William Hoyland

Actor Jan 1 (died age 74) Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK 1967–2017 (50 year career)

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Biography

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 July 2017 in the UK

Known For

Film

Return of the Jedi

Imperial Commander (uncredited)

Film

Hellboy

General Klaus Werner von Krupt

Film

Gandhi

Adjutant

Film

For Your Eyes Only

McGregor

Film

Scoop

Butler

Film

A Mighty Heart

John Bauman

Film

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

Police Sergeant

Film

Resurrected

Captain Sinclair

Filmography

Acting (45)

Movies (32)

A Mighty Heart

as John Bauman

Scoop

as Butler

Hunt for Justice

as Judge Manet

Hellboy

as General Klaus Werner von Krupt

6.7

Plain Jane

2002

as Rev Barlow

Dead Gorgeous

2002

as Senior Civil Servant

2.7

Tube Tales

1999

as Suicide Victim (segment "My Father The Liar")

5.1

All the King's Men

1999

as Lt. Col Proctor Beauchamp

6.2

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

1998

as Police Sergeant

6.0

Half the Picture

1996

as John Major / Paul Henderson

A Very Open Prison

as Arthur Hare

Diamond Skulls

as Inspector Orchard

Resurrected

as Captain Sinclair

Return of the Jedi

as Imperial Commander (uncredited)

Birth of a Nation

as Mr James

Gandhi

as Adjutant

For Your Eyes Only

as McGregor

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

1978

as Lord Perry Brownlow

10.0

A Choice of Evils

1977

as Volponi's Secretary

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

1976

as Bernard

10.0

Kill Two Birds

1975

as Turner

Sunset Across the Bay

1975

as Doctor

6.0

Blooming Youth

1973

as Chris Green

Skinflicker

1972

as Georgie

Not Counting the Savages

1972

The Ragman's Daughter

1972

as Borstal Barber

3.2

On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson

1972

Assault

1971

as Chemist in Hospital

5.1

Poem

1971

as voiceover

The Unfortunates

1969

Paradigm

1969

as Man

You're Human Like the Rest of Them

1967

as Haakon

5.5

Television (13)

Man in an Orange Shirt

as Headmaster

Call the Midwife

as Dr. Godfrey

Life on Mars

as Superintendent Rathbone

The Thick of It

as Lord Goolding

Bugs

as Taska

Yesterday's Dreams

as Mr. Timmins

Ladies in Charge

1986

as Doctor

5.0

Tales Out of School

1983

as Mr James

All Creatures Great and Small

1978

as Mr. Blenkinsopp

7.7

Edward and Mrs Simpson

1978

as Lord Perry Brownlow

6.2

The Duchess of Duke Street

1976

as Captain Roger Mason

8.0

The Love School

1975

as Doctor

Budgie

1971

as Douglas Hardisty

7.0