Scott Hylands
56 movies · 43 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 1, 1943
- Died
- Jul 29, 2026 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Also known as
- Scott Hyland · Scott Hylands Douglas
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.
Known for
Scott Hylands: movies and TV shows
Acting (99)
- 2020 Elsewhere
as Mr. Black
- 2016
- 2015 Just the Way You Are
as Munroe
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014 A Ring by Spring
as Harry
- 2013 Tom, Dick and Harriet
as Randall Cafter
- 2012 The Horses of McBride
as Preston
- 2012 Becoming Redwood
as Earl Potter
- 2011
- 2011 Knockout
as Grandfather Charlie Putman
- 2010 Beyond the Black Rainbow
as Mercurio Arboria
- 2009
- 2008 Ba'al
as Stanford
- 2008
- 2008 Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
as Arnie Filmore
- 2007 Anna's Storm
as Clint Corbin
- 2007 Time and Again
as Sheriff
- 2007 Cleaverville
as Ned
- 2006 Last Chance Cafe
as Charlie Long
- 2006
- 2006 Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
as Frank / Carny (voice)
- 2006
- 2006 The Accidental Witness
as Detective Bill Malone
- 2005
- 2005 The Hamster Cage
as Stan
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001 Black River
as Richard Crunch
- 1999 36 Hours to Die
as Stone Face
- 1998 Moonlight Becomes You
as Dr. Weston Lane
- 1997 Convictions
as Matt Parker
- 1997 The Advocate's Devil
as Mr. Cabot
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996
- 1996 The Halfback of Notre Dame
as Coach Les Modeau
- 1996 Have You Seen My Son
as Solomon John
- 1995 Decoy
as Jenner
- 1995 The Surrogate
as Detective Taggart
- 1995 Freefall: Flight 174
as Maurice Quintal
- 1995 The Outer Limits · TV
as Dr. Howard Sarrazin / Governor Oleaga / Col. Roger Tennent / Wayne · 4 episodes
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993 Miracle on Interstate 880
as Frank Stewart
- 1993 Ordeal in the Arctic
as Fred Ritchie
- 1993
- 1992 To Catch a Killer
as Mike Paxton
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1985
- 1984 Isaac Littlefeathers
as Jesse Armstrong
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984 The Oasis
as Jake
- 1982 Shock-Trauma
as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
- 1982
- 1981 Death Hunt
as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
- 1980 Coming Out Alive
as Jocko
- 1980
- 1979
- 1979 Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Lee Devlin
- 1978 The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as Glenn Curtiss
- 1978 With This Ring
as Tom Burkhardt
- 1978 The Boys in Company C
as Capt. Collins
- 1977 Enigma
as Andrew Icarus
- 1976 Bittersweet Love
as Michael
- 1976
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975 The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
as Dr. Chris Durant
- 1975 Song of the Succubus
as Alan Greene
- 1975
- 1974 The Lady's Not for Burning
as Humphrey Devize
- 1974 Earthquake
as Asst. Caretaker
- 1974
- 1974
- 1974
- 1973
- 1973 Terror on the Beach
as Jerry
- 1973 Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
as Captain Melech Ben Zvi
- 1973
- 1973 Slipstream
as Terry
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 The Glass House
as Ajax
- 1972
- 1971 Earth II
as Jim Capa
- 1971
- 1970 Fools
as David Appleton
- 1970 Operation Snafu
as Reginald Wollington
- 1969
- 1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Kenneth Daly
- 1967