Name
Scott Hylands
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-01-01
Deathday
2026-07-29 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Biography
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.
Known For
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Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the m...
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Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magni...
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In 1983, a young mute woman with psychic abilities is held captive within the Arboria Inst...
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"To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and h...
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Treat Williams stars in this drama as the owner of a brewing company who refuses to knuckl...
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One woman's unexpected race to the altar teaches her a whole new meaning to marriage....
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True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to gl...
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Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, ...
- 1995 Decoy as Jenner
- 1993 Ordeal in the Arctic as Fred Ritchie
- 1981 Death Hunt as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
- 2015 Just the Way You Are as Munroe
- 1978 The Boys in Company C as Capt. Collins
- 2008 Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale as Arnie Filmore
- 1974 The Visitor
- 2008 Ba'al as Stanford
- 2010 Beyond the Black Rainbow as Mercurio Arboria
- 1992 To Catch a Killer as Mike Paxton
- 2007 Anna's Storm as Clint Corbin
- 1995 Freefall: Flight 174 as Maurice Quintal
- 1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting as Kenneth Daly
- 2006 The Accidental Witness as Detective Bill Malone
- 1971 Earth II as Jim Capa
- 1984 Isaac Littlefeathers as Jesse Armstrong
- 2007 Cleaverville as Ned
- 2007 Time and Again as Sheriff
- 2005 The Hamster Cage as Stan
- 1973 Terror on the Beach as Jerry
- 1976 Bittersweet Love as Michael
- 1980 Coming Out Alive as Jocko
- 1975 The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant as Dr. Chris Durant
- 2012 The Horses of McBride as Preston
- 1970 Fools as David Appleton
- 1984 The Oasis as Jake
- 2013 Tom, Dick and Harriet as Randall Cafter
- 1970 Operation Snafu as Reginald Wollington
- 2001 Black River as Richard Crunch
- 1996 The Halfback of Notre Dame as Coach Les Modeau
- 1978 The Winds of Kitty Hawk as Glenn Curtiss
- 1972 Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death as Jason
- 1982 Shock-Trauma as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
- 1978 With This Ring as Tom Burkhardt
- 1974 The Lady's Not for Burning as Humphrey Devize
- 1993 Miracle on Interstate 880 as Frank Stewart
- 1998 Moonlight Becomes You as Dr. Weston Lane
- 2006 Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
- 1972 The Glass House as Ajax
- 1973 Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John as Captain Melech Ben Zvi
- 1999 36 Hours to Die as Stone Face
- 2006 Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage as Frank / Carny (voice)
- 2006 Last Chance Cafe as Charlie Long
- 1997 Convictions as Matt Parker
- 1996 Have You Seen My Son as Solomon John
- 1979 Jennifer: A Woman’s Story as Lee Devlin
- 2020 Elsewhere as Mr. Black
- 2014 A Ring by Spring as Harry
- 1974 Earthquake as Asst. Caretaker
- 1973 Slipstream as Terry
- 1975 Song of the Succubus as Alan Greene
- 2012 Becoming Redwood as Earl Potter
- 1997 The Advocate's Devil as Mr. Cabot
- 2011 Knockout as Grandfather Charlie Putman
- 1977 Enigma as Andrew Icarus
- 1995 The Surrogate as Detective Taggart
- 2001 Mutant X ( 1 episode ) as Clay Preston
- 1972 Kung Fu ( 2 episodes ) as Saunders
- 2002 The Dead Zone ( 1 episode ) as Senator
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Baretta ( 1 episode )
- 1969 Medical Center ( 2 episodes )
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode )
- 1985 Night Heat ( 96 episodes ) as Kevin O'Brien
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Gen. Benjamin Bloch
- 1975 Wonder Woman ( 2 episodes ) as Paul Bjornsen
- 1971 Cannon ( 2 episodes )
- 1997 Stargate SG-1 ( 1 episode ) as Timothy Harlow
- 1967 Ironside ( 2 episodes )
- 1972 The Waltons ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Harry O ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode )
- 1973 Police Story ( 2 episodes )
- 1984 Blue Thunder ( 1 episode ) as Peter Anson
- 1996 FX: The Series ( 1 episode ) as Sen. Ronald Roper
- 1990 Counterstrike ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Northan
- 1972 The Sixth Sense ( 1 episode ) as Jason
- 2008 The Guard ( 2 episodes )
- 2009 V ( 11 episodes ) as Father Travis
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Howard Sarrazin
- 1980 When the Whistle Blows ( 1 episode )
- 1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues ( 1 episode ) as Gant
- 2002 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Admiral Munro
- 1973 The Magician ( 1 episode ) as Hal Millotson
- 1991 Palace Guard ( 1 episode )
- 2006 Eureka ( 1 episode ) as Andre Sandrov
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Governor Oleaga
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Col. Roger Tennent
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Wayne
- 2001 MythQuest ( 1 episode ) as King Arthur
- 2005 Supernatural ( 1 episode ) as Juge Tye Mortimer
- 2014 Fargo ( 1 episode ) as Ennis Stussy
- 1996 Titanic ( 2 episodes ) as John Jacob Astor
- 1976 For the Record ( 1 episode )
- 1984 Airwolf ( 1 episode ) as Mitchell Bruck
- 2015 The Returned ( 1 episode ) as George Goddard
- 1994 Due South ( 1 episode ) as Gen. Bowman
- 2011 Once Upon a Time ( 1 episode ) as Captain
- 1992 To Catch a Killer ( 2 episodes ) as Paxton
- 2016 Wynonna Earp ( 1 episode ) as Wyatt Earp
- 1982 Cassie & Co. ( 1 episode ) as Mark Janis
- 1975 Medical Story ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Caparelli
