Acting
Harold Sylvester
EN cinema · 29 credits
Born
10 February 1949 (age 77)
Birthplace
New Orleans, Louisiana
Also known as Гарольд Сильвестр
Harold Sylvester (born February 10, 1949) is an American film and television actor. Sylvester was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of New Orleans' St. Augustine High School and Tulane University, Sylvester is best known for his role on the TV series Married... with Children as Griff, the co-worker and friend of Al Bundy at the shoe store. Harold's other TV roles include the short-lived 1981 series Walking Tall, Today's F.B.I., Mary, and Shaky Ground. The most recent TV show he starred in was The Army Show. Sylvester had a recurring role on the TV series City of Angels. His well known film roles are An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Uncommon Valor (1983), Innerspace (1987), Corrina, Corrina (1994), and Missing Brendan (2003). Sylvester has made guest appearances on shows, ranging from Hill Street Blues to Murder, She Wrote to NYPD Blue. Sylvester attended Tulane University on a basketball scholarship and graduated in 1972 with a degree in theater and psychology. He was the first African-American ever to receive an athletic scholarship from Tulane.
Known for
Filmography
Night Club
as Grim Interviewer
For One Night
as Mr. Howard
Missing Brendan
as Stan Wade
Trippin'
as Willie Reed
The 6th Man
as James Tyler
Corrina, Corrina
as Frank
Someone She Knows
as Lt. Jack Emery
In the Deep Woods
as George Dunaway
Hit List
as Brian Armstrong
Innerspace
as Pete Blanchard
Vision Quest
as Gene Tanneran
Space Rage
as Max Bryson
Uncommon Valor
as Johnson
Uncommon Valor
as Sergeant
An Officer and a Gentleman
as Perryman
Inside Moves
as Alvin Martin
Fast Break
as D.C.
Alex & the Gypsy
as First Goon
Sounder, Part 2
as Nathan
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Sam (uncredited)
Night of the Strangler
as Jim Bunch