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Scott Hylands
Scott Hylands

Scott Hylands

ActingBorn January 1, 1943 (age 83)Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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.

Filmography

2020
Elsewhere

as Mr. Black

Movie
2016
Wynonna Earp

as Wyatt Earp

TV
2015Movie
2015
The Returned

as George Goddard

TV
2014
Fargo

as Ennis Stussy

TV
2014Movie
2013
Tom, Dick and Harriet

as Randall Cafter

Movie
2012Movie
2012
Becoming Redwood

as Earl Potter

Movie
2011TV
2011
Knockout

as Grandfather Charlie Putman

Movie
2010
Beyond the Black Rainbow

as Mercurio Arboria

Movie
2009
V

as Father Travis

TV
2008
Ba'al

as Stanford

Movie
2008TV
2008Movie
2007
Anna's Storm

as Clint Corbin

Movie
2007
Time and Again

as Sheriff

Movie
2007Movie
2006
Last Chance Cafe

as Charlie Long

Movie
2006
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage

as Frank / Carny (voice)

Movie
2006
Eureka

as Andre Sandrov

TV
2006
The Accidental Witness

as Detective Bill Malone

Movie
2005
Supernatural

as Juge Tye Mortimer

TV
2005Movie
2002
The Twilight Zone

as Admiral Munro

TV
2002
The Dead Zone

as Senator

TV
2001
Mutant X

as Clay Preston

TV
2001
MythQuest

as King Arthur

TV
2001
Black River

as Richard Crunch

Movie
1999
36 Hours to Die

as Stone Face

Movie
1998
Moonlight Becomes You

as Dr. Weston Lane

Movie
1997
Convictions

as Matt Parker

Movie
1997Movie
1997
Stargate SG-1

as Timothy Harlow

TV
1996
Titanic

as John Jacob Astor

TV
1996
FX: The Series

as Sen. Ronald Roper

TV
1996
The Halfback of Notre Dame

as Coach Les Modeau

Movie
1996
Have You Seen My Son

as Solomon John

Movie
1995
Decoy

as Jenner

Movie
1995
Freefall: Flight 174

as Maurice Quintal

Movie
1995
The Outer Limits

as Dr. Howard Sarrazin

TV
1995
The Outer Limits

as Governor Oleaga

TV
1995
The Outer Limits

as Col. Roger Tennent

TV
1995TV
1994
Due South

as Gen. Bowman

TV
1993
The X-Files

as Gen. Benjamin Bloch

TV
1993Movie
1993
Ordeal in the Arctic

as Fred Ritchie

Movie
1992
To Catch a Killer

as Mike Paxton

Movie
1992TV
1990
Counterstrike

as Colonel Northan

TV
1985
Night Heat

as Kevin O'Brien

TV
1984
Isaac Littlefeathers

as Jesse Armstrong

Movie
1984
Airwolf

as Mitchell Bruck

TV
1984
Blue Thunder

as Peter Anson

TV
1984
The Oasis

as Jake

Movie
1982
Shock-Trauma

as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight

Movie
1982
Cassie & Co.

as Mark Janis

TV
1981
Death Hunt

as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker

Movie
1980Movie
1979Movie
1978
The Winds of Kitty Hawk

as Glenn Curtiss

Movie
1978
With This Ring

as Tom Burkhardt

Movie
1978
The Boys in Company C

as Capt. Collins

Movie
1977
Enigma

as Andrew Icarus

Movie
1976Movie
1975
Wonder Woman

as Paul Bjornsen

TV
1975
Medical Story

as Dr. Caparelli

TV
1975Movie
1975
Song of the Succubus

as Alan Greene

Movie
1975TV
1974
The Lady's Not for Burning

as Humphrey Devize

Movie
1974
Earthquake

as Asst. Caretaker

Movie
1974TV
1974Movie
1973
The Magician

as Hal Millotson

TV
1973Movie
1973
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

as Captain Melech Ben Zvi

Movie
1973
Slipstream

as Terry

Movie
1972
Kung Fu

as Saunders

TV
1972Movie
1972TV
1971
Earth II

as Jim Capa

Movie
1971TV
1970
Fools

as David Appleton

Movie
1970
Operation Snafu

as Reginald Wollington

Movie
1969
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

as Kenneth Daly

Movie
1967TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJanuary 1, 1943
Place of BirthLethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Popularity0.7