Acting

Scott Hylands

Born 1943-01-01 · Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Died 2026-07-29

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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Elsewhere
as Mr. Black
2020
Wynonna Earp
as Wyatt Earp
2016
Just the Way You Are
as Munroe
2015
The Returned
as George Goddard
2015
Fargo
as Ennis Stussy
2014
A Ring by Spring
as Harry
2014
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as Randall Cafter
2013
The Horses of McBride
as Preston
2012
Becoming Redwood
as Earl Potter
2012
Once Upon a Time
as Captain
2011
Knockout
as Grandfather Charlie Putman
2011
Beyond the Black Rainbow
as Mercurio Arboria
2010
V
as Father Travis
2009
Ba'al
as Stanford
2008
The Guard
2008
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
as Arnie Filmore
2008
Anna's Storm
as Clint Corbin
2007
Time and Again
as Sheriff
2007
Cleaverville
as Ned
2007
Last Chance Cafe
as Charlie Long
2006
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
2006
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
as Frank / Carny (voice)
2006
Eureka
as Andre Sandrov
2006
The Accidental Witness
as Detective Bill Malone
2006
Supernatural
as Juge Tye Mortimer
2005
The Hamster Cage
as Stan
2005
The Twilight Zone
as Admiral Munro
2002
The Dead Zone
as Senator
2002
Mutant X
as Clay Preston
2001
MythQuest
as King Arthur
2001
Black River
as Richard Crunch
2001
36 Hours to Die
as Stone Face
1999
Moonlight Becomes You
as Dr. Weston Lane
1998
Convictions
as Matt Parker
1997
The Advocate's Devil
as Mr. Cabot
1997
Stargate SG-1
as Timothy Harlow
1997
Titanic
as John Jacob Astor
1996
FX: The Series
as Sen. Ronald Roper
1996
The Halfback of Notre Dame
as Coach Les Modeau
1996
Have You Seen My Son
as Solomon John
1996
Decoy
as Jenner
1995
The Surrogate
as Detective Taggart
1995
Freefall: Flight 174
as Maurice Quintal
1995
The Outer Limits
as Dr. Howard Sarrazin
1995
The Outer Limits
as Governor Oleaga
1995
The Outer Limits
as Col. Roger Tennent
1995
The Outer Limits
as Wayne
1995
Due South
as Gen. Bowman
1994
The X-Files
as Gen. Benjamin Bloch
1993
Miracle on Interstate 880
as Frank Stewart
1993
Ordeal in the Arctic
as Fred Ritchie
1993
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Gant
1993
To Catch a Killer
as Mike Paxton
1992
To Catch a Killer
as Paxton
1992
Palace Guard
1991
Counterstrike
as Colonel Northan
1990
Night Heat
as Kevin O'Brien
1985
Isaac Littlefeathers
as Jesse Armstrong
1984
Airwolf
as Mitchell Bruck
1984
Blue Thunder
as Peter Anson
1984
The Oasis
as Jake
1984
Shock-Trauma
as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
1982
Cassie & Co.
as Mark Janis
1982
Death Hunt
as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
1981
Coming Out Alive
as Jocko
1980
When the Whistle Blows
1980
Hart to Hart
1979
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Lee Devlin
1979
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as Glenn Curtiss
1978
With This Ring
as Tom Burkhardt
1978
The Boys in Company C
as Capt. Collins
1978
Enigma
as Andrew Icarus
1977
Bittersweet Love
as Michael
1976
For the Record
1976
Wonder Woman
as Paul Bjornsen
1975
Medical Story
as Dr. Caparelli
1975
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
as Dr. Chris Durant
1975
Song of the Succubus
as Alan Greene
1975
Baretta
1975
The Lady's Not for Burning
as Humphrey Devize
1974