Scott Hylands
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1943
Died: July 29, 2026
Place of birth: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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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Filmography
56 movies · 43 TV shows, newest first
5.5
Elsewhere
2020
7.8
Wynonna Earp
2016
5.2
Just the Way You Are
2015
6.8
The Returned
2015
8.3
Fargo
2014
5.5
A Ring by Spring
2014
5.0
Tom, Dick and Harriet
2013
5.8
The Horses of McBride
2012
4.2
Becoming Redwood
2012
7.4
Once Upon a Time
2011
5.4
Knockout
2011
5.7
Beyond the Black Rainbow
2010
6.8
V
2009
4.0
Ba'al
2008
7.7
The Guard
2008
3.4
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
2008
5.4
Anna's Storm
2007
3.3
Time and Again
2007
6.0
Cleaverville
2007
4.4
Last Chance Cafe
2006NR
Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
2006
4.7
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
2006
7.7
Eureka
2006
4.7
The Accidental Witness
2006
8.3
Supernatural
20057.0
The Hamster Cage
2005
7.2
The Twilight Zone
2002
7.3
The Dead Zone
2002
6.7
Mutant X
2001
7.2
MythQuest
2001
5.6
Black River
2001
4.3
36 Hours to Die
1999
8.0
Moonlight Becomes You
1998
6.7
Convictions
1997
5.9
The Advocate's Devil
1997
8.3
Stargate SG-1
1997
6.0
Titanic
1996
6.3
FX: The Series
1996
5.2
The Halfback of Notre Dame
1996
7.7
Have You Seen My Son
1996
4.3
Decoy
1995
6.3
The Surrogate
1995
5.7
Freefall: Flight 174
1995
7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
7.6
Due South
1994
8.4
The X-Files
1993
5.2
Miracle on Interstate 880
1993
4.7
Ordeal in the Arctic
1993
6.7
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
6.8
To Catch a Killer
1992
7.2
To Catch a Killer
1992
5.7
Palace Guard
1991
7.0
Counterstrike
1990
7.0
Night Heat
1985
10.0
Isaac Littlefeathers
1984
7.6
Airwolf
1984
6.9
Blue Thunder
1984
5.0
The Oasis
1984
10.0
Shock-Trauma
1982
5.3
Cassie & Co.
1982
6.7
Death Hunt
1981
5.5
Coming Out Alive
1980
5.0
When the Whistle Blows
1980
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
7.0
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
1979
NR
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
1978
10.0
With This Ring
1978
6.5
The Boys in Company C
1978
7.0
Enigma
1977
4.0
Bittersweet Love
1976
9.0
For the Record
1976
7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
5.0
Medical Story
1975
8.0
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
1975
10.0
Song of the Succubus
1975
6.5
Baretta
19757.0
The Lady's Not for Burning
1974
6.2
Earthquake
1974
6.4
Police Woman
1974
5.2
Harry O
1974
7.0
The Visitor
1974
6.8
The Magician
1973
5.3
Terror on the Beach
1973
NR
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
1973
7.0
Police Story
19733.7
Slipstream
1973
7.7
Kung Fu
1972
7.0
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
1972
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.2
The Waltons
1972
6.4
The Glass House
1972
6.3
The Sixth Sense
1972
5.6
Earth II
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
3.5
Fools
1970
6.7
Operation Snafu
1970
6.4
Medical Center
1969
6.0
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969
6.8
Ironside
1967