Scott Hylands
Known for Acting
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
The Oasis
1984
as Jake
Earthquake
1974
as Asst. Caretaker
Death Hunt
1981
as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
Beyond the Black Rainbow
2010
as Mercurio Arboria
Freefall: Flight 174
1995
as Maurice Quintal
Earth II
1971
as Jim Capa
Knockout
2011
as Grandfather Charlie Putman
Anna's Storm
2007
as Clint Corbin
Black River
2001
as Richard Crunch
Elsewhere
2020
as Mr. Black
Bittersweet Love
1976
as Michael
Cleaverville
2007
as Ned
Ordeal in the Arctic
1993
as Fred Ritchie
Decoy
1995
as Jenner
Ba'al
2008
as Stanford
The Halfback of Notre Dame
1996
as Coach Les Modeau
The Boys in Company C
1978
as Capt. Collins
Tom, Dick and Harriet
2013
as Randall Cafter
Becoming Redwood
2012
as Earl Potter
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
2008
as Arnie Filmore