Acting • AGE 74
William Hoyland was born in 1943 in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. He was an actor, known for Hellboy (2004), For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Gandhi (1982). He was married to Carole De Jong. He died in...


Man in an Orange Shirt
Headmaster
2017

Call the Midwife
Dr. Godfrey
2012

A Mighty Heart
John Bauman
2007

Scoop
Butler
2006

Life on Mars
Superintendent Rathbone
2006

Hunt for Justice
Judge Manet
2005

The Thick of It
Lord Goolding
2005

Hellboy
General Klaus Werner von Krupt
2004

Dead Gorgeous
Senior Civil Servant
2002

Plain Jane
Rev Barlow
2002

The Jury
Hector
2002

Tube Tales
Suicide Victim (segment "My Father The Liar")
1999

All the King's Men
Lt. Col Proctor Beauchamp
1999

Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
Police Sergeant
1998

Half the Picture
John Major / Paul Henderson
1996

A Very Open Prison
Arthur Hare
1995

Bugs
Taska
1995

Die Kinder
Mark
1990

Diamond Skulls
Inspector Orchard
1990

Resurrected
Captain Sinclair
1989

Hidden City
1987

Ladies in Charge
Doctor
1986

Birth of a Nation
Mr James
1983

Tales Out of School
Mr James
1983

Return of the Jedi
Imperial Commander (uncredited)
1983

Gandhi
Adjutant
1982

For Your Eyes Only
McGregor
1981

Edward and Mrs Simpson
Lord Perry Brownlow
1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Lord Perry Brownlow
1978

All Creatures Great and Small
Mr. Blenkinsopp
1978

A Choice of Evils
Volponi's Secretary
1977

The Duchess of Duke Street
Captain Roger Mason
1976

Kill Two Birds
Turner
1975

Sunset Across the Bay
Doctor
1975

The Love School
Doctor
1975

Blooming Youth
Chris Green
1973

The Ragman's Daughter
Borstal Barber
1972

Skinflicker
Georgie
1972

Poem
voiceover
1971

Budgie
Douglas Hardisty
1971

Assault
Chemist in Hospital
1971

You're Human Like the Rest of Them
Haakon
1967