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William R. Sylvester
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1922-01-31
- event Death Date 1995-01-25
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 6.6
- info Birth Place Oakland, California, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by William Sylvester
8.1
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968-04-02
6.1
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
1973-10-10
5.5
Gorgo
1961-02-02
4.6
Devil Doll
1964-09-01
6.3
The Hindenburg
1975-12-25
3
First Family
1980-12-25
5.1
The Hand of Night
1968-08-11
6.5
2001: The Making of a Myth
2001-01-13
5
Devils of Darkness
1965-05-01
6.2
Busting
1974-02-27
5.9
Give Us This Day
1949-10-14
5
Blind Corner
1964-01-01
5.5
The Stranger Came Home
1954-09-24
6.1
Offbeat
1961-01-01
6
High Tide at Noon
1957-04-30
6.2
Portrait of Alison
1955-11-29
6
House of Blackmail
1953-07-13
5.5
Dublin Nightmare
1958-10-01
6.2
Whirlpool
1959-03-01
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Information Received
1961-08-01
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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1958-10-10
6.9
Ring of Spies
1964-03-23
7
The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'
2013-03-19
6
Incident at Midnight
1963-01-01
5.6
The Yellow Balloon
1953-02-10
6
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995-11-16
2.6
Riding with Death
1976-01-01
4
The Syndicate
1968-09-16
5
The Challengers
1970-02-20
6
What Every Woman Wants
1954-06-10
6.2
Appointment in London
1953-02-17
6
Red and Blue
1968-08-08
7.2
Albert R.N.
1953-11-23
5.9
They Were Not Divided
1950-04-24
5.6
The Lawyer
1970-03-10
6.6
Heaven Can Wait
1978-06-28
7.3
Green Acres
1965-09-15
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976-10-03
6.9
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979-09-20
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969-09-23
7
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977-01-30
7.4
The Saint
1962-10-04
6.5
Cannon
1971-09-14
4.6
Harry O
1974-09-12
6
The Sentimental Agent
1963-09-28
6.5
The High Chaparral
1967-09-10
6.7
Switch
1975-09-09
7.1
McCloud
1970-02-17
6.9
Gemini Man
1976-05-10
5
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
1979-09-29
4.5
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977-12-08
7.4
The Saint
1962-10-04
6.7
The Magician
1973-10-02
8.6
Banacek
1972-09-13
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974-01-18
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974-01-18
6.5
The High Chaparral
1967-09-10