Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 10, 1949
Place of Birth:
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Harold Sylvester is an American film and television actor.
Sylvester was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of New Orleans' St. Augustine High School and Tulane University, Sylvester is best known for his role on the TV series Married... with Children as Griff, the co-worker and friend of Al Bundy at the shoe store. Harold's other TV roles include the short-lived 1981 series Walking Tall, Today's F.B.I., Mary, and Shaky Ground. The most recent TV show he starred in was The Army Show. Sylvester had a recurring role on the TV series City of Angels.
His well known film roles are An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Uncommon Valor (1983), Innerspace (1987), Corrina, Corrina (1994), and Missing Brendan (2003). Sylvester has made guest appearances on shows, ranging from Hill Street Blues to Murder, She Wrote to NYPD Blue.
Sylvester attended Tulane University on a basketball scholarship and graduated in 1972 with a degree in theater and psychology. He was the first African-American ever to receive an athletic scholarship from Tulane.
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Year | Movie | Role |
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2011 | Night Club | Grim Interviewer |
2006 | For One Night | Mr. Howard |
2004 | Missing Brendan | Stan Wade |
1999 | Trippin' | Willie Reed |
1997 | The 6th Man | James Tyler |
1994 | Corrina, Corrina | Frank |
1994 | Someone She Knows | Lt. Jack Emery |
1992 | In the Deep Woods | George Dunaway |
1991 | Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story | Gilbert |
1990 | In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing | Art Regan |
1989 | Hit List | Brian Armstrong |
1989 | Double Your Pleasure | Sam |
1987 | Innerspace | Pete Blanchard |
1985 | Vision Quest | Gene Tanneran |
1985 | Space Rage | Max Bryson |
1983 | Uncommon Valor | Johnson |
1982 | An Officer and a Gentleman | Perryman |
1980 | Inside Moves | Alvin Martin |
1979 | Fast Break | D.C. |
1977 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Doctor |
1976 | Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours | Rider |
1976 | Alex & the Gypsy | First Goon |
1976 | Sounder, Part 2 | Nathan |
1974 | The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Sam (uncredited) |
1972 | Night of the Strangler | Jim Bunch |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2025 | The Pitt | Willie Alexander |
2003 | Cold Case | Tom Lincoln |
2002 | CSI: Miami | Joshua Keating |
2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Phelps |
1998 | The Army Show | Col. John Henchy |
1996 | Moesha | |
1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Cop |
1992 | Shaky Ground | Russell |
1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | |
1987 | A Different World | Woodson Wayne |
1987 | The Tracey Ullman Show | |
1987 | Married... with Children | Griff |
1986 | If Tomorrow Comes | Al |
1985 | Mary | Harry Dresden |
1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | Hindsman |
1985 | The Comedy Factory | Granville |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Blaster Boyle |
1984 | Hunter | Leon Cooley |
1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
1981 | Walking Tall | |
1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | |
1978 | Wheels | Rollie Knight |
1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | |
1977 | What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | |
1976 | What's Happening!! | |
1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Hal Borden |
1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Tollombe |