Scott Hylands
Actor
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.
Filmography
Earthquake
as Asst. Caretaker 1974
Death Hunt
as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker 1981
The Boys in Company C
as Capt. Collins 1978
To Catch a Killer
as Mike Paxton 1992
Knockout
as Grandfather Charlie Putman 2011
Just the Way You Are
as Munroe 2015
Black River
as Richard Crunch 2001
Ba'al
as Stanford 2008
A Ring by Spring
as Harry 2014
Elsewhere
as Mr. Black 2020
Freefall: Flight 174
as Maurice Quintal 1995
The Horses of McBride
as Preston 2012
Earth II
as Jim Capa 1971
Anna's Storm
as Clint Corbin 2007
The Glass House
as Ajax 1972
36 Hours to Die
as Stone Face 1999