William Sylvester
Acting
Born 1922-01-31
Died 1995-01-25
Oakland, California, USA
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William Sylvester (January 31, 1922 – January 25, 1995) was an American TV and film actor. His most famous film credit was Dr. Heywood Floyd in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968). Born in Oakland, California and married at one time to the British actress Veronica Hurst, he moved to England after the Second World War and became a staple of British B films at a time when American and Canadian actors were much in demand in order to give indigenous films some appeal in the US.
As a result, he gained top billing in one of his very first films, House of Blackmail (1953), directed by the veteran filmmaker Maurice Elvey, for whom he also made What Every Woman Wants the following year. He also starred in such minor films as The Stranger Came Home (1954, for Hammer), Dublin Nightmare (1958), Offbeat (1960), Information Received (1961), Incident at Midnight, Ring of Spies and Blind Corner (all 1963). There were also lead roles in four British horror films: Gorgo (1960), Devil Doll (1963), Devils of Darkness (1964) and The Hand of Night (1966). Among his many TV credits were a 1959 BBC version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (playing Mark Antony), The Saint, The Baron, The High Chaparral, Harry O and The Six Million Dollar Man.
His later films included You Only Live Twice (1967) and, back in the USA after his prominent role for Kubrick, Busting (1973), The Hindenburg (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He died in Sacramento, California in 1995, aged 72.
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Filmography
Quincy, M.E.
The Saint
Cannon
The Six Million Dollar Man
2001: A Space Odyssey
Green Acres
The F.B.I.
The High Chaparral
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Danger Man
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Switch
McCloud
Harry O
You Only Live Twice
Drama 61-67
Banacek
The Troubleshooters
The Magician
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Gemini Man
Heaven Can Wait
The Hindenburg
Gorgo
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
The Unholy Four
Armchair Theatre
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
San Francisco International Airport
Busting
Devil Doll
The Hand of Night
First Family
The Lawyer
House of Blackmail
Give Us This Day
Devils of Darkness
Red and Blue
Ring of Spies
Albert R.N.
Riding with Death
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Portrait of Alison
Appointment in London
Offbeat
The Challengers
2001: The Making of a Myth
High Tide at Noon
The Yellow Balloon
The Syndicate
What Every Woman Wants
Incident at Midnight
They Were Not Divided
Blind Corner
Information Received
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
Whirlpool
Dublin Nightmare
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