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Harold Sylvester
New Orleans, Louisiana
Harold Sylvester (born February 10, 1949) is an American film and television actor. Sylvester was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of New Orleans' St. Augustine High Sc…
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Harold Sylvester (born February 10, 1949) 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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2025
The Pitt
TV show Willie Alexander
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2014
A Place for Heroes
Movie Gary
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2011
Night Club
Movie Grim Interviewer
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2006
For One Night
Movie Mr. Howard
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2004
Missing Brendan
Movie Stan Wade
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2003
Cold Case
TV show Tom Lincoln
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2002
CSI: Miami
TV show Joshua Keating
- 2000
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2000
City of Angels
TV show Writer
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2000
Malcolm in the Middle
TV show Phelps
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1999
Trippin'
Movie Willie Reed
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1999
Passing Glory
Movie Writer
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1998
The Army Show
TV show Col. John Henchy
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1997
The 6th Man
Movie James Tyler
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1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV show Cop
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1996
Moesha
TV show Aaron
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1994
Someone She Knows
Movie Lt. Jack Emery
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1994
Corrina, Corrina
Movie Frank
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1993
NYPD Blue
TV show Story
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1992
Shaky Ground
TV show Russell
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1992
In the Deep Woods
Movie George Dunaway
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1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Movie Gilbert
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1990
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
Movie Art Regan
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1989
Double Your Pleasure
Movie Sam
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1989
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV show John Lucas
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1989
Hit List
Movie Brian Armstrong
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1987
A Different World
TV show Woodson Wayne
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1987
Innerspace
Movie Pete Blanchard
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1987
Married... with Children
TV show Griff
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1987
The Tracey Ullman Show
TV show
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1986
If Tomorrow Comes
TV show Al
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1985
Space Rage
Movie Max Bryson
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1985
The Comedy Factory
TV show Granville
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1985
Vision Quest
Movie Gene Tanneran
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1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
TV show Hindsman
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Blaster Boyle
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1984
Hunter
TV show Leon Cooley
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1983
Uncommon Valor
Movie Johnson
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1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV show
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1983
Uncommon Valor
Movie Sergeant
