Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1943
Place of Birth:
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Scott Hylands
Biography
Scott Hylands is a Canadian stage, film and television actor, best known for playing Detective Kevin 'O. B.' O'Brien on the television police drama series Night Heat from 1985 to 1989. He's a graduate with a BA in Theatre and English from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in 1964. After moving to the USA, he became one of the original company members of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, California, appearing in over 20 productions. Over the next 15 years, he accumulated an impressive and long list of credits in Los Angeles based film and television as well as a strong profile in the theatre community, appearing often at the Mark Taper Forum, the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival, and Theatricum Bottanicum. He returned to Canada in 1981, kept working in theatres across Canada, and appeared in innumerable film and television projects.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Elsewhere | Mr. Black |
| 2015 | Just the Way You Are | Munroe |
| 2014 | A Ring by Spring | Harry |
| 2013 | Tom, Dick and Harriet | Randall Cafter |
| 2012 | The Horses of McBride | Preston |
| 2012 | Becoming Redwood | Earl Potter |
| 2011 | Knockout | Grandfather Charlie Putman |
| 2010 | Beyond the Black Rainbow | Mercurio Arboria |
| 2008 | Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale | Arnie Filmore |
| 2008 | Ba'al | Stanford |
| 2007 | Anna's Storm | Clint Corbin |
| 2007 | Cleaverville | Ned |
| 2007 | Time and Again | Sheriff |
| 2006 | The Accidental Witness | Detective Bill Malone |
| 2006 | Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails | |
| 2006 | Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage | Frank / Carny (voice) |
| 2006 | Last Chance Cafe | Charlie Long |
| 2005 | The Hamster Cage | Stan |
| 2001 | Black River | Richard Crunch |
| 1999 | 36 Hours to Die | Stone Face |
| 1998 | Moonlight Becomes You | Dr. Weston Lane |
| 1997 | Convictions | Matt Parker |
| 1997 | The Advocate's Devil | Mr. Cabot |
| 1996 | The Halfback of Notre Dame | Coach Les Modeau |
| 1996 | Have You Seen My Son | Solomon John |
| 1995 | Decoy | Jenner |
| 1995 | Freefall: Flight 174 | Maurice Quintal |
| 1993 | Ordeal in the Arctic | Fred Ritchie |
| 1993 | Miracle on Interstate 880 | Frank Stewart |
| 1992 | To Catch a Killer | Mike Paxton |
| 1984 | Isaac Littlefeathers | Jesse Armstrong |
| 1984 | The Oasis | Jake |
| 1982 | Shock-Trauma | Dr. "Tex" Goodnight |
| 1981 | Death Hunt | RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker |
| 1980 | Coming Out Alive | Jocko |
| 1979 | Jennifer: A Woman’s Story | Lee Devlin |
| 1978 | The Boys in Company C | Capt. Collins |
| 1978 | The Winds of Kitty Hawk | Glenn Curtiss |
| 1978 | With This Ring | Tom Burkhardt |
| 1976 | Bittersweet Love | Michael |
| 1975 | The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant | Dr. Chris Durant |
| 1975 | Song of the Succubus | Alan Greene |
| 1974 | The Visitor | |
| 1974 | The Lady's Not for Burning | Humphrey Devize |
| 1974 | Earthquake | Asst. Caretaker |
| 1973 | Terror on the Beach | Jerry |
| 1973 | Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John | Captain Melech Ben Zvi |
| 1973 | Slipstream | Terry |
| 1972 | Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death | Jason |
| 1972 | The Glass House | Ajax |
| 1971 | Earth II | Jim Capa |
| 1970 | Fools | David Appleton |
| 1970 | Operation Snafu | Reginald Wollington |
| 1969 | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | Kenneth Daly |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Wynonna Earp | Wyatt Earp |
| 2015 | The Returned | George Goddard |
| 2014 | Fargo | Ennis Stussy |
| 2011 | Once Upon a Time | Captain |
| 2009 | V | Father Travis |
| 2008 | The Guard | |
| 2006 | Eureka | Andre Sandrov |
| 2005 | Supernatural | Juge Tye Mortimer |
| 2002 | The Dead Zone | Senator |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | Admiral Munro |
| 2001 | Mutant X | Clay Preston |
| 2001 | MythQuest | King Arthur |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Timothy Harlow |
| 1996 | FX: The Series | Sen. Ronald Roper |
| 1996 | Titanic | John Jacob Astor |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Dr. Howard Sarrazin |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Governor Oleaga |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Col. Roger Tennent |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Wayne |
| 1994 | Due South | Gen. Bowman |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Gen. Benjamin Bloch |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Gant |
| 1992 | To Catch a Killer | Paxton |
| 1991 | Palace Guard | |
| 1990 | Counterstrike | Colonel Northan |
| 1985 | Night Heat | Kevin O'Brien |
| 1984 | Blue Thunder | Peter Anson |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Mitchell Bruck |
| 1982 | Cassie & Co. | |
| 1980 | When the Whistle Blows | |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1977 | For The Record | |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman | Paul Bjornsen |
| 1975 | Medical Story | |
| 1974 | Harry O | |
| 1974 | Police Woman | |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1973 | The Magician | Hal Millotson |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Saunders |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | |
| 1972 | The Waltons | |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | Jason |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1969 | Medical Center | |
| 1967 | Ironside |