Scott Hylands
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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
Credits
Death Hunt (1981)
as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
Earthquake (1974)
as Asst. Caretaker
Shock-Trauma (1982)
as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
Knockout (2011)
as Grandfather Charlie Putman
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
as Mercurio Arboria
Elsewhere (2020)
as Mr. Black
The Boys in Company C (1978)
as Capt. Collins
Last Chance Cafe (2006)
as Charlie Long
The Hamster Cage (2005)
as Stan
The Accidental Witness (2006)
as Detective Bill Malone
To Catch a Killer (1992)
as Mike Paxton
Miracle on Interstate 880 (1993)
as Frank Stewart
Song of the Succubus (1975)
as Alan Greene
Ordeal in the Arctic (1993)
as Fred Ritchie
36 Hours to Die (1999)
as Stone Face
Freefall: Flight 174 (1995)
as Maurice Quintal
The Glass House (1972)
as Ajax
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
as Kenneth Daly
The Horses of McBride (2012)
as Preston
Just the Way You Are (2015)
as Munroe
The Advocate's Devil (1997)
as Mr. Cabot
Moonlight Becomes You (1998)
as Dr. Weston Lane
Anna's Storm (2007)
as Clint Corbin
Operation Snafu (1970)
as Reginald Wollington
Fools (1970)
as David Appleton
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story (1979)
as Lee Devlin
Earth II (1971)
as Jim Capa
A Ring by Spring (2014)
as Harry
Ba'al (2008)
as Stanford
With This Ring (1978)
as Tom Burkhardt
Coming Out Alive (1980)
as Jocko
Terror on the Beach (1973)
as Jerry
Tom, Dick and Harriet (2013)
as Randall Cafter
The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978)
as Glenn Curtiss
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage (2006)
as Frank / Carny (voice)
Cleaverville (2007)
as Ned
Black River (2001)
as Richard Crunch
Becoming Redwood (2012)
as Earl Potter
Have You Seen My Son (1996)
as Solomon John
Decoy (1995)
as Jenner
Bittersweet Love (1976)
as Michael
The Halfback of Notre Dame (1996)
as Coach Les Modeau
Enigma (1977)
as Andrew Icarus
The Lady's Not for Burning (1974)
as Humphrey Devize
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John (1973)
as Captain Melech Ben Zvi
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975)
as Dr. Chris Durant
Convictions (1997)
as Matt Parker
Time and Again (2007)
as Sheriff
Isaac Littlefeathers (1984)
as Jesse Armstrong
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale (2008)
as Arnie Filmore
Slipstream (1973)
as Terry
The Oasis (1984)
as Jake
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death (1972)
as Jason
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails (2006)
Actor
The Visitor (1974)
Actor
Tony Hawk Tuahs boom boom cabbage coleslaw (2026)
as Frank / Carney (voice)