Gunderson and Olaus, two Swedish men.
While on board, he and Fabrizio meet Tommy Ryan, an Irish man also traveling third class. Jack looks up at the boat deck while relaxing on the poop deck and sees a woman who he thinks is very beautiful. Later that night, Jack stops the woman, Rose DeWitt Bukater, from committing suicide and he is considered a hero. Caledon Hockley, Rose's fiancé, invites Jack to have dinner with some first class passengers the next evening in gratitude. Jack accepts the offer.
The next day, Rose seeks Jack out to thank him for saving her. At dinner, with the help of Margaret Brown, Jack charms the first class passengers, and afterwards he passes Rose a note telling her to meet him at the clock, where he invites her to a third class "real party". While at the party, Jack and Rose get drunk and dance with each other, unknowingly being spied upon by Spicer Lovejoy, Caledon's manservant.
The next morning, April 14th, Jack attempts to speak to Rose, but Lovejoy stops him from entering first class premises. Desperate to talk to her, Fabrizio and Tommy help Jack sneak up to the boat deck. Jack steals Arthur Ryerson's jacket and sneaks Rose into the gymnasium to talk to her. Rose refuses to speak any more and says that she loves Cal and will marry him.
Later, while Jack is relaxing at the bow of the ship, Rose finds him there and claims that she has changed her mind. They share a passionate moment together and have their first kiss. Rose then asks Jack to draw her nude wearing only the diamond that Cal gave her, which Jack does. Lovejoy finds them in the hallway and chases them into the boiler room, where they lock the door on him. They make their way to the cargo hold where they make love. Around 11.40 pm, they return to the well deck of the ship where they share another passionate kiss. While they are kissing, the ship hits a large iceberg and is critically damaged. After realizing the seriousness of the situation, Rose suggests warning her mother and Cal. When Lovejoy sees them coming, he sneaks the diamond into Jack's pocket. As soon as Jack enters the room that Cal is in, Cal demands a search for his stolen property. The master-at-arms finds the diamond in Jack's pocket and discovers that the jacket he is wearing belongs to Arthur Ryerson. Jack is arrested and locked up in a room the bowels of the ship with the master-at-arms watching him.
The master-at-arms is sent away to control a riot, and Lovejoy takes over watching him. He expresses his belief that the ship will sink, and delivers a message from Cal (a punch in the gut) before leaving Jack locked up in the room. Moments later, the room begins to flood. Fortunately, Rose finds him with Thomas Andrews' directions, and she is able to cut his handcuffs with an axe. Cut off from their original way out, Jack and Rose look for another way back to the boat deck, reuniting with Fabrizio and Tommy in the process. Finally, they are able to break down a gate and make their way to the boat deck.
On the boat deck, they find Lifeboat 2, which is being loaded entirely with women and children, and Jack sends Tommy and Fabrizio to find another boat on the other side of the ship. While waiting on Lifeboat 2, they are found by Cal, who gives Rose his jacket. Cal reassures Rose that he and Jack will be able to get off the ship safely, and Rose is then put in the boat. While it lowers, at around 1.45 am, Cal tells Jack that there is an arrangement, but Jack will not get off the ship. Rose jumps back on the ship and runs to the Grand Staircase, where she embraces Jack. Enraged, Cal chases them into the flooding reception room with a gun. In a deleted scene, Lovejoy continues the chase into the dining room.
As they go back upstairs, they hear a little boy crying in a rapidly flooding hallway. They try to rescue him, but his father comes and grabs him. Seconds later, two doors burst open and water floods the hallway. Jack and Rose are thrown against a metal gate. Their only hope of escape is a terrified steward with keys. The steward tries to open the gate, but he drops the keys and runs away. Jack grabs them and opens the gate seconds before the hallway floods completely. Jack and Rose make their way aft, up seemingly endless stairs. It is now past 2 am.
While on their way back, Jack and Rose run into Thomas Andrews in the first class smoking room, who has chosen to stay there and die. By the time they reach the aft well deck, all the lifeboats have been launched and the water has reached the forward boat deck, pushing it underwater and forcing the stern to rise out of the water. They decide to stay on the ship as long as possible and head to the poop deck. As they make their way "up" the stern, it rises out of the water. Eventually the ship is sticking out at such a steep angle that anyone not holding on to something slides down the deck. Jack and Rose hold onto the stern railing as the ship continues to rise out of the water. Soon, the pressure causes the ship to split in two pieces. The stern end is pulled into the air, sticking out of the water at a ninety degree angle, and it sinks into the water at 2.20 am.
Once the Titanic is underwater, Jack and Rose find a piece of debris in the water to rest on which can only hold one person. While he slowly freezes to death, Jack makes Rose promise that she will survive this disaster, and that she will live a long and satisfying life. He then succumbs to hypothermia and Rose drops his body into the ocean.
[edit] Rose DeWitt Bukater
| Rose DeWitt Bukater | |
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 Rose lies nude on the couch for Jack.
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| Born | 1895 England |
| Died | Unknown (1997) Unknown |
Rose DeWitt Bukater was born in 1895 and is 17 years old during her first class passage on the Titanic. She boards with her fiancé, Caledon, and her mother, Ruth. Rose doesn't love Caledon, but her mother pressures her into marriage so that they can regain their wealth.
While on board, Rose attempts suicide but a third class man named Jack Dawson brings her to her senses and saves her when she almost falls. Rose's screams from slipping on the railing attracted the attention of several crew members, who find Jack sprawled on top of Rose after he pulled her over from the edge. This suspicious situation almost has Jack arrested, but after a clarification in front of Cal, Mr. Lovejoy, and the ship's master-at-arms, Jack is recognized as a hero. As thanks, Caledon invites Jack to dine with the first-class.
The next day, Rose seeks Jack out to thank him for what he did. They talk on the boat deck for hours about what they want to do in their lives. Rose found him annoying but completely fasinating. When dinner comes, she watches as Jack charms the group with his life story, all except her Mother and Cal. At the end of the dinner, Jack passes Rose a note telling her to go to the Grand Staircase clock. When she goes there, Jack invites her to a third class "real party".
At the party, they get drunk and dance around, not seeing Cal's manservant Lovejoy spying on them. The next morning, Cal yells at her and tells her not to behave like that again. Then she goes back to her room to have her corset tightened by her maid. Her mother interrupts and tells her maid to fetch some tea. Ruth tells her daughter that she cannot see Jack again.
The next day, April 14th, she is walking on the boat deck with her mother, Cal and Thomas Andrews, the builder of the ship, when Jack grabs her and takes her into the gymnasium. He tries to talk to her, but she doesn't listen to him and goes back to the group.
Later, while having dinner, she realizes that she has made the wrong choice and finds Jack at the bow of the ship. She tried to listen to her mother but she could not resist. They share a special moment and have their first kiss while the sun goes down. Rose then takes Jack to the sitting room and asks him to draw her completely naked wearing only the diamond that Cal gave her. He does so. When he is done, he puts it in the safe. However, Lovejoy finds them and chases them all the way down to the boiler room of the ship, where they lock the door on him. They then venture into the cargo hold and make love with each other.
At 11:40 pm, they come back up to the bow of the ship and share another passionate kiss, while the ship hits an iceberg. Rose suggests telling her mother and Cal. When they do, Jack is framed for stealing the diamond and Rose is taken to a lifeboat with her mother. However, Rose runs away to save Jack. After receiving instructions from Mr. Andrews, she finds Jack in a rapidly flooding room on E Deck. She cuts his handcuffs with an ax and they make it back to the boat deck with Jack's friends, Tommy and Fabrizio.
On the boat deck, they find Lifeboat 2, which is being loaded entirely with women and children, and Jack sends Tommy and Fabrizio to find another boat on the other side of the ship. While waiting on Lifeboat 2, they are found by Cal, who gives Rose his jacket. Cal reassures Rose that he and Jack will be able to get off the ship safely, and Rose is then put in the boat. While it lowers, at around 1:45 am, Rose jumps back on the ship and runs to the Grand Staircase, where she embraces Jack. Enraged, Cal chases them into the flooding reception room with a gun. In a deleted scene, Lovejoy continues the chase into the dining room.
As they go back upstairs, they hear a little boy crying in a rapidly flooding hallway. They try to rescue him, but his father comes and grabs him. Seconds later, two doors burst open and water floods the hallway. Jack and Rose are thrown against a metal gate. Their only hope of escape is a terrified steward with keys. The steward tries to open the gate, but he drops the keys and runs away. Jack grabs them and opens the gate seconds before the hallway floods completely. Jack and Rose make their way aft, up seemingly endless stairs. It is now past 2 am.
While on their way back, Jack and Rose run into Thomas Andrews in the first class smoking room, who has chosen to stay there and die. By the time they reach the aft well deck, all the lifeboats have been launched and the water has reached the forward boat deck, pushing it underwater and forcing the stern to rise out of the water. They decide to stay on the ship as long as possible and head to the poop deck. As they make their way "up" the stern, it rises out of the water. Eventually the ship is sticking out at such a steep angle that anyone not holding on to something slides down the deck. Jack and Rose hold onto the stern railing as the ship continues to rise out of the water. Soon, the pressure causes the ship to split in two pieces. The stern end is pulled into the air, sticking out of the water at a ninety degree angle, and it sinks into the water at 2:20 am.
In the water, Jack leads Rose to a a piece of wood in the water that she floats on. While he freezes in the water, Jack makes Rose promise that she will survive. Later, after Jack has died, she uses a whistle to call a lifeboat to save her. While on the Carpathia, she sees Caledon, who is looking for her desperately. Hiding her face in a blanket, she hopes he will not see her, and indeed he does not. That is the last time she ever sees him.
On arriving in New York, she takes Jack's name when asked by a steward, calling herself Rose Dawson, giving implications to the audience of her wife-like commitment to Jack and their plans for marriage. The name change also enables her to forever escape from her family and allowing them to think she is dead. She goes on to do everything that she had promised Jack she would do, riding astride a horse on the beach, going to Santa Monica Pier, flying a plane, and so forth. Rose eventually gets married and has children, but never forgets Jack.
[edit] Caledon Nathan Hockley
| Caledon Nathan Hockley | |
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 Enraged, Caledon chases Jack and Rose with Lovejoy's gun.
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| Born | 1882 United States of America |
| Died | 1929 America |
Born in 1882 as the son of American steel tycoon Nathan Hockley, Caledon "Cal" Nathan Hockley is on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic in order to marry his 17-year-old fiancée, Rose DeWitt Bukater. Rose does not want the marriage and considers Cal as a friend, but not as a suitable husband.
Unknown to Cal, while they are aboard the Titanic, Rose begins seeing Jack Dawson, a third class man who made her come to her senses when she tried to commit suicide. Later, Cal gives her a rare blue diamond called the Heart of the Ocean.
One night, Cal does not know where Rose is, so he sends Spicer Lovejoy, his manservant, to find her. He comes back telling him that he saw Jack and Rose in the third class general room dancing. The next morning, April 14th, Cal yells at Rose and tells her not to behave like that again. Later, he finds out that Rose has been gone for too long. He sends Lovejoy after them, and at around 11:30 pm, finds a nude drawing of Rose, signed by Jack Dawson, and a taunting note in his safe. When the ship hits an iceberg, Cal frames Jack for stealing the diamond. He then tries to get Rose into a lifeboat, but she instead goes to rescue Jack.
Realizing that the ship is starting to fall apart, Cal and Lovejoy focus on getting into a lifeboat. They return to Cal's suite and take some money out of the safe. They then return to the deck to bribe First Officer Murdoch for a place on Collapsible C. After giving him a pile of twenty dollar bills, Murdoch agrees to let him on the boat, but at the last second, Lovejoy tells Cal that he has found Rose waiting for a boat with Jack. Cal leaves his chance of escaping the ship to find her.
When he finds them, he gives Rose the jacket that he had put the diamond in, forgetting that the diamond is in it, and tells her that he and Jack will be able to escape the ship. When she gets in Lifeboat 2, she quickly jumps back onto the ship and embraces Jack at the Grand Staircase. Enraged, Cal takes Lovejoy's gun and begins shooting at them, chasing them down the Grand Staircase into the flooding reception room, where they escape into the dining room. When Cal reaches the reception room, he realizes that Rose has the diamond, but is scared to go into the flooding areas. In a deleted scene, he sends Lovejoy after them, "promising" to give him the diamond if he can retrieve it.
With Lovejoy occupied in finding the diamond, Cal makes it back to the deck in time to catch Collapsible A. However, Murdoch throws his money back at him, telling him "Your money can't save you any more than it can save me." , and denies Cal entry into the canvas boat, and his only chance at surviving the disaster. Murdoch then kills an innocent man who has been pushed toward the boat and commits suicide when he realizes that he has done so. While the boat is being loaded by Chief Officer Wilde, Cal grabs a little girl and shows her to the officer, claiming that he is all she has in the world. Wilde lets him on. Before the boat can be lowered however, the bow plunges into the water and the boat floats off.
While still near the ship, people try to get on the boat, but Cal fiercely denies entrance to the boat to anyone once it has been filled, claiming that they will swamp it. While doing this, he witnesses the collapse of the first funnel, but is able to row the boat away from the sinking ship and save himself along with the other people in the boat. He then watches as the Titanic sinks. In an earlier draft of the script, after the ship has sunk, Fabrizio tries to get onto Cal's boat, but Cal clubs him on the head with an oar. This was most probably changed in order to avoid making Hockley look more like a psychotic killer than an arrogant man.
On board the Carpathia, Rose sees him looking for her, seemingly concerned for her, but she decides not to reveal herself to him. After surviving the Titanic disaster, he marries someone and inherits his millions, but he never got over Rose's supposed "death." In 1929, according to Rose, he commits suicide by shooting himself in the mouth because of the Stock Market Crash ruining his interest.
[edit] Ruth DeWitt Bukater
| Ruth DeWitt Bukater | |
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 Ruth talking to her daughter.
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| Born | Unknown England |
| Died | Unknown Unknown |
Ruth DeWitt Bukater is the mother of Rose DeWitt Bukater. She is set on having Rose marry Caledon Hockley to regain her status in society and to ensure her and Rose's survival in the life to which she has grown accustomed. It seems that her late husband's unexpected death and unknown debts left them in financial ruin. Therefore Ruth, in order to ensure their survival, forces Rose into a loveless match with Caledon.
When the Titanic crashes into an iceberg, she is put on Lifeboat 6 without her daughter, and is forced to watch as the ship sinks with her daughter still on it.
[edit] Spicer Lovejoy
| Spicer Lovejoy | |
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 Lovejoy spies on Jack and Rose at the third class party.
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| Born | 1850 London, England, UK |
| Died | 1912 RMS Titanic |
Spicer Lovejoy, a former Pinkerton detective, is the valet and bodyguard of Caledon Hockley. He accompanies Hockley, Rose and her mother Ruth on the Titanic, where he tells the porters where to put their luggage. Lovejoy most likely would have stayed in a different section with all the other passenger's servants, but he was never seen in his cabin in the film.
Later on, after Rose attempts to commit suicide and is saved by Jack, Lovejoy is seen tending to Rose along with Archibald Gracie. Once everyone starts to leave, Jack whistles at Lovejoy for a cigarette. After Jack takes two, Lovejoy looks down at Jack's shoes and tells him "You'll want to tie those." Despite seeing this little detail, he does not tell anyone, which probably would have kept Jack from getting arrested. Lovejoy is also ordered by Hockley to follow Rose wherever she goes, and he stumbles into the third class party, where he sees Rose dancing with Jack off-screen, Lovejoy informs Hockley of this, leading Hockley to warn Rose fiercely to behave properly with him (she refers to Lovejoy as "That undertaker of a manservant").
Once again, Hockley orders Lovejoy to follow Rose, and once again does he catch her with Jack. Having no sense of humor at all, Lovejoy angrily chases the laughing lovers all over the ship until finally losing them into the boiler rooms. Lovejoy reports back to Hockley, who finds the sketch of the nude Rose and a taunting note written by Rose. Enraged, Hockley makes a plan with Lovejoy to get back at Jack and Rose. After the ship hits an iceberg and starts to sink, Hockley orders Lovejoy to place his "Le Coeur de la Mer" diamond in Jack's pocket to frame him for theft. Even worse, Lovejoy discovers that the coat isn't even Jack's, and that it belongs to Arthur Ryerson, who reported his coat stolen earlier that day. The master-at-arms handcuffs him, takes him to his office, and locks Jack to a pole as Lovejoy stays to guard. Later he leaves, leaving Jack in the flooding room to drown. Eventually Rose comes to his rescue and saves him.
Lovejoy finds Cal on the boat deck, and he still hasn't found Rose. They then focus their attention to entering a lifeboat, and Cal returns to his suite to get some money. He then bribes First Officer Murdoch for a spot in Collapsible C. However, at the last minute, Lovejoy reports that he has found Jack and Rose waiting for a boat. In doing this, he seals his fate, as if he had kept his mouth shut, he would have gotten into the boat and escaped the sinking ship.
Later, when Cal sees Jack and Rose openly embracing in the Grand Staircase, he grabs Lovejoy's gun and chases them into the dining room. When he gets scared to go any further because of the rising water level, he leaves. In a deleted scene, Cal "promises" to give Lovejoy the diamond if he can get it. Lovejoy quietly calls him a bastard and reloads his pistol. He walks into the dining room, looking for Jack and Rose, who are hiding behind a table. As the dining room quickly floods, Lovejoy tries to draw them out by taunting them, but that doesn't work. However, Rose makes a splashing sound which leads Lovejoy to find her. Before he can shoot her though, Jack jumps out and smashes his head into a window. He then punches him in the stomach in revenge for framing him for stealing the necklace. After that, they run away before he can shoot them and he loses them.
Lovejoy returns to try to escape from the quickly sinking Titanic, but is too late. By the time he makes it back up to the boat deck, the lifeboats are all gone. He stays on the deck until the ship breaks apart right between him. He manages to hold on to the ship and avoid falling into the ocean, but due to his position, it is likely he ended up in the water just before the ship's final plunge.
Whether he died of hypothermia or was rescued remains unknown.
[edit] Margaret "Molly" Brown
Margaret "Molly" Brown is a first class passenger who Ruth classifies as "new money". When Jack is invited to dinner, she helps him out by giving him a tuxedo she bought for her son, and teaching him how to fit in with the other first class passengers.
When the ship hits an iceberg, she gets in Lifeboat 6. In a deleted scene, she sits in the palm court and asks for some ice. Behind her, the iceberg is seen in the window. After the sinking, she tells the other passengers in Lifeboat 6 that they have to go back to pick up others from the ship, but Quartermaster Robert Hichens overrules her for panic of being swamped.
[edit] Fabrizio De Rossi
Fabrizio De Rossi was born in 1892 in Italy and is Jack Dawson's best friend. He believes that it is his destiny to go to America. When Jack wins the tickets, they board and meet Tommy Ryan, an Irish third class man.
When the ship hits an iceberg, he meets up with Jack at a locked gate. Jack, Rose, Fabrizio and Tommy Ryan join up and break down one of the locked gates, gaining entry to the higher points of the ship. When they reach the boat deck, Jack sends Fabrizio and Tommy to check the other side of the ship for boats that are letting men on.
Fabrizio and Tommy find Collapsible A, but First Officer Murdoch is fiercely denying entry to the boat to men. However, someone pushes Tommy toward Murdoch and before thinking, he shoots Tommy. When he realizes that he has killed an innocent man, he shoots himself in the head. The boat is loaded by a different officer, and Caledon Hockley is let on when he fakes being the parent of a child. Before the boat can be lowered, however, the water reaches the boat deck and the ship threatens to pull the boat under. Fabrizio helps cut the ropes off of the boat, but the water washes him away from it and he is crushed by the falling funnel.
In the original draft of the script, Fabrizio is murdered by Caledon Hockley when he tries to get into the arrogant steel magnate's boat. Hockley clubs Fabrizio fatally on the head with his oar. With his dying breaths, Fabrizio tells Hockley that he had to go to America. Hockley points into the distance and sarcastically says "It's that way!". Ultimately, this was changed to Fabrizio merely getting crushed by toppled funnel with his death witnessed by Hockley, mostly in order to avoid making Hockley look more like a psychotic killer than an arrogant man.
[edit] Tommy Ryan
Tommy Ryan is a third class passenger presumably from Ireland. While on board, he befriends Jack and Fabrizio. In the third class party, he and some new friends from the third class discuss something and smoking cigarettes.
When the ship hits an iceberg, he, like everyone else in third class, is locked behind a gate. He, Jack and Fabrizio break through a different gate and get to the boat deck. While up there, he is in the crowd and 1st Officer Murdoch shoots him when he is pushed towards the boat. When Murdoch realizes that he has killed an innocent man, he kills himself.
[edit] John Jacob Astor
John Jacob Astor is the richest man on the ship. He and his wife Madeline had been vacationing in Europe to avoid the publicity in America caused by Madeline's pregnancy. While the ship is sinking, his wife asks him to look for their dog in the Grand Staircase.But he never findes it. Soon, the Staircase starts to flood and he has no way to escape. When the glass dome breaks, he is killed by the sudden onslaught of water that comes through.
He was played by Eric Braeden.
[edit] Madeleine Astor
John Jacob Astor's young wife. In a deleted scene, Astor can be seen in the gymnasium showing Madeline what is inside a life vest.
[edit] Colonel Archibald Gracie
Archibald Gracie is a writer and first class passenger. When the Titanic strikes an iceberg, he escorts ladies to lifeboats and finally escapes on the overturned Collapsible B.
He was played by Bernard Fox.
[edit] Benjamin Guggenheim
Benjamin Guggenheim is a rich first class passenger. When the ship strikes an iceberg, he and his manservant, Victor Giglio, dress in their best and prepare to go down as gentlemen in the Grand Staircase. The last time they are seen is when the top floor of the Grand Staircase starts flooding. It can be assumed that he dies in the next scene.
He was played by Michael Ensign.
[edit] Irish mother
An unnamed third class mother with two children and no husband who has a cabin on G-Deck. They die on the ship. We see them several times, including when they look for their room after boarding, waiting at a staircase during the sinking, and apparently being told a story by the mother during the final moments in their room.
She was played by Jenette Goldstein.
[edit] Helga Dahl
Fabrizio's new found girlfriend on the Titanic. In many deleted scenes, he can be seen talking to her and dancing with her. When the ship hits an iceberg, she and her family are locked behind a gate. It is unclear how they do so, but they make it to the poop deck of the ship. She stands at the end of the stern until the ship breaks in half, causing the stern to rise out of the water at a straight angle. Unable to hold onto the railing, she lets go and falls hundreds of feet into the water.
She was played by Camilla Overbye Roos.
[edit] Trudy Bolt
Rose's family's maid on the Titanic. She was going to join Ruth DeWitt Bukater in a lifeboat, but when they were inside the Grand Staircase, Ruth sent her back to the cabin to turn on the heaters since Ruth thought this was only a drill. While Trudy was doing this, Ruth was put in a lifeboat. Later, she is shown sliding down the tilted deck of Titanic into the freezing water.
She was played by Amy Gaipa.
[edit] Cosmo Duff Gordon
A first class passenger on the Titanic. When the ship strikes the iceberg, he bribes the officer to leave on the lifeboat with only 12 people aboard. In a deleted scene, after the ship is gone, someone in the boat says that they should do something to help the people in the water, but Sir Cosmo says that it is "out of the question".
He was played by Martin Jarvis.
[edit] Lucile Duff Gordon
Cosmo Duff Gordon's wife and a designer of naughty lingerie. While the ship is sinking, she escapes with her husband on Lifeboat 1. She is also heard talking to Ruth DeWitt Bukater in a scene set in the Dining Room.
She was played by Rosalind Ayres.
[edit] Countess of Rothes
A first class passenger on the Titanic who survives the sinking. She is in most of the eating scenes, usually talking to Ruth DeWitt Bukater. Can be seen talking to Ruth at dinner on April 14. Also she is the woman who asked the steward what had happened as a worried Thomas Andrews walks by.
She was played by Rochelle Rose.
[edit] Wallace Hartley
The leader of the 4-member band on the Titanic. When the ship strikes an iceberg, they continue to play until the water reaches their feet on the boat deck.The last song they play is Nearer My God to Thee. They also play Orpheus and Wedding Dance.
He was played by Jonathan Evans-Jones.
[edit] Father Byles
A priest who stays aboard the Titanic to hear confessions until the ship sinks. Seen reciting "Hail Mary" from the Catholic Bible as Jack and Rose are making their way to the stern.
He was played by James Lancaster.
[edit] Isidor and Ida Straus
Two of the most wealthy people on the ship. They have been married forty-four years. Ida is offered a place on a lifeboat.Ida turns down the offer,she does not want to leave her husband. They are last seen in their bed. They were played by Elsa Raven and Lew Palter.
[edit] The Cartmell family
A three person family consisting of Bert Cartmell, his wife and his daughter Cora, the third class girl that Jack dances with. In a deleted scene, it shows how they die. At around 2:16 am, Cora and her parents are still trapped in the bowels of the ship. While the Grand Staircase's dome is shattering up on the top of the ship, they are trapped behind a gate in a very quickly flooding hallway.
Cora was played by Alexandrea Owens.
[edit] Cal's crying girl
A young third class girl who makes it up to the boat deck with her family, but gets lost. While Cal is trying to get onto a lifeboat, he grabs her and is let onto Collapsible A, one of the last two lifeboats. Although his act was purely selfish, Cal saved the girl, as she would have been killed if she had stayed on the ship. Although everyone except Cal falls out of the boat, she is seen in it later, so it can be assumed that she survives.
She was played by Amber Waddell and Alison Waddell.
[edit] Bjorn Gunderson
One of Sven's two friends who share a steerage room on the ship with Jack and Fabrizio. He wonders about Sven's absence, but quickly becomes good friends with Jack, Fabrizio and Tommy Ryan. In the third class party, he unsuccessfully tries to communicate with Rose, who doesn't understand Swedish language, and also manages to beat Tommy in an arm-wrestling match.
Later, when the ship hits an iceberg, he is woken up along with Fabrizio, Tommy and Olaus Gunderson, his brother. He is next seen at a locked third class gate with many other steerage passengers demanding access to the lifeboats. He helps Jack, Tommy and Fabrizio break the gate down with a wooden bench. He and Olaus are last seen in the crowd around Collapsible A.
[edit] Olaus Gunderson
Bjorn Gunderson's brother, whom he shares a steerage room with. Along with Bjorn, he is last seen in the crowd around Collapsible A.
[edit] Ship's Crew and Designers
[edit] Edward J. Smith
The captain of the RMS Titanic. The Titanic voyage is his retirement voyage, but when the ship hits an iceberg, he believes that it is his fault. At around 2:10 am, the boat deck begins to flood, and Smith goes into the wheelhouse to await his fate. Minutes later, the water destroys the windows and floods the wheelhouse, killing him.
He was played by Bernard Hill.
[edit] Thomas Andrews
The builder of the RMS Titanic. While on the ship, he assures Rose that there is nothing wrong with it.
At 11:40 pm on April 14th, 1912, the ship hits an iceberg, and Mr. Andrews realizes that half the people on the ship are going to die. For a while, he runs around the ship telling people to get their life belts on and go to the boat deck immediately. He is last seen by Jack and Rose, standing next to the clock in the first class smoking room.
He was played by Victor Garber.
[edit] J. Bruce Ismay
The managing director of the White Star Line, and the owner of the RMS Titanic. Ismay is considered responsible for allowing the ship to hit the infamous iceberg because of the fame of the ship. While Morse code messages were coming in of icebergs ahead, Ismay encourages Captain Smith to speed the boat, giving "newspapers a chance to marvel at her speed." When news is heard that the ship will sink, Captain Smith says to him "I believe you will get your headlines, Mr. Ismay." When the ship hits an iceberg, he is let onto Collapsible C by First Officer Murdoch when there are no more women and children who wish to enter the boat, and there are still empty seats.
He was played by Jonathan Hyde.
[edit] Chief Officer Henry Wilde
The senior officer on the Titanic. He assists in lowering the lifeboats until the water reaches the boat deck. While in the water, he freezes to death. Rose uses his whistle to call the lifeboat to return to her when she is in the water.
He was played by Mark Lindsay Chapman.
[edit] 1st Officer William Murdoch
The first officer on the Titanic. While it is sinking, Caledon Hockley bribes him for a seat in a lifeboat. At first he accepts, but Caledon leaves the lifeboat to find Rose, his fiancèe. When Cal returns to get on the next boat, he throws his money back at him, claiming that his money won't save him. He then threatens to shoot any man who tries to get into the boat. One man tries to and Murdoch shoots him. Next, someone pushes Tommy Ryan toward the boat and Murdoch shoots Tommy in the chest through his life jacket. When he realizes he has shot an innocent man, he shoots himself in the head and falls back into the water dead.
He was played by Ewan Stewart.
[edit] 2nd Officer Charles Lightoller
The senior surviving officer of the Titanic disaster. When Captain Smith orders him to load women and children first, he takes it too far and only loads women and children, lowering the lifeboats half full if no women want to enter. He is last seen hanging onto the overturned Collapsible B. In the extended Carpathia sequence, he is seen balancing on the sinking lifeboat.
He was played by Jonathan Phillips.
[edit] 3rd Officer Herbert Pitman
The third officer on the Titanic. He is in charge of Lifeboat 5 during the sinking. He is seen rowing towards the Carpathia while the sun rises in a recreation of a Ken Marschall painting.
He was played by Kevin De La Noy in an uncredited performance.
[edit] 4th Officer Joseph Boxhall
The fourth officer on the Titanic. He is in charge of firing flares and mans Lifeboat 2 during the sinking. His only line in the film is, while the ship is rising out of the water and he is in the lifeboat: "Bloody pull faster, and pull!"
He was played by Simon Crane.
[edit] 5th Officer Harold Lowe
Harold Lowe is the fifth officer on the Titanic. Lightoller orders him to guard Boat 14, and Lowe takes charge of it. After the ship has sunk, he transfers all of the passengers from his boat into a different boat and goes back to search for survivors. He finds Rose floating on a door.
He was played by Ioan Gruffudd.
[edit] 6th Officer James Moody
The sixth officer on the Titanic, and the only junior officer to die in the disaster. He is the officer who admits Jack and Fabrizio onto the ship only minutes before it departs from Southampton. He is last seen answering the phone when the Titanic hits the iceberg.
He was played by Edward Fletcher.
[edit] Frederick Fleet
The lookout on the Titanic. He is the one who spots the iceberg. When he sees it, he informs the bridge, but the ship still hits the iceberg. He leaves the ship on Lifeboat 6.
He was played by Scott G. Anderson.
[edit] Reginald Lee
One of the lookouts on the ship. He is with Frederick Fleet when the ship hits the iceberg.
He was played by Martin East.
[edit] Harold Bride
The wireless operator on the Titanic. When the boat deck starts flooding, he quits his duties and escapes on Collapsible B.
He was played by Craig Kelly.
[edit] Jack Phillips
The second wireless operator on the Titanic. He opts to stay behind and continue to call for help while Harold Bride escapes.
He was played by Gregory Cooke.
[edit] Quartermaster Robert Hichens
The quartermaster who is at the wheel when the Titanic hits the iceberg. He is charge of Lifeboat 6. He refuses to return to the ship or pick up people in the water after it has sunk.
[edit] Quartermaster George Rowe
A quartermaster on the Titanic. He is the one who catches Jack when he is seemingly attacking Rose, but really he is saving her. He escapes the sinking ship on Collapsible C.
He was played by Richard Graham.
[edit] Master-at-arms
The officer on the Titanic who arrests Jack. He is not seen after that, as he is requested to the second class purser's office to take care of a big mob there.
He was played by Ron Donachie.
[edit] Leading Stoker Frederick Barrett
The leading fireman on the Titanic. He is seen multiple times in the boiler room. He escapes the ship on Boat 13.
He was played by Derek Lea.
[edit] Chief Engineer Joseph Bell
The chief engineer on the Titanic. He stays on board until the very end, assuring that the power stays on. He is killed either when the electrical machines explode or when the ship breaks in half.
He was played by Terry Forestal.
[edit] Chief Baker Charles Joughin
A baker on the Titanic who survives the sinking by drinking brandy in the water. He is sitting at the stern of the ship with Jack and Rose as it goes under the water. He is pulled onto the overturned Collapsible B and saved.
He was played by Liam Tuohy.
[edit] 1996 Characters
[edit] Rose Dewitt Bukater Dawson Calvert/Old Rose
Having survived the sinking, Rose lives the rest of her life doing the things that she and Jack talked about doing, like riding horses in Santa Monica, California, and becoming a motion picture actress. Eventually, falls in love with and marries a man named Calvert and moves to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to start a family.
In 1997, almost 101 years old and living with her granddaughter, Lizzy Calvert, the portrait Jack sketched of her is discovered in the wreck of the Titanic. After contacting the recovery crew, Rose is invited to go out to the scene, where a search is underway for the Heart of the Ocean. Even though Rose already knows where the diamond is, she tells no one. After telling her fellow shipmates her Titanic story, she walks to the stern and drops the diamond overboard. Then Rose goes back to bed. She kept every promise she had made to Jack, and did everything they ever talked about. Throwing the diamond into the ocean to its proper resting place was a way of showing she had finally let go.
In the alternate ending, when she is about to throw the diamond overboard, he granddaughter, Lizzy, sees her and mistakes her for getting ready to jump. She and Brock rush over and Rose says, "Stop! Don't come any closer! I'll drop it." She holds up the diamond. Brock is amazed and Lewis Bodine and Bobby Buell can be seen in the background. Rose tells Brock he is looking for treasure in the wrong places, only life is priceless. Brock asks to hold it. Rose lets him and then gently tugs on it. Brock grasps it tighter. Rose gives him a look as if to say, "You're not going to choose money over happiness, are you?" Rose doesn't force him to give up the Heart. Brock slowly lets her slide it out of his hands. She pulls it and throws it backwards, into the water. Brock, still astonished by what he just did, looks up and the sky with his hand in the same position and starts laughing. Lewis Bodine run up to the rail and says, "Real nice, lady!" Then Brock sees Lizzy and says, "You wanna dance?" and Lizzy shakes her head yes.[citation needed]
It has also been speculated that Rose dies in her sleep that night, when she returns to bed. Thus giving a reason for the final scene in which Rose and Jack kiss at the Grand Staircase with the before perished passengers and crew present.
She was played by Gloria Stuart.
[edit] Brock Lovett
Brock Lovett is a treasure hunter in charge of a salvage team sent to find the blue diamond known as the Heart of the Ocean. In the film, his team is suffering of overtiming the schedule. This cost him a lot of money. Rose is his final hope in finding the diamond.
He was played by Bill Paxton.
[edit] Lizzy Calvert
Lizzy Calvert is the granddaughter of Rose Calvert. In the alternate ending of the film, she and Brock Lovett discuss about the Heart of the Ocean or The Blue Diamond as it is called in the movie.
She was played by Suzy Amis.
[edit] Lewis Bodine
One of the men who went down with Brock Lovett to find the blue diamond. He is also seen with Rose when he explains how the Titanic sank with the 3-D animated film.
He was played by Lewis Abernathy.
[edit] Bobby Buell
Brock Lovett's assistant. He is the one who give Brock the iron he opened the safe with and revealed the map with Jack Dawson's art and the picture of Rose, when she posed nude.
He was played by Nicholas Cascone.
[edit] Anatoly Milkailavich
The captain of the MIR II submersible.
He was played by Dr. Anatoly M. Sagalevitch.
