Scott Hylands
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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
Credits
Earthquake (1974)
as Asst. Caretaker
Death Hunt (1981)
as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010)
as Mercurio Arboria
To Catch a Killer (1992)
as Mike Paxton
Knockout (2011)
as Grandfather Charlie Putman
A Ring by Spring (2014)
as Harry
Tom, Dick and Harriet (2013)
as Randall Cafter
Elsewhere (2020)
as Mr. Black
Just the Way You Are (2015)
as Munroe
The Boys in Company C (1978)
as Capt. Collins
The Advocate's Devil (1997)
as Mr. Cabot
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage (2006)
as Frank / Carny (voice)
The Horses of McBride (2012)
as Preston
Ordeal in the Arctic (1993)
as Fred Ritchie
36 Hours to Die (1999)
as Stone Face
The Winds of Kitty Hawk (1978)
as Glenn Curtiss
Song of the Succubus (1975)
as Alan Greene
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant (1975)
as Dr. Chris Durant
Freefall: Flight 174 (1995)
as Maurice Quintal
The Glass House (1972)
as Ajax
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)
as Kenneth Daly
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story (1979)
as Lee Devlin
Shock-Trauma (1982)
as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
The Halfback of Notre Dame (1996)
as Coach Les Modeau
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale (2008)
as Arnie Filmore
Miracle on Interstate 880 (1993)
as Frank Stewart
Terror on the Beach (1973)
as Jerry
Have You Seen My Son (1996)
as Solomon John
Last Chance Cafe (2006)
as Charlie Long
Black River (2002)
as Richard Crunch
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John (1973)
as Captain Melech Ben Zvi
The Accidental Witness (2006)
as Detective Bill Malone
The Lady's Not for Burning (1974)
as Humphrey Devize
Ba'al (2008)
as Stanford
The Surrogate (1995)
as Detective Taggart
Coming Out Alive (1980)
as Jocko
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death (1972)
as Jason
Earth II (1971)
as Jim Capa
Anna's Storm (2007)
as Clint Corbin
With This Ring (1978)
as Tom Burkhardt
Moonlight Becomes You (1998)
as Dr. Weston Lane
Becoming Redwood (2012)
as Earl Potter
Cleaverville (2007)
as Ned
Decoy (1995)
as Jenner
Operation Snafu (1970)
as Reginald Wollington
Isaac Littlefeathers (1984)
as Jesse Armstrong
Bittersweet Love (1976)
as Michael
The Oasis (1984)
as Jake
The Hamster Cage (2005)
as Stan
Convictions (1997)
as Matt Parker
Fools (1970)
as David Appleton
Enigma (1977)
as Andrew Icarus
Slipstream (1973)
as Terry
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails (2006)
Actor
The Visitor (1974)
Actor
Time and Again (2007)
as Sheriff