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.
Known For
Jenner
Decoy
Fred Ritchie
Ordeal in the Arctic
RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
Death Hunt
Munroe
Just the Way You Are
Capt. Collins
The Boys in Company C
Arnie Filmore
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
The Visitor
Stanford
Ba'al
Mercurio Arboria
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Mike Paxton
To Catch a Killer
Clint Corbin
Anna's Storm
Maurice Quintal
Freefall: Flight 174
Kenneth Daly
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Detective Bill Malone
The Accidental Witness
Jim Capa
Earth II
Jesse Armstrong
Isaac Littlefeathers
Ned
Cleaverville
Sheriff
Time and Again
Stan
The Hamster Cage
Jerry
Terror on the Beach
Michael
Bittersweet Love
Jocko
Coming Out Alive
Dr. Chris Durant
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Preston
The Horses of McBride
David Appleton
Fools
Jake
The Oasis
Randall Cafter
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Reginald Wollington
Rosolino Paternò, soldato...
Richard Crunch
Black River
Coach Les Modeau
The Halfback of Notre Dame
Glenn Curtiss
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Jason
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
Shock-Trauma
Tom Burkhardt
With This Ring
Humphrey Devize
The Lady's Not for Burning
Frank Stewart
Miracle on Interstate 880
Dr. Weston Lane
Moonlight Becomes You
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
Ajax
The Glass House
Captain Melech Ben Zvi
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Stone Face
36 Hours to Die
Frank / Carny
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
Charlie Long
Last Chance Cafe
Matt Parker
Convictions
Solomon John
Have You Seen My Son
Lee Devlin
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Mr. Black
Elsewhere
Harry
A Ring by Spring
Asst. Caretaker
Earthquake
Terry
Slipstream
Alan Greene
Song of the Succubus
Earl Potter
Becoming Redwood
Mr. Cabot
The Advocate's Devil
Grandfather Charlie Putman
Knockout
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
54
Gender
Male
Birthday
1943-01-01
Place of Birth
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Also Known As
Scott Hyland