William Sylvester (1922)

Biografía

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.

Año	Título	Personaje	Valoración
2013	The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'	Sam Slade (archive footage)	★★★★☆
2001	2001: The Making of a Myth	Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (archive footage) (uncredited)	★★★☆☆
1980	First Family	TV Commentator Howard	★★☆☆☆
1979	Buck Rogers: El aventurero del espacio	Lt. General Preston Myers	★★★☆☆
1979	Big Shamus, Little Shamus		★★★☆☆
1978	El cielo puede esperar	Nuclear Reporter	★★★☆☆
1977	The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries		★★★★☆
1977	What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?		★★☆☆☆
1976	Riding with Death	Leonard Driscoll	★☆☆☆☆
1976	Quincy, M.E.	Joe Crawford	★★★★☆
1976	Gemini Man	Leonard Driscoll	★★★☆☆
1975	Hindenburg	Luftwaffe Colonel	★★★☆☆
1975	Switch	Ellis	★★★☆☆
1974	Manos sucias sobre la ciudad	Mr. Weldman	★★★☆☆
1974	Harry O		★★☆☆☆
1974	El hombre de los seis millones de dólares	Frederick Collins	★★★★☆
1974	El hombre de los seis millones de dólares	Admiral Prescott	★★★★☆
1973	Frío en la noche	Tom Henderson	★★★☆☆
1973	El Mago	Peter Hayden	★★★☆☆
1972	Banacek	Dr. Stahl	★★★★☆
1971	Cannon		★★★☆☆
1970	The Challengers	Brad York	★★★☆☆
1970	The Lawyer	Paul Harrison	★★★☆☆
1970	McCloud		★★★★☆
1969	Marcus Welby, M.D.	Paul Berwick	★★★☆☆
1968	2001: una odisea del espacio	Dr. Heywood Floyd	★★★★☆
1968	The Hand of Night	Paul Carver	★★★☆☆
1968	The Syndicate	Burt Hickey	☆☆☆☆☆
1968	Red and Blue	Trumpeter	★★★☆☆
1967	El gran Chaparral	Jack Simmons	★★★☆☆
1967	El gran Chaparral	Lafe Croswell	★★★☆☆
1965	Los Diablos de la Oscuridad	Paul Baxter	★★★☆☆
1965	The F.B.I.	Tom Barber	★★★☆☆
1965	Green Acres		★★★★☆
1964	El Muñeco Diabólico	Mark English	★★☆☆☆
1964	Blind Corner	Paul Gregory	★★★☆☆
1964	Ring of Spies	Gordon Lonsdale	★★★☆☆
1963	Incident at Midnight	Vince Warren	★★★☆☆
1963	The Sentimental Agent		★★★☆☆
1962	El santo	Foots Fortunati	★★★★☆
1962	El santo	Ralph Damien	★★★★☆
1961	Gorgo	Sam Slade	★★★☆☆
1961	Offbeat	Layton / Steve Ross	★★★☆☆
1961	Information Received	Rick Hogan	☆☆☆☆☆
1959	La fugitiva del Rhin	Hermann	★★★☆☆
1958	Dublin Nightmare	John Kevin	★★★☆☆
1958	The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial		☆☆☆☆☆
1957	High Tide at Noon	Alec Douglas	★★★☆☆
1955	Portrait of Alison	Dave Forrester	★★★☆☆
1954	A Stranger Came Home	Philip Vickers	★★★☆☆
1954	What Every Woman Wants	Jim Barnes	★★★☆☆
1953	House of Blackmail	Jimmy	★★★☆☆
1953	The Yellow Balloon	Len Turner	★★★☆☆
1953	Appointment in London	Mac	★★★☆☆
1953	Albert R.N.	Texas	★★★★☆
1950	They Were Not Divided	American Soldier (uncredited)	★★★☆☆
1949	Give Us This Day	Giovanni	★★★☆☆