Scott Hylands
Acting
Born: January 1, 1943 · Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Died: July 29, 2026 (aged 83)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Supernatural
2005
The X-Files
1993
Fargo
2014
Once Upon a Time
2011
Stargate SG-1
1997
V
2009
Wynonna Earp
2016
Eureka
2006
Wonder Woman
1975
Airwolf
1984
Beyond the Black Rainbow
2010
Earthquake
1974
Photos (5)
Movies (52)
Earthquake
Asst. Caretaker
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Mercurio Arboria
Death Hunt
RCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
Shock-Trauma
Dr. "Tex" Goodnight
Knockout
Grandfather Charlie Putman
The Boys in Company C
Capt. Collins
Freefall: Flight 174
Maurice Quintal
Elsewhere
Mr. Black
Last Chance Cafe
Charlie Long
Just the Way You Are
Munroe
36 Hours to Die
Stone Face
Tom, Dick and Harriet
Randall Cafter
The Glass House
Ajax
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Kenneth Daly
The Accidental Witness
Detective Bill Malone
To Catch a Killer
Mike Paxton
Miracle on Interstate 880
Frank Stewart
Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Lee Devlin
A Ring by Spring
Harry
With This Ring
Tom Burkhardt
Ordeal in the Arctic
Fred Ritchie
Black River
Richard Crunch
Ba'al
Stanford
Earth II
Jim Capa
The Surrogate
Detective Taggart
Coming Out Alive
Jocko
Moonlight Becomes You
Dr. Weston Lane
The Horses of McBride
Preston
Bittersweet Love
Michael
Cleaverville
Ned
Anna's Storm
Clint Corbin
The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Glenn Curtiss
Terror on the Beach
Jerry
The Advocate's Devil
Mr. Cabot
Operation Snafu
Reginald Wollington
Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
Arnie Filmore
Song of the Succubus
Alan Greene
Decoy
Jenner
Fools
David Appleton
Convictions
Matt Parker
Have You Seen My Son
Solomon John
Becoming Redwood
Earl Potter
The Oasis
Jake
Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
Frank / Carny (voice)
The Halfback of Notre Dame
Coach Les Modeau
Enigma
Andrew Icarus
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Captain Melech Ben Zvi
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Dr. Chris Durant
Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
Jason
The Visitor
1974
Isaac Littlefeathers
Jesse Armstrong
Time and Again
Sheriff
TV Shows (46)
Supernatural
Juge Tye Mortimer · 1 eps
The X-Files
Gen. Benjamin Bloch · 1 eps
Stargate SG-1
Timothy Harlow · 1 eps
Once Upon a Time
Captain · 1 eps
Fargo
Ennis Stussy · 1 eps
Ironside
2 eps
Hart to Hart
1 eps
The Waltons
1 eps
Airwolf
Mitchell Bruck · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Dr. Howard Sarrazin · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Governor Oleaga · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Col. Roger Tennent · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Wayne · 1 eps
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Gant · 1 eps
Eureka
Andre Sandrov · 1 eps
Cannon
2 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
1 eps
The Dead Zone
Senator · 1 eps
Due South
Gen. Bowman · 1 eps
Police Woman
1 eps
Mutant X
Clay Preston · 1 eps
Baretta
1 eps
Medical Center
2 eps
V
Father Travis · 11 eps
Wynonna Earp
Wyatt Earp · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Admiral Munro · 1 eps
Police Story
2 eps
Harry O
1 eps
FX: The Series
Sen. Ronald Roper · 1 eps
Wonder Woman
Paul Bjornsen · 2 eps
Night Heat
Kevin O'Brien · 96 eps
Counterstrike
Colonel Northan · 1 eps
Titanic
John Jacob Astor · 2 eps
The Returned
George Goddard · 1 eps
The Magician
Hal Millotson · 1 eps
Blue Thunder
Peter Anson · 1 eps
The Sixth Sense
Jason · 1 eps
Medical Story
Dr. Caparelli · 1 eps
Palace Guard
1 eps
Cassie & Co.
Mark Janis · 1 eps
The Guard
2 eps
For the Record
1 eps
When the Whistle Blows
1 eps
MythQuest
King Arthur · 1 eps
To Catch a Killer
Paxton · 2 eps
Kung Fu
Saunders · 2 eps