William Sylvester

Acting

William Sylvester

Born 1922-01-31 Oakland, California, USA 37 films

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 …

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Filmography

37 films
First Family poster

When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep…

First Family

★ 3.4 1980

The Hindenburg poster

Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the…

The Hindenburg

★ 6.3 1975

Busting poster

Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and us…

Busting

★ 6.2 1974

The Lawyer poster

Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroil…

The Lawyer

★ 5.9 1970

The Syndicate poster

Two vehicles lurch across the east African bush, carrying an ill-assorted party of prospectors who…

The Syndicate

★ 5.5 1968