Scott Hylands
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.
Filmography
Elsewhere
2020
as Mr. Black
Just the Way You Are
2015
as Munroe
A Ring by Spring
2014
as Harry
Tom, Dick and Harriet
2013
as Randall Cafter
The Horses of McBride
2012
as Preston
Becoming Redwood
2012
as Earl Potter
Knockout
2011
as Grandfather Charlie Putman
Beyond the Black Rainbow
2010
as Mercurio Arboria
Ba'al
2008
as Stanford
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
2008
as Arnie Filmore
Anna's Storm
2007
as Clint Corbin
Time and Again
2007
as Sheriff
Cleaverville
2007
as Ned
Last Chance Cafe
2006
as Charlie Long
- No poster
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
2006
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
2006
as Frank / Carny (voice)
The Accidental Witness
2006
as Detective Bill Malone
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The Hamster Cage
2005
as Stan
Black River
2001
as Richard Crunch
36 Hours to Die
1999
as Stone Face
Moonlight Becomes You
1998
as Dr. Weston Lane
Convictions
1997
as Matt Parker
The Advocate's Devil
1997
as Mr. Cabot
The Halfback of Notre Dame
1996
as Coach Les Modeau