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Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1943
Place of Birth
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Also Known As
- Scott Hyland
- Scott Hylands Douglas
Scott Hylands
0.8 Popularity
Biography
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
5.4
Mr. Black
Elsewhere
2020
7.9
Wyatt Earp
Wynonna Earp
2016
5.1
Munroe
Just the Way You Are
2015
6.7
George Goddard
The Returned
2015
8.3
Ennis Stussy
Fargo
2014
5.4
Harry
A Ring by Spring
2014
5.0
Randall Cafter
Tom, Dick and Harriet
2013
6.0
Preston
The Horses of McBride
2012
4.2
Earl Potter
Becoming Redwood
2012
7.4
Captain
Once Upon a Time
2011
Credits
Elsewhere
as Mr. Black
2020
5.4
Wynonna Earp
as Wyatt Earp
2016
7.9
Just the Way You Are
as Munroe
2015
5.1
The Returned
as George Goddard
2015
6.7
Fargo
as Ennis Stussy
2014
8.3
A Ring by Spring
as Harry
2014
5.4
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as Randall Cafter
2013
5.0
The Horses of McBride
as Preston
2012
6.0
Becoming Redwood
as Earl Potter
2012
4.2
Once Upon a Time
as Captain
2011
7.4
Knockout
as Grandfather Charlie Putman
2011
5.5
Beyond the Black Rainbow
as Mercurio Arboria
2010
5.7
V
as Father Travis
2009
6.8
Ba'al
as Stanford
2008
3.9
The Guard
2008
7.7
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
as Arnie Filmore
2008
3.6
Anna's Storm
as Clint Corbin
2007
5.4
Time and Again
as Sheriff
2007
3.9
Cleaverville
as Ned
2007
6.0
Last Chance Cafe
as Charlie Long
2006
4.4
🎬
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
2006
0.0
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
as Frank / Carny
2006
4.3
Eureka
as Andre Sandrov
2006
7.8
The Accidental Witness
as Detective Bill Malone
2006
2.5
Supernatural
as Juge Tye Mortimer
2005
8.3
🎬
The Hamster Cage
as Stan
2005
0.0
The Twilight Zone
as Admiral Munro
2002
7.2
The Dead Zone
as Senator
2002
7.2
Mutant X
as Clay Preston
2001
6.5
MythQuest
as King Arthur
2001
6.7
Black River
as Richard Crunch
2001
5.5
36 Hours to Die
as Stone Face
1999
4.2
Moonlight Becomes You
as Dr. Weston Lane
1998
7.0
Convictions
as Matt Parker
1997
6.0
The Advocate's Devil
as Mr. Cabot
1997
5.7
Stargate SG-1
as Timothy Harlow
1997
8.3
Titanic
as John Jacob Astor
1996
5.9
FX: The Series
as Sen. Ronald Roper
1996
6.2
The Halfback of Notre Dame
as Coach Les Modeau
1996
4.0
Have You Seen My Son
as Solomon John
1996
7.5
Decoy
as Jenner
1995
3.6
Freefall: Flight 174
as Maurice Quintal
1995
5.2
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Howard Sarrazin
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Governor Oleaga
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Col. Roger Tennent
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
as Wayne
1995
7.7
Due South
as Gen. Bowman
1994
7.6
The X-Files
as Gen. Benjamin Bloch
1993
8.4
Miracle on Interstate 880
as Frank Stewart
1993
4.9
Ordeal in the Arctic
as Fred Ritchie
1993
5.0
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Gant
1993
6.6
To Catch a Killer
as Mike Paxton
1992
6.8
To Catch a Killer
as Paxton
1992
7.3
Palace Guard
1991
3.5
Counterstrike
as Colonel Northan
1990
7.0
Night Heat
as Kevin O'Brien
1985
6.6
Isaac Littlefeathers
as Jesse Armstrong
1984
0.0
Airwolf
as Mitchell Bruck
1984
7.6
Blue Thunder
as Peter Anson
1984
6.9
The Oasis
as Jake
1984
4.6
Shock-Trauma
as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
1982
0.0
Cassie & Co.
1982
4.5
Death Hunt
as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
1981
6.6
Coming Out Alive
as Jocko
1980
2.0
When the Whistle Blows
1980
5.0
Hart to Hart
1979
6.8
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Lee Devlin
1979
0.0
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as Glenn Curtiss
1978
0.0
With This Ring
as Tom Burkhardt
1978
0.0
The Boys in Company C
as Capt. Collins
1978
6.5
For The Record
1977
0.0
Bittersweet Love
as Michael
1976
3.7
Wonder Woman
as Paul Bjornsen
1975
7.0
🎬
Medical Story
1975
5.0
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
as Dr. Chris Durant
1975
0.0
Song of the Succubus
as Alan Greene
1975
0.0
Baretta
1975
6.3
🎬
The Lady's Not for Burning
as Humphrey Devize
1974
0.0
Earthquake
as Asst. Caretaker
1974
6.1
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Harry O
1974
4.6
The Visitor
1974
0.0
The Magician
as Hal Millotson
1973
6.7
Terror on the Beach
as Jerry
1973
5.2
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
as Captain Melech Ben Zvi
1973
0.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
🎬
Slipstream
as Terry
1973
2.0
Kung Fu
1972
7.6
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
as Jason
1972
6.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
6.9
The Waltons
1972
7.1
The Glass House
as Ajax
1972
6.5
The Sixth Sense
as Jason
1972
6.3
Earth II
as Jim Capa
1971
5.3
Cannon
1971
6.5
Fools
as David Appleton
1970
1.0
Operation Snafu
as Reginald Wollington
1970
5.5
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Kenneth Daly
1969
5.0
Ironside
1967
6.8