Scott Hylands
Actor
- Born
- January 1, 1943 · Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
- Died
- July 29, 2026 (age 83)
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
Beyond the Black Rainbow
December 3, 2010
Earthquake
November 15, 1974
Death Hunt
April 15, 1981
The Boys in Company C
February 2, 1978
To Catch a Killer
May 15, 1992
Knockout
March 5, 2011
Black River
July 6, 2001
Just the Way You Are
May 9, 2015
Ba'al
September 13, 2008
A Ring by Spring
March 8, 2014
Freefall: Flight 174
October 10, 1995
Elsewhere
January 24, 2020
Acting56
- 2020Elsewhere as Mr. Black
- 2015Just the Way You Are as Munroe
- 2014A Ring by Spring as Harry
- 2013Tom, Dick and Harriet as Randall Cafter
- 2012The Horses of McBride as Preston
- 2012Becoming Redwood as Earl Potter
- 2011Knockout as Grandfather Charlie Putman
- 2010Beyond the Black Rainbow as Mercurio Arboria
- 2008Ba'al as Stanford
- 2008Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale