William Sylvester
Birthday
1922/01/31
Day of death
1995/01/25 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also know as
William R. 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...Read more
Acting
(1968) 2001: A Space Odyssey
as Dr. Heywood Floyd
(1973) Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
as Tom Henderson
(1961) Gorgo
as Sam Slade
(1964) Devil Doll
as Mark English
(1975) The Hindenburg
as Luftwaffe Colonel
(1980) First Family
as TV Commentator Howard
(1968) The Hand of Night
as Paul Carver
(2001) 2001: The Making of a Myth
as Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1965) Devils of Darkness
as Paul Baxter
(1974) Busting
as Mr. Weldman
(1949) Give Us This Day
as Giovanni
(1964) Blind Corner
as Paul Gregory
(1954) The Stranger Came Home
as Philip Vickers
(1961) Offbeat
as Layton / Steve Ross
(1957) High Tide at Noon
as Alec Douglas
(1955) Portrait of Alison
as Dave Forrester
(1961) Information Received
as Rick Hogan
(1959) Whirlpool
as Hermann
(1953) House of Blackmail
as Jimmy
(1958) Dublin Nightmare
as John Kevin
(1958) The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
as ---
(1964) Ring of Spies
as Gordon Lonsdale
(2013) The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
as Sam Slade (archive footage)
(1963) Incident at Midnight
as Vince Warren
(1953) The Yellow Balloon
as Len Turner
(1995) Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) Riding with Death
as Leonard Driscoll
(1968) The Syndicate
as Burt Hickey
(1970) The Challengers
as Brad York
(1954) What Every Woman Wants
as Jim Barnes
(1953) Appointment in London
as Mac
(1968) Red and Blue
as Trumpeter
(1953) Albert R.N.
as Texas
(1950) They Were Not Divided
as American Soldier (uncredited)
(1970) The Lawyer
as Paul Harrison
(1978) Heaven Can Wait
as Nuclear Reporter
(1965) Green Acres
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Tom Barber
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Joe Crawford
(1979) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Lt. General Preston Myers
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Paul Berwick
(1977) The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Foots Fortunati
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1974) Harry O
as ---
(1963) The Sentimental Agent
as ---
(1975) Switch
as Ellis
(1967) The High Chaparral
as Jack Simmons
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1976) Gemini Man
as Leonard Driscoll
(1979) Big Shamus, Little Shamus
as ---
(1977) What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Ralph Damien
(1973) The Magician
as Peter Hayden
(1972) Banacek
as Dr. Stahl
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Frederick Collins
(1974) The Six Million Dollar Man
as Admiral Prescott
(1967) The High Chaparral
as Lafe Croswell