William Sylvester
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- 31 janvier 1922 · Oakland, California, USA
- 25 janvier 1995
Biographie
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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Filmographie
- The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo' · Sam Slade (archive footage)
- 2001: The Making of a Myth · Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Roger Moore : Une question de classe · En personne
- First Family · TV Commentator Howard
- Big Shamus, Little Shamus · Nelson Milgrim
- Buck Rogers au XXVe siècle · Lt. General Preston Myers
- Le ciel peut attendre · Nuclear Reporter
- What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
- Quincy · Joe Crawford
- Le Nouvel Homme invisible · Leonard Driscoll
- Riding with Death · Leonard Driscoll
- L'Odyssée du Hindenburg · Luftwaffe Colonel
- Switch · Ellis
- Harry O
- Les Casseurs De Gangs · Mr. Weldman
- L'homme qui valait trois milliards · Frederick Collins, Admiral Prescott
- Les Créatures de l'ombre · Tom Henderson
- Le Magicien · Peter Hayden
- Banacek · Dr. Stahl
- Cannon
- San Francisco International Airport · Colonel Wilkins
- The Lawyer · Paul Harrison
- The Challengers · Brad York
- Un shérif à New York
- Marcus Welby, M.D. · Paul Berwick
- The Syndicate · Burt Hickey
- The Hand of Night · Paul Carver
- Red and Blue · Trumpeter
- 2001 : L'Odyssée de l'espace · Dr. Heywood Floyd
- Le grand chaparral · Jack Simmons, Lafe Croswell
- On ne vit que deux fois · Pentagon Official (uncredited)
- Sur la piste du crime · Tom Barber
- Les Arpents verts · Dr. Hoffman
- The Troubleshooters · Al Stevens
- Orgie satanique · Paul Baxter
- La Poupée diabolique · Mark English
- Ring of Spies · Gordon Lonsdale
- Blind Corner · Paul Gregory
- Incident at Midnight · Vince Warren
- Le Saint · Foots Fortunati, Ralph Damien
- Information Received · Rick Hogan
- Drama 61-67 · Mark Lander
- Gorgo · Sam Slade
- Offbeat · Layton / Steve Ross
- Destination Danger · James Carpenter / Oscar Schumak
- Tourbillon · Hermann
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
- Dublin Nightmare · John Kevin
- High Tide at Noon · Alec Douglas
- Armchair Theatre · Ed Norman, Sergeant O'Hara
- Portrait of Alison · Dave Forrester
- Meurtres sans empreintes · Philip Vickers
- What Every Woman Wants · Jim Barnes
- Le prisonnier fantôme · Texas
- House of Blackmail · Jimmy
- Sa Dernière Mission · Mac
- The Yellow Balloon · Len Turner
- Trois des chars d'assaut · American Soldier (uncredited)
- Give Us This Day · Giovanni