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Scott Hylands

Born 1943-01-01

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

Beyond the Black Rainbow 2010 · 5.9 Death Hunt 1981 · 6.9 The Boys in Company C 1978 · 6.9 Knockout 2011 · 4.9 Just the Way You Are 2015 · 5.8 Elsewhere 2020 · 5.9 Anna's Storm 2007 · 4.3 Earth II 1971 · 5.6 Last Chance Cafe 2006 · 5.5 Time and Again 2007 · 5.4 The Winds of Kitty Hawk 1978 · 6.5