Home >

Scott Hylands

Scott Hylands

Birthday: 1943-01-01 | Place of Birth: 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.

...

Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
Elsewhere

as    Mr. Black

2013
Tom, Dick and Harriet

as    Randall Cafter

2012
The Horses of McBride

as    Preston

2008
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale

as    Arnie Filmore

2008
Ba'al

as    Stanford

2007
Cleaverville

as    Ned

2007
Time and Again

as    Sheriff

1996
The Halfback of Notre Dame

as    Coach Les Modeau

1995
Decoy

as    Jenner

1992
To Catch a Killer

as    Delta Squad Sergeant Mike Paxton

1985
Night Heat

as    Kevin O'Brien

1981
Death Hunt

as    RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker

1980
Coming Out Alive

as    Jocko

1978
The Boys in Company C

as    Capt. Collins

1978
The Winds of Kitty Hawk

as    Glenn Curtiss

1974
The Lady's Not for Burning

as    Humphrey Devize

1973
Terror on the Beach

as    Jerry

1971
Earth II

as    Jim Capa

1970
Operation Snafu

as    Reginald Wollington

1969
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

as    Kenneth Daly