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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.
Known For
Earthquake
as Asst. Caretaker
Death Hunt
as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
as Dr. Chris Durant
Freefall: Flight 174
as Maurice Quintal
Ordeal in the Arctic
as Fred Ritchie
Knockout
as Grandfather Charlie Putman
Beyond the Black Rainbow
as Mercurio Arboria
The Advocate's Devil
as Mr. Cabot
Last Chance Cafe
as Charlie Long
The Glass House
as Ajax
