Acting
Scott Hylands
EN, IT cinema · 56 credits
Born
1 January 1943
Died
29 July 2026 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Also known as Scott Hyland · Scott Hylands Douglas
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.
Known for
Filmography
Elsewhere
as Mr. Black
Just the Way You Are
as Munroe
A Ring by Spring
as Harry
Tom, Dick and Harriet
as Randall Cafter
The Horses of McBride
as Preston
Becoming Redwood
as Earl Potter
Knockout
as Grandfather Charlie Putman
Beyond the Black Rainbow
as Mercurio Arboria
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
as Arnie Filmore
Ba'al
as Stanford
Anna's Storm
as Clint Corbin
Cleaverville
as Ned
Time and Again
as Sheriff
The Accidental Witness
as Detective Bill Malone
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
as Frank / Carny (voice)
Last Chance Cafe
as Charlie Long
Black River
as Richard Crunch
36 Hours to Die
as Stone Face
Moonlight Becomes You
as Dr. Weston Lane
Convictions
as Matt Parker
The Advocate's Devil
as Mr. Cabot
The Halfback of Notre Dame
as Coach Les Modeau
Have You Seen My Son
as Solomon John
Decoy
as Jenner
Freefall: Flight 174
as Maurice Quintal
The Surrogate
as Detective Taggart
Ordeal in the Arctic
as Fred Ritchie
Miracle on Interstate 880
as Frank Stewart
To Catch a Killer
as Mike Paxton
Isaac Littlefeathers
as Jesse Armstrong
The Oasis
as Jake
Shock-Trauma
as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
Death Hunt
as RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
Coming Out Alive
as Jocko
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
as Lee Devlin
The Boys in Company C
as Capt. Collins
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
as Glenn Curtiss
With This Ring
as Tom Burkhardt
Enigma
as Andrew Icarus
Bittersweet Love
as Michael
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
as Dr. Chris Durant
Song of the Succubus
as Alan Greene
The Lady's Not for Burning
1974
The Lady's Not for Burning
as Humphrey Devize
Earthquake
as Asst. Caretaker
Terror on the Beach
as Jerry
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
as Captain Melech Ben Zvi
The Glass House
as Ajax
Earth II
as Jim Capa
Fools
as David Appleton
Operation Snafu
as Reginald Wollington
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Kenneth Daly