William Sylvester
Biography
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 resul...
Also Known As
William R. Sylvester
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William Sylvester's Movies
2001: A Space Odyssey
02 Apr 1968
You Only Live Twice
13 Jun 1967
Heaven Can Wait
28 Jun 1978
The Hindenburg
25 Dec 1975
Gorgo
02 Feb 1961
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
10 Oct 1973
Busting
27 Feb 1974
Devil Doll
01 Sept 1964
Devils of Darkness
01 May 1965
2001: The Making of a Myth
13 Jan 2001
Riding with Death
01 Jan 1976
Portrait of Alison
29 Nov 1955
Appointment in London
17 Feb 1953
Give Us This Day
14 Oct 1949
Ring of Spies
23 Mar 1964
The Stranger Came Home
24 Sept 1954
Offbeat
01 Jan 1961
High Tide at Noon
30 Apr 1957
Albert R.N.
23 Nov 1953
House of Blackmail
13 Jul 1953
William Sylvester's TV Shows
The Six Million Dollar Man
18 Jan 1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
18 Jan 1974
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
20 Sept 1979
The Saint
04 Oct 1962
The Saint
04 Oct 1962
Quincy, M.E.
03 Oct 1976
Green Acres
15 Sept 1965
McCloud
17 Feb 1970
Cannon
14 Sept 1971
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
30 Jan 1977
The High Chaparral
10 Sept 1967
The High Chaparral
10 Sept 1967
The F.B.I.
19 Sept 1965
Marcus Welby, M.D.
23 Sept 1969
Banacek
13 Sept 1972
The Magician
02 Oct 1973
Harry O
12 Sept 1974
Gemini Man
10 May 1976
Switch
09 Sept 1975
Armchair Theatre
08 Jul 1956