William Hoyland

William Hoyland

Nacimiento : 1943-01-01, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England, UK

Muerte : 2017-01-01

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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

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William Hoyland

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Un corazón invencible
John Bauman
Basada en el trágico relato de Mariane Pearl, la viuda del reportero del Wall Street Journal Danny Pearl, asesinado en el año 2002 tras ser secuestrado por los talibanes en Pakistán. Con la colaboración del ejército de la coalición internacional y de numerosas organizaciones, Mariane intentó encontrarlo por todos los medios, pero sus esfuerzos fueron vanos. Esta es la historia de los hechos.
Scoop
Butler
Sondra Pransky (Scarlett Johansson), una estudiante americana de periodismo, se encuentra en Gran Bretaña visitando a unos amigos. Durante su estancia en Londres, acude a un espectáculo de magia, donde un ilusionista (Woody Allen) la invita a subir al escenario para hacerla desaparecer. Mientras espera que el mago ponga en práctica su truco, recibe la visita del fantasma de un prestigioso periodista muerto (Ian McShane), que ha venido desde el más allá para servirle en bandeja la exclusiva del año. El espíritu afirma que Peter Lyman (Hugh Jackman), el rico y atractivo hijo de un conocido aristócrata británico, es en realidad el famoso asesino en serie conocido como "el asesino del tarot".
Hunt for Justice
Judge Manet
The heroic struggle of Canadian Louise Arbour, Chief War Crimes Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, as she battles world politics and fierce opposition to indict Slobodan Milosevic for crimes against humanity.
Hellboy
General Klaus Werner von Krupt
Nacido de las llamas del infierno hace sesenta años durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Hellboy (Ron Perlman) fue enviado a la Tierra por el loco diabólico Grigori Rasputín (Karel Roden) para hacer el mal. Destinado a ser un presagio del Apocalipsis, Hellboy fue rescatado por las Fuerzas Aliadas lideradas por el profesor Broom (John Hurt), fundador del clandestino I.I.P.D. (Instituto para la Investigación Paranormal y de Defensa), que lo crió como un hijo y desarrolló sus extraordinarios poderes paranormales. A pesar de sus oscuros orígenes, Hellboy se convierte en un extraño héroe del bien, que lucha contra las fuerzas del mal que amenazan nuestro mundo.
Dead Gorgeous
Senior Civil Servant
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 each others husbands.
Plain Jane
Rev Barlow
Drama set in 1911 about a love triangle concerning a father, his son and their maid, Jane.
All the King's Men
Lt. Col Proctor Beauchamp
Feature-length drama about the mystery of Sandringham Company, which disappeared in action at Gallipoli in 1915. Commanded by Captain Frank Beck, their estate manager, the men advanced into battle, were enveloped in a strange mist and never seen again.
Historias del metro
Suicide Victim (My Father The Liar)
Tube Tales es una colección de nueve cortometrajes basados ​​en las experiencias de la vida real de pasajeros del metro de Londres, expuestos en la revista Time Out. Las historias y el guión y filmadas de forma independiente.
Half The Picture
John Major / Paul Henderson
A dramatized account of the Scott Inquiry about the sales of arms to Iraq.
A Very Open Prison
Arthur Hare
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 murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor
Resurrected
Captain Sinclair
A Falklands War soldier missing, believed dead, turns up claiming amnesia.
Birth of a Nation
Mr James
A new teacher at a highly problematic comprehensive school feels that corporal punishment may just be inflaming the problems, and so begins to campaign against it.
El retorno del Jedi
Imperial Commander (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Luke Skywalker y la princesa Leia deben viajar a Tatooine para liberar a Han Solo. Para conseguirlo, deben infiltrarse en la peligrosa guarida de Jabba the Hutt, el gángster más temido de la galaxia. Una vez reunidos, el equipo recluta a tribus de Ewoks para combatir a las fuerzas imperiales en los bosques de la luna de Endor. Mientras tanto, el Emperador y Darth Vader conspiran para convertir a Luke al lado oscuro, pero el joven Skywalker, por su parte, está decidido a reavivar el espíritu del Jedi en su padre. La guerra civil galáctica culmina en un último enfrentamiento entre las fuerzas rebeldes unificadas y una segunda Estrella de la Muerte, indefensa e incompleta, en una batalla que decidirá el destino de la galaxia.
Gandhi
Adjutant
Después de defender los derechos de los ciudadanos africanos en Sudáfrica, Gandhi, considerando que también los hindúes son ciudadanos de segunda clase en su propia tierra, los incita a sublevarse contra el Imperio Británico mediante la doctrina de la no-violencia.
Sólo para sus ojos
McGregor
El agente 007 debe acudir a recuperar el ATAC, un dispositivo militar secreto de guía por satélite, antes de que sea vendido a los rusos.
A Choice of Evils
Volponi's Secretary
Cardinal Volponi tries to save his old friend, a priest-turned-militant communist, from being executed by the Nazis alongside 334 other hostages but struggles to reason with either the Vatican, the Nazis or his friend.
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Bernard
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.
Kill Two Birds
Two female tourists are taken hostage by an ex-con attempting to recover money he once robbed from a bank.
Sunset Across the Bay
Doctor
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 of their relationship, and what they have left.
Blooming Youth
An improvised character piece, overseen by Les Blair and Tony Garnett set in the everyday life of a group of polytechnic students.
Not Counting the Savages
Directed by Mike Newell.
On Reflection: B.S. Johnson on Dr. Samuel Johnson
Directed by B.S. Johnson.
Skinflicker
Georgie
This chilling and provocative faux home movie presents the story of three dissidents and their plan to commit a revolutionary act on film. Bicât and scriptwriter Howard Brenton explore the consequences and co-option of political violence with hard, grubby directness and a pre-punk, semi-nihilistic attack on bourgeois values.
The Ragman's Daughter
Borstal Barber
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 Doris, the daughter of the local ragman. Slowly, he falls in love with her and must decide whether he will stay a thief or start a new life with Doris.
Poem
voiceover
A poignant short film set to the fourth part of Samuel Beckett's Quatre Poèmes, as narrated by frequent BS Johnson collaborator William Hoyland. The poem is read against a backdrop of associative shots: the head and sholders of a woman, a crumbling Victorian chimney stack, a forlorn row of houses, cobblestones, discarded rubbish, and a final tracking shot of a high wall.
Pánico en el bosque
Chemist in Hospital
La bella profesora de arte de una escuela para señoritas, se ofrece como carnada para que la policía pueda atrapar a un asesino y violador que ha despachado ya a varias de sus estudiantes.
Paradigm
Man
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 young and verbose, to old and inarticulate.
The Unfortunates
Directed by B.S. Johnson.
You're Human Like the Rest of Them
Haakon
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.