Harold Sylvester
29 movies · 29 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 10, 1949 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Also known as
- Гарольд Сильвестр
Biography
Harold Sylvester (born February 10, 1949) is an American film and television actor.
Sylvester was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of New Orleans' St. Augustine High School and Tulane University, Sylvester is best known for his role on the TV series Married... with Children as Griff, the co-worker and friend of Al Bundy at the shoe store. Harold's other TV roles include the short-lived 1981 series Walking Tall, Today's F.B.I., Mary, and Shaky Ground. The most recent TV show he starred in was The Army Show. Sylvester had a recurring role on the TV series City of Angels.
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His well known film roles are An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Uncommon Valor (1983), Innerspace (1987), Corrina, Corrina (1994), and Missing Brendan (2003). Sylvester has made guest appearances on shows, ranging from Hill Street Blues to Murder, She Wrote to NYPD Blue.
Sylvester attended Tulane University on a basketball scholarship and graduated in 1972 with a degree in theater and psychology. He was the first African-American ever to receive an athletic scholarship from Tulane.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Harold Sylvester: movies and TV shows
Acting (54)
- 2025
- 2014 A Place for Heroes
as Gary
- 2011 Night Club
as Grim Interviewer
- 2006 For One Night
as Mr. Howard
- 2004 Missing Brendan
as Stan Wade
- 2003
- 2002
- 2000
- 1999 Trippin'
as Willie Reed
- 1998
- 1997 The 6th Man
as James Tyler
- 1996
- 1996
- 1994 Someone She Knows
as Lt. Jack Emery
- 1994 Corrina, Corrina
as Frank
- 1992
- 1992 In the Deep Woods
as George Dunaway
- 1991 Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
as Gilbert
- 1990 In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
as Art Regan
- 1989 Double Your Pleasure
as Sam
- 1989
- 1989 Hit List
as Brian Armstrong
- 1987
- 1987 Innerspace
as Pete Blanchard
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985 Space Rage
as Max Bryson
- 1985
- 1985 Vision Quest
as Gene Tanneran
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983 Uncommon Valor
as Johnson
- 1983
- 1983 Uncommon Valor
as Sergeant
- 1982 An Officer and a Gentleman
as Perryman
- 1981
- 1981
- 1980 Inside Moves
as Alvin Martin
- 1979 Fast Break
as D.C.
- 1978
- 1978
- 1977 A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Doctor
- 1977
- 1977
- 1976
- 1976 Sounder, Part 2
as Nathan
- 1976 Alex & the Gypsy
as First Goon
- 1976
- 1976
- 1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Sam (uncredited)
- 1974
- 1972 Night of the Strangler
as Jim Bunch
Behind the camera (4)
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999 Passing Glory
Writer
- 1993