Scott Hylands
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1943-01-01 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Also known as
- Scott Hyland · Scott Hylands Douglas
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
TV Shows (43)
Supernatural
2005
as Juge Tye Mortimer
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Timothy Harlow
The X-Files
1993
as Gen. Benjamin Bloch
Fargo
2014
as Ennis Stussy
Once Upon a Time
2011
as Captain
Ironside
1967
The Waltons
1972
Due South
1994
as Gen. Bowman
Cannon
1971
Airwolf
1984
as Mitchell Bruck
Hart to Hart
1979
Eureka
2006
as Andre Sandrov
Police Woman
1974
The Dead Zone
2002
as Senator
The Outer Limits
1995
as Dr. Howard Sarrazin / Governor Oleaga / Col. Roger Tennent / Wayne
Medical Center
1969
Baretta
1975
The Twilight Zone
2002
as Admiral Munro
Wynonna Earp
2016
as Wyatt Earp
V
2009
as Father Travis
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Gant
Mutant X
2001
as Clay Preston
Harry O
1974
Police Story
1973
FX: The Series
1996
as Sen. Ronald Roper
Wonder Woman
1975
as Paul Bjornsen
Night Heat
1985
as Kevin O'Brien
The Magician
1973
as Hal Millotson
Counterstrike
1990
as Colonel Northan
Blue Thunder
1984
as Peter Anson
The Sixth Sense
1972
as Jason
The Returned
2015
as George Goddard
Medical Story
1975
as Dr. Caparelli
Palace Guard
1991
The Guard
2008
Titanic
1996
as John Jacob Astor
Cassie & Co.
1982
as Mark Janis
MythQuest
2001
as King Arthur
For the Record
1976
When the Whistle Blows
1980
To Catch a Killer
1992
as Paxton
Kung Fu
1972
as Saunders
Movies (55)
Earthquake
1974
as Asst. Caretaker
Death Hunt
1981
as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
The Boys in Company C
1978
as Capt. Collins
Beyond the Black Rainbow
2010
as Mercurio Arboria
Knockout
2011
as Grandfather Charlie Putman
Ba'al
2008
as Stanford
Shock-Trauma
1982
as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
Black River
2001
as Richard Crunch
Convictions
1997
as Matt Parker
Just the Way You Are
2015
as Munroe
Decoy
1995
as Jenner
Elsewhere
2020
as Mr. Black
Freefall: Flight 174
1995
as Maurice Quintal
The Glass House
1972
as Ajax
Miracle on Interstate 880
1993
as Frank Stewart
The Advocate's Devil
1997
as Mr. Cabot
The Lady's Not for Burning
1974
as Humphrey Devize
Earth II
1971
as Jim Capa
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
2008
as Arnie Filmore
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
as Lee Devlin
Fools
1970
as David Appleton
With This Ring
1978
as Tom Burkhardt
Ordeal in the Arctic
1993
as Fred Ritchie
Last Chance Cafe
2006
as Charlie Long
To Catch a Killer
1992
as Mike Paxton
Song of the Succubus
1975
as Alan Greene
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
1972
as Jason
Tom, Dick and Harriet
2013
as Randall Cafter
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969
as Kenneth Daly
A Ring by Spring
2014
as Harry
Cleaverville
2007
as Ned
36 Hours to Die
1999
as Stone Face
Operation Snafu
1970
as Reginald Wollington
Bittersweet Love
1976
as Michael
Anna's Storm
2007
as Clint Corbin
Moonlight Becomes You
1998
as Dr. Weston Lane
Becoming Redwood
2012
as Earl Potter
The Halfback of Notre Dame
1996
as Coach Les Modeau
Terror on the Beach
1973
as Jerry
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
2006
as Frank / Carny (voice)
The Accidental Witness
2006
as Detective Bill Malone
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975
as Dr. Chris Durant
Isaac Littlefeathers
1984
as Jesse Armstrong
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
1973
as Captain Melech Ben Zvi
Have You Seen My Son
1996
as Solomon John
The Oasis
1984
as Jake
Enigma
1977
as Andrew Icarus
The Horses of McBride
2012
as Preston
Time and Again
2007
as Sheriff
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
as Glenn Curtiss
The Hamster Cage
2005
as Stan
Slipstream
1973
as Terry
The Visitor
1974
Coming Out Alive
1980
as Jocko
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
2006
About Scott Hylands
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 cred… With 98 credits spanning from 1967 to 2020, Scott Hylands has appeared in 55 films and 43 TV shows.
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- Earthquake (1974) — as Asst. Caretaker
- Death Hunt (1981) — as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
- The Boys in Company C (1978) — as Capt. Collins
- Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) — as Mercurio Arboria
- Knockout (2011) — as Grandfather Charlie Putman
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