William Hoyland (10 November 1943 – 15 July 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned fifty years. He appeared in several British television series.\n', '

Hoyland started out in a short film titled You\'re Human Like The Rest of Them in 1967. After several small roles in well-known series, such as Z-Cars and Coronation Street, he appeared in five episodes of the 1976 television mini-series Bill Brand, as Sandiford.\n', '

Two years later, he appeared in the 1978 All Creatures Great and Small episode "The Name of the Game" as Mr Blenkinsopp, the village\'s vicar. He reprised the role two episodes later in "Ways and Means".\n', '

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