Scott Hylands
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1943
- Died
- July 29, 2026 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Elsewhere
Movie · as Mr. Black
Wynonna Earp
TV · as Wyatt Earp · 1 ep
Just the Way You Are
Movie · as Munroe
The Returned
TV · as George Goddard · 1 ep
A Ring by Spring
Movie · as Harry
Fargo
TV · as Ennis Stussy · 1 ep
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Movie · as Randall Cafter
The Horses of McBride
Movie · as Preston
Becoming Redwood
Movie · as Earl Potter
Knockout
Movie · as Grandfather Charlie Putman
Once Upon a Time
TV · as Captain · 1 ep
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Movie · as Mercurio Arboria
V
TV · as Father Travis · 11 eps
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
Movie · as Arnie Filmore
Ba'al
Movie · as Stanford
The Guard
TV · 2 eps
Anna's Storm
Movie · as Clint Corbin
Cleaverville
Movie · as Ned
Time and Again
Movie · as Sheriff
The Accidental Witness
Movie · as Detective Bill Malone
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
Movie
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
Movie · as Frank / Carny (voice)
Last Chance Cafe
Movie · as Charlie Long
Eureka
TV · as Andre Sandrov · 1 ep
The Hamster Cage
Movie · as Stan
Supernatural
TV · as Juge Tye Mortimer · 1 ep
The Dead Zone
TV · as Senator · 1 ep
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Admiral Munro · 1 ep
Black River
Movie · as Richard Crunch
Mutant X
TV · as Clay Preston · 1 ep
MythQuest
TV · as King Arthur · 1 ep
36 Hours to Die
Movie · as Stone Face
Moonlight Becomes You
Movie · as Dr. Weston Lane
Convictions
Movie · as Matt Parker
The Advocate's Devil
Movie · as Mr. Cabot
Stargate SG-1
TV · as Timothy Harlow · 1 ep
The Halfback of Notre Dame
Movie · as Coach Les Modeau
Have You Seen My Son
Movie · as Solomon John
FX: The Series
TV · as Sen. Ronald Roper · 1 ep
Titanic
TV · as John Jacob Astor · 2 eps
Decoy
Movie · as Jenner
Freefall: Flight 174
Movie · as Maurice Quintal
The Surrogate
Movie · as Detective Taggart
The Outer Limits
TV · as Dr. Howard Sarrazin, Governor Oleaga, Col. Roger Tennent, Wayne · 1 ep
Due South
TV · as Gen. Bowman · 1 ep
Ordeal in the Arctic
Movie · as Fred Ritchie
Miracle on Interstate 880
Movie · as Frank Stewart
The X-Files
TV · as Gen. Benjamin Bloch · 1 ep
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV · as Gant · 1 ep
To Catch a Killer
Movie · as Mike Paxton
To Catch a Killer
TV · as Paxton · 2 eps
Palace Guard
TV · 1 ep
Counterstrike
TV · as Colonel Northan · 1 ep
Night Heat
TV · as Kevin O'Brien · 96 eps
Isaac Littlefeathers
Movie · as Jesse Armstrong
The Oasis
Movie · as Jake
Blue Thunder
TV · as Peter Anson · 1 ep
Airwolf
TV · as Mitchell Bruck · 1 ep
Shock-Trauma
Movie · as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
Cassie & Co.
TV · as Mark Janis · 1 ep
Death Hunt
Movie · as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
Coming Out Alive
Movie · as Jocko
When the Whistle Blows
TV · 1 ep
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Movie · as Lee Devlin
Hart to Hart
TV · 1 ep
The Boys in Company C
Movie · as Capt. Collins
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Movie · as Glenn Curtiss
With This Ring
Movie · as Tom Burkhardt
Enigma
Movie · as Andrew Icarus
Bittersweet Love
Movie · as Michael
For the Record
TV · 1 ep
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Movie · as Dr. Chris Durant
Song of the Succubus
Movie · as Alan Greene
Baretta
TV · 1 ep
Wonder Woman
TV · as Paul Bjornsen · 2 eps
Medical Story
TV · as Dr. Caparelli · 1 ep
The Visitor
Movie
The Lady's Not for Burning
Movie · as Humphrey Devize
Earthquake
Movie · as Asst. Caretaker
Harry O
TV · 1 ep
Police Woman
TV · 1 ep
Terror on the Beach
Movie · as Jerry
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Movie · as Captain Melech Ben Zvi
Slipstream
Movie · as Terry
Police Story
TV · 2 eps
The Magician
TV · as Hal Millotson · 1 ep
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
Movie · as Jason
The Glass House
Movie · as Ajax
Kung Fu
TV · as Saunders · 2 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · 1 ep
The Waltons
TV · 1 ep
The Sixth Sense
TV · as Jason · 1 ep
Earth II
Movie · as Jim Capa
Cannon
TV · 2 eps
Fools
Movie · as David Appleton
Operation Snafu
Movie · as Reginald Wollington
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Movie · as Kenneth Daly
Medical Center
TV · 2 eps
Ironside
TV · 2 eps