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