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person_profile-William Sylvester

William Sylvester Died at age: 72

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

William Sylvester

Date of Birth:

Jan 31, 1922

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 25, 1995

Biography of

William Sylvester

    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 of

William Sylvester

Found 33 Movies in total

2001: The Making of a Myth

Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2001

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1995

First Family

TV Commentator Howard ( Actor )

... 1980

Heaven Can Wait

Nuclear Reporter ( Actor )

... 1978

Riding with Death

Leonard Driscoll ( Actor )

... 1976

The Hindenburg

Luftwaffe Colonel ( Actor )

... 1975

Busting

Mr. Weldman ( Actor )

... 1974

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Tom Henderson ( Actor )

... 1973

The Lawyer

Paul Harrison ( Actor )

... 1970

The Challengers

Brad York ( Actor )

... 1970

The Syndicate

Burt Hickey ( Actor )

... 1968

The Hand of Night

Paul Carver ( Actor )

... 1968

2001: A Space Odyssey

Dr. Heywood Floyd ( Actor )

... 1968

Devils of Darkness

Paul Baxter ( Actor )

... 1965

Devil Doll

Mark English ( Actor )

... 1964

Ring of Spies

Gordon Lonsdale ( Actor )

... 1964

Blind Corner

Paul Gregory ( Actor )

... 1964

Incident at Midnight

Vince Warren ( Actor )

... 1963

Information Received

Rick Hogan ( Actor )

... 1961

Gorgo

Sam Slade ( Actor )

... 1961

Offbeat

Layton / Steve Ross ( Actor )

... 1961

Whirlpool

Hermann ( Actor )

... 1959

Dublin Nightmare

John Kevin ( Actor )

... 1958

High Tide at Noon

Alec Douglas ( Actor )

... 1957

Portrait of Alison

Dave Forrester ( Actor )

... 1955

The Stranger Came Home

Philip Vickers ( Actor )

... 1954

What Every Woman Wants

Jim Barnes ( Actor )

... 1954

Albert R.N.

Texas ( Actor )

... 1953

House of Blackmail

Jimmy ( Actor )

... 1953

... 1953

The Yellow Balloon

Len Turner ( Actor )

... 1953

They Were Not Divided

American Soldier (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

Give Us This Day

Giovanni ( Actor )

... 1949