William Hoyland

William Hoyland

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

  • Popularity : 1.889
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1943-01-01
  • Place of Birth : Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK
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William Hoyland Movies

  • 1976
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    Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

    Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

    10 1976 HD

    A film extra has won a chance for the big break in his career. He has two crucial lines in a television film, but nothing goes according to plan.

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  • 1981
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    For Your Eyes Only

    For Your Eyes Only

    6.5 1981 HD

    A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching...

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  • 1978
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    Edward & Mrs. Simpson

    Edward & Mrs. Simpson

    10 1978 HD

    While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the...

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  • 1990
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    Dark Obsession

    Dark Obsession

    3 1990 HD

    Hugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting son. In actuality, though, Hugo is having money...

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  • 1996
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    Half The Picture

    Half The Picture

    1 1996 HD

    A dramatized account of the Scott Inquiry about the sales of arms to Iraq.

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  • 1967
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    You're Human Like the Rest of Them

    You're Human Like the Rest of Them

    5.5 1967 HD

    After treatment for a slipped disc in a London hospital, a teacher struggles to convey his thoughts on mortality to his class and fellow staff.

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  • 1969
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    Paradigm

    Paradigm

    1 1969 HD

    William Hoyland stars as a nameless protagonist who speaks to the camera in a fabricated language and, though the course of the film, transforms from...

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  • 1971
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    Poem

    Poem

    1 1971 HD

    A poignant short film set to the fourth part of Samuel Beckett's Quatre Poèmes, as narrated by frequent BS Johnson collaborator William...

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  • 1999
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    Tube Tales

    Tube Tales

    5.313 1999 HD

    Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins);...

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  • 1973
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    Blooming Youth

    Blooming Youth

    1 1973 HD

    An improvised character piece, overseen by Les Blair and Tony Garnett set in the everyday life of a group of polytechnic students.

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  • 2004
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    Hellboy

    Hellboy

    6.675 2004 HD

    In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is...

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  • 1969
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    The Unfortunates

    The Unfortunates

    1 1969 HD

    Directed by B.S. Johnson.

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  • 1972
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    On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson

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

    1 1972 HD

    Directed by B.S. Johnson.

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  • 1972
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    Not Counting the Savages

    Not Counting the Savages

    1 1972 HD

    Directed by Mike Newell.

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  • 1982
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    Gandhi

    Gandhi

    7.6 1982 HD

    In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian...

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  • 1983
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    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    7.1 1983 HD

    A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to...

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  • 1990
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    Die Kinder

    Die Kinder

    1 1990 HD

    A woman searches for her children, who have been abducted by her ex-husband, a member of the German 'Red Liberation Front'.

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  • 1975
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    Sunset Across the Bay

    Sunset Across the Bay

    6 1975 HD

    A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature...

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  • 2002
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    Dead Gorgeous

    Dead Gorgeous

    3.5 2002 HD

    Rose and Antonia are two old friends who meet up again after the second world war. Unhappy in their relationships, they plan to 'accidentally' murder...

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  • 1999
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    All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

    6.2 1999 HD

    Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck,...

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  • 1995
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    A Very Open Prison

    A Very Open Prison

    10 1995 HD

    The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped...

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  • 1977
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    A Choice of Evils

    A Choice of Evils

    1 1977 HD

    Cardinal Volponi tries to save his old friend, a priest-turned-militant communist, from being executed by the Nazis alongside 334 other hostages but...

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  • 2002
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    Plain Jane

    Plain Jane

    1 2002 HD

    Drama set in 1911 about a love triangle concerning a father, his son and their maid, Jane.

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  • 2007
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    A Mighty Heart

    A Mighty Heart

    6.4 2007 HD

    Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.

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  • 1971
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    Assault

    Assault

    5.3 1971 HD

    After a schoolgirl is raped while taking a short cut through the local woods, and another murdered a few days later, the police are baffled. With the...

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  • 1989
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    Resurrected

    Resurrected

    5.6 1989 HD

    A Falklands War soldier missing, believed dead, turns up claiming amnesia.

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  • 1983
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    Return of the Jedi

    Return of the Jedi

    7.897 1983 HD

    Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion...

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  • 2006
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    Scoop

    Scoop

    6.6 2006 HD

    An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.

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  • 1972
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    The Ragman's Daughter

    The Ragman's Daughter

    5 1972 HD

    Based on the Alan Sillitoe short story. Tony, a worker at a cheese factory, is also a petty thief. He moves from robbery after robbery until he meets...

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  • 1972
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    Skinflicker

    Skinflicker

    1 1972 HD

    This chilling and provocative faux home movie presents the story of three dissidents and their plan to commit a revolutionary act on film....

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  • 2005
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    Hunt for Justice

    Hunt for Justice

    6.5 2005 HD

    The heroic struggle of Canadian Louise Arbour, Chief War Crimes Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, as she...

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  • 1975
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    Kill Two Birds

    Kill Two Birds

    1 1975 HD

    Two female tourists are taken hostage by criminals who are chasing a man recently released from prison who knows the whereabouts of stolen money

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  • 2006
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    Life on Mars

    Life on Mars

    7.768 2006 HD

    A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself...

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  • 1978
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    Edward and Mrs Simpson

    Edward and Mrs Simpson

    6.2 1978 HD

    While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the...

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  • 2017
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    Man in an Orange Shirt

    Man in an Orange Shirt

    7.5 2017 HD

    A love story in two films charts the very different challenges to happiness for Michael and Thomas in the aftermath of World War 2, and to Adam and...

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  • 2012
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    Call the Midwife

    Call the Midwife

    7.532 2012 HD

    Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling...

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  • 2005
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    The Thick of It

    The Thick of It

    7.961 2005 HD

    Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10's policy enforcer and dependent on his...

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  • 1978
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    All Creatures Great and Small

    All Creatures Great and Small

    7.6 1978 HD

    All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the...

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  • 1995
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    Bugs

    Bugs

    6.8 1995 HD

    Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and...

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