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Scott Hylands

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1943-01-01 (Age: 83)

Place of Birth

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Scott Hylands

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 (55)

⭐ 5.5 Role: Mr. Black

Elsewhere

2020
⭐ 5.2 Role: Munroe

Just the Way You Are

2015
⭐ 5.5 Role: Harry

A Ring by Spring

2014
⭐ 5.0 Role: Randall Cafter

Tom, Dick and Harriet

2013
⭐ 5.8 Role: Preston

The Horses of McBride

2012
⭐ 4.2 Role: Earl Potter

Becoming Redwood

2012
⭐ 5.4 Role: Grandfather Charlie Putman

Knockout

2011
⭐ 5.7 Role: Mercurio Arboria

Beyond the Black Rainbow

2010
⭐ 4.0 Role: Stanford

Ba'al

2008
⭐ 3.4 Role: Arnie Filmore

Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale

2008
⭐ 5.4 Role: Clint Corbin

Anna's Storm

2007
⭐ 3.3 Role: Sheriff

Time and Again

2007
⭐ 6.0 Role: Ned

Cleaverville

2007
⭐ 4.4 Role: Charlie Long

Last Chance Cafe

2006
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⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails

2006