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Born · January 31, 1922
Died · January 25, 1995 (72 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
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.
Sam Slade (archive footage)
7.0
2013
Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.5
2001
Self (archive footage)
6.0
1995
TV Commentator Howard
3.0
1980
(1 episode)
5.0
1979
Lt. General Preston Myers · (1 episode)
7.0
1979
Nuclear Reporter
6.6
1978
(1 episode)
4.5
1977
(1 episode)
7.0
1977
Joe Crawford · (4 episodes)
7.5
1976
Leonard Driscoll · (6 episodes)
6.9
1976
Leonard Driscoll
2.6
1976
Luftwaffe Colonel
6.3
1975
Ellis · (1 episode)
6.7
1975
(2 episodes)
4.6
1974
Mr. Weldman
6.2
1974
Frederick Collins · (1 episode)
7.2
1974
Admiral Prescott · (3 episodes)
7.2
1974
Tom Henderson
6.1
1973
Peter Hayden · (1 episode)
6.7
1973
Dr. Stahl · (1 episode)
8.6
1972
(1 episode)
6.4
1971
Paul Harrison
5.6
1970
Brad York
5.0
1970
(1 episode)
7.1
1970
Paul Berwick · (1 episode)
6.5
1969
Burt Hickey
4.0
1968
Paul Carver
5.1
1968
Trumpeter
6.0
1968
Dr. Heywood Floyd
8.1
1968
Jack Simmons · (1 episode)
6.5
1967
Lafe Croswell · (1 episode)
6.5
1967
Tom Barber · (1 episode)
5.5
1965
(4 episodes)
7.3
1965
Paul Baxter
5.0
1965
Mark English
4.6
1964
Gordon Lonsdale
6.9
1964
Paul Gregory
5.0
1964
(1 episode)
6.0
1963
Vince Warren
6.0
1963
Foots Fortunati · (1 episode)
7.3
1962
Ralph Damien · (1 episode)
7.3
1962
Rick Hogan
0.0
1961
Sam Slade
5.4
1961
Layton / Steve Ross
6.1
1961
Hermann
6.2
1959
0.0
1958
John Kevin
5.5
1958
Alec Douglas
6.0
1957
Dave Forrester
6.2
1955
Philip Vickers
5.5
1954
Jim Barnes
6.0
1954
Texas
7.2
1953
Jimmy
6.0
1953
Mac
6.2
1953
Len Turner
5.6
1953
American Soldier (uncredited)
6.0
1950
Giovanni
5.9
1949