Scott Hylands

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Scott Hylands

Acting January 1, 1943

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Scott Hylands was 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…

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Airwolf

Airwolf

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Ironside

Ironside

6.8 1967 TV Show
Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

7.0 1975 TV Show
The Waltons

The Waltons

7.1 1972 TV Show

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Scott Hylands was 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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2020
    Elsewhere

    Movie Mr. Black

  2. 2016
    Wynonna Earp

    TV show Wyatt Earp

  3. 2015
    Just the Way You Are

    Movie Munroe

  4. 2015
    The Returned

    TV show George Goddard

  5. 2014
    Fargo

    TV show Ennis Stussy

  6. 2014
    A Ring by Spring

    Movie Harry

  7. 2013
    Tom, Dick and Harriet

    Movie Randall Cafter

  8. 2012
    The Horses of McBride

    Movie Preston

  9. 2012
    Becoming Redwood

    Movie Earl Potter

  10. 2011
    Once Upon a Time

    TV show Captain

  11. 2011
    Knockout

    Movie Grandfather Charlie Putman

  12. 2010
    Beyond the Black Rainbow

    Movie Mercurio Arboria

  13. 2009
    V

    TV show Father Travis

  14. 2008
    Ba'al

    Movie Stanford

  15. 2008
    The Guard

    TV show

  16. 2008
    Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale

    Movie Arnie Filmore

More credits
  1. 2007
    Anna's Storm

    Movie Clint Corbin

  2. 2007
    Time and Again

    Movie Sheriff

  3. 2007
    Cleaverville

    Movie Ned

  4. 2006
    Last Chance Cafe

    Movie Charlie Long

  5. 2006
    Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails

    Movie

  6. 2006
    Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage

    Movie Frank / Carny (voice)

  7. 2006
    Eureka

    TV show Andre Sandrov

  8. 2006
    The Accidental Witness

    Movie Detective Bill Malone

  9. 2005
    Supernatural

    TV show Juge Tye Mortimer

  10. 2005
    The Hamster Cage

    Movie Stan

  11. 2002
    The Twilight Zone

    TV show Admiral Munro

  12. 2002
    The Dead Zone

    TV show Senator

  13. 2001
    Mutant X

    TV show Clay Preston

  14. 2001
    MythQuest

    TV show King Arthur

  15. 2001
    Black River

    Movie Richard Crunch

  16. 1999
    36 Hours to Die

    Movie Stone Face

  17. 1998
    Moonlight Becomes You

    Movie Dr. Weston Lane

  18. 1997
    Convictions

    Movie Matt Parker

  19. 1997
    The Advocate's Devil

    Movie Mr. Cabot

  20. 1997
    Stargate SG-1

    TV show Timothy Harlow

  21. 1996
    Titanic

    TV show John Jacob Astor

  22. 1996
    FX: The Series

    TV show Sen. Ronald Roper

  23. 1996
    The Halfback of Notre Dame

    Movie Coach Les Modeau

  24. 1996
    Have You Seen My Son

    Movie Solomon John