Scott Hylands
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Supernatural
Juge Tye Mortimer
2005
Series
Stargate SG-1
Timothy Harlow
1997
Series
The X-Files
Gen. Benjamin Bloch
1993
Series
Fargo
Ennis Stussy
2014
Series
Once Upon a Time
Captain
2011
Series
Ironside
1967
Series
The Waltons
1972
Series
Hart to Hart
1979
Series
Eureka
Andre Sandrov
2006
Series
Airwolf
Mitchell Bruck
1984
Series
The Dead Zone
Senator
2002
Series
Cannon
1971
Series
Due South
Gen. Bowman
1994
Series
The Outer Limits
Dr. Howard Sarrazin
1995
Series
The Outer Limits
Governor Oleaga
1995
Series
The Outer Limits
Col. Roger Tennent
1995
Series
The Outer Limits
Wayne
1995
Series
Medical Center
1969
Series
Police Woman
1974
Series
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Gant
1993
Series
Wynonna Earp
Wyatt Earp
2016
Series
Baretta
1975
Series
V
Father Travis
2009
Series
The Twilight Zone
Admiral Munro
2002
Series
Mutant X
Clay Preston
2001
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Series
Police Story
1973
Series
Harry O
1974
Series
Wonder Woman
Paul Bjornsen
1975
Series
FX: The Series
Sen. Ronald Roper
1996
Series
Night Heat
Kevin O'Brien
1985
Series
Counterstrike
Colonel Northan
1990
Series
The Magician
Hal Millotson
1973
Series
The Returned
George Goddard
2015
Series
Titanic
John Jacob Astor
1996
Series
For the Record
1976
Series
The Sixth Sense
Jason
1972
Series
Blue Thunder
Peter Anson
1984
Series
Palace Guard
1991
Series
Medical Story
Dr. Caparelli
1975
Series
The Guard
2008
Series
Cassie & Co.
Mark Janis
1982
Film
Earthquake
Asst. Caretaker
1974
Film
Death Hunt
RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
1981
Series
MythQuest
King Arthur
2001
Film
Elsewhere
Mr. Black
2020
Series
When the Whistle Blows
1980
Film
The Boys in Company C
Capt. Collins
1978
Film
Knockout
Grandfather Charlie Putman
2011
Film
Shock-Trauma
Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
1982
Film
Freefall: Flight 174
Maurice Quintal
1995
Film
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Mercurio Arboria
2010
Series
To Catch a Killer
Paxton
1992
Film
The Glass House
Ajax
1972
Film
36 Hours to Die
Stone Face
1999
Film
Last Chance Cafe
Charlie Long
2006
Film
Just the Way You Are
Munroe
2015
Film
Ordeal in the Arctic
Fred Ritchie
1993
Film
Ba'al
Stanford
2008
Film
To Catch a Killer
Mike Paxton
1992
Film
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Randall Cafter
2013
Film
Black River
Richard Crunch
2001
Film
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Lee Devlin
1979
Film
Miracle on Interstate 880
Frank Stewart
1993
Film
Bittersweet Love
Michael
1976
Film
The Accidental Witness
Detective Bill Malone
2006
Film
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Glenn Curtiss
1978
Film
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
Arnie Filmore
2008
Film
The Horses of McBride
Preston
2012
Film
A Ring by Spring
Harry
2014
Film
Moonlight Becomes You
Dr. Weston Lane
1998
Film
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Kenneth Daly
1969
Film
Coming Out Alive
Jocko
1980
The Lady's Not for Burning
Humphrey Devize
1974
Film
Earth II
Jim Capa
1971
Film
Terror on the Beach
Jerry
1973
Film
Operation Snafu
Reginald Wollington
1970
Film
Cleaverville
Ned
2007
Film
Anna's Storm
Clint Corbin
2007
Film
Decoy
Jenner
1995
Series
Kung Fu
Saunders
1972
Film
The Advocate's Devil
Mr. Cabot
1997
Film
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
Frank / Carny (voice)
2006
Film
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Dr. Chris Durant
1975
Film
The Halfback of Notre Dame
Coach Les Modeau
1996
Film
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Captain Melech Ben Zvi
1973
Film
With This Ring
Tom Burkhardt
1978
Film
Convictions
Matt Parker
1997
Film
Enigma
Andrew Icarus
1977
Film
Isaac Littlefeathers
Jesse Armstrong
1984
The Hamster Cage
Stan
2005
Film
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
Jason
1972
Film
Song of the Succubus
Alan Greene
1975
Film
The Oasis
Jake
1984
Film
Becoming Redwood
Earl Potter
2012
Film
Have You Seen My Son
Solomon John
1996
Film
Fools
David Appleton
1970
Slipstream
Terry
1973
Film
The Visitor
1974
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
2006
Film
Time and Again
Sheriff
2007