Scott Hylands
Acting
Born January 1, 1943 · Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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.
Films (55)
Elsewhere
2020
Just the Way You Are
2015
A Ring by Spring
2014
Tom, Dick and Harriet
2013
The Horses of McBride
2012
Becoming Redwood
2012
Knockout
2011
Beyond the Black Rainbow
2010
Ba'al
2008
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
2008
Anna's Storm
2007
Time and Again
2007
Cleaverville
2007
Last Chance Cafe
2006
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
2006
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
2006
The Accidental Witness
2006
The Hamster Cage
2005
Black River
2001
36 Hours to Die
1999
Moonlight Becomes You
1998
Convictions
1997
The Advocate's Devil
1997
The Halfback of Notre Dame
1996
Have You Seen My Son
1996
Decoy
1995
Freefall: Flight 174
1995
Miracle on Interstate 880
1993
Ordeal in the Arctic
1993
To Catch a Killer
1992
Isaac Littlefeathers
1984
The Oasis
1984
Shock-Trauma
1982
Death Hunt
1981
Coming Out Alive
1980
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
With This Ring
1978
The Boys in Company C
1978
Enigma
1977
Bittersweet Love
1976
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975
Song of the Succubus
1975
The Lady's Not for Burning
1974
Earthquake
1974
The Visitor
1974
Terror on the Beach
1973
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
1973
Slipstream
1973
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
1972
The Glass House
1972
Earth II
1971
Fools
1970
Operation Snafu
1970
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969