Portrait of Scott Hylands

Scott Hylands

Acting

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.

Born: January 1, 1943

Place of Birth: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Filmography

2020
Elsewhere

as Mr. Black

2016
Wynonna Earp

as Wyatt Earp

2015
The Returned

as George Goddard

2014
Fargo

as Ennis Stussy

2014
2013
Tom, Dick and Harriet

as Randall Cafter

2012
2012
Becoming Redwood

as Earl Potter

2011
2011
Knockout

as Grandfather Charlie Putman

2010
Beyond the Black Rainbow

as Mercurio Arboria

2009
V

as Father Travis

2008
Ba'al

as Stanford

2007
Anna's Storm

as Clint Corbin

2007
Time and Again

as Sheriff

2007
2006
Last Chance Cafe

as Charlie Long

2006
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage

as Frank / Carny (voice)

2006
Eureka

as Andre Sandrov

2006
The Accidental Witness

as Detective Bill Malone

2005
Supernatural

as Juge Tye Mortimer

2002
The Twilight Zone

as Admiral Munro

2002
The Dead Zone

as Senator

2001
Mutant X

as Clay Preston

2001
MythQuest

as King Arthur

2001
Black River

as Richard Crunch

1999
36 Hours to Die

as Stone Face

1998
Moonlight Becomes You

as Dr. Weston Lane

1997
Convictions

as Matt Parker

1997
1997
Stargate SG-1

as Timothy Harlow

1996
Titanic

as John Jacob Astor

1996
FX: The Series

as Sen. Ronald Roper

1996
The Halfback of Notre Dame

as Coach Les Modeau

1996
Have You Seen My Son

as Solomon John

1995
Decoy

as Jenner

1995
Freefall: Flight 174

as Maurice Quintal

1995
The Outer Limits

as Dr. Howard Sarrazin

1995
The Outer Limits

as Governor Oleaga

1995
The Outer Limits

as Col. Roger Tennent

1995
1994
Due South

as Gen. Bowman

1993
The X-Files

as Gen. Benjamin Bloch

1993
1993
Ordeal in the Arctic

as Fred Ritchie

1992
To Catch a Killer

as Mike Paxton

1992
1990
Counterstrike

as Colonel Northan

1985
Night Heat

as Kevin O'Brien

1984
Isaac Littlefeathers

as Jesse Armstrong

1984
Airwolf

as Mitchell Bruck

1984
Blue Thunder

as Peter Anson

1984
The Oasis

as Jake

1982
Shock-Trauma

as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight

1981
Death Hunt

as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker

1980
1978
The Winds of Kitty Hawk

as Glenn Curtiss

1978
With This Ring

as Tom Burkhardt

1978
The Boys in Company C

as Capt. Collins

1977
Enigma

as Andrew Icarus

1976
1975
Wonder Woman

as Paul Bjornsen

1975
1975
Song of the Succubus

as Alan Greene

1974
Earthquake

as Asst. Caretaker

1973
The Magician

as Hal Millotson

1973
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

as Captain Melech Ben Zvi

1972
Kung Fu

as Saunders

1972
1972
1971
Earth II

as Jim Capa

1971
1970
Fools

as David Appleton

1970
Operation Snafu

as Reginald Wollington

1969
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

as Kenneth Daly