William Sylvester
- Recitazione
- 31 gennaio 1922 · Oakland, California, USA
- 25 gennaio 1995
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo' · Sam Slade (archive footage)
- 2001: la realizzazione di un mito · Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Roger Moore: A Matter of Class · In persona
- First Family · TV Commentator Howard
- Big Shamus, Little Shamus · Nelson Milgrim
- Buck Rogers · Lt. General Preston Myers
- Il paradiso può attendere · Nuclear Reporter
- What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
- Nel tunnel dei misteri con Nancy Drew e gli Hardy Boys
- Quincy · Joe Crawford
- Gemini Man · Leonard Driscoll
- Riding with Death · Leonard Driscoll
- Hindenburg · Luftwaffe Colonel
- Switch · Ellis
- Harry O
- Mani sporche sulla città · Mr. Weldman
- L'uomo da sei milioni di dollari · Frederick Collins, Admiral Prescott
- Non avere paura del buio · Tom Henderson
- The Magician · Peter Hayden
- Banacek · Dr. Stahl
- Cannon
- San Francisco International Airport · Colonel Wilkins
- Al di là di ogni ragionevole dubbio · Paul Harrison
- Sfida sulla pista di fuoco · Brad York
- Uno sceriffo a New York
- Marcus Welby · Paul Berwick
- The Syndicate · Burt Hickey
- The Hand of Night · Paul Carver
- Red and Blue · Trumpeter
- 2001: Odissea nello spazio · Dr. Heywood Floyd
- Ai confini dell'Arizona · Jack Simmons, Lafe Croswell
- Agente 007 - Si vive solo due volte · Pentagon Official (uncredited)
- F.B.I. · Tom Barber
- La fattoria dei giorni felici · Dr. Hoffman
- The Troubleshooters · Al Stevens
- I diavoli delle tenebre · Paul Baxter
- Il mostro e le vergini · Mark English
- 003 contro Intelligence Service · Gordon Lonsdale
- Blind Corner · Paul Gregory
- Incident at Midnight · Vince Warren
- Il Santo · Foots Fortunati, Ralph Damien
- Information Received · Rick Hogan
- Drama 61-67 · Mark Lander
- Gorgo · Sam Slade
- Colpo sensazionale · Layton / Steve Ross
- Gioco pericoloso · James Carpenter / Oscar Schumak
- Whirlpool · Hermann
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
- Dublin Nightmare · John Kevin
- Alta marea a mezzogiorno · Alec Douglas
- Armchair Theatre · Ed Norman, Sergeant O'Hara
- Il segno del pericolo · Dave Forrester
- The Unholy Four · Philip Vickers
- What Every Woman Wants · Jim Barnes
- Albert R.N. · Texas
- House of Blackmail · Jimmy
- L'ora del grande attacco · Mac
- Il tunnel del terrore · Len Turner
- They Were Not Divided · American Soldier (uncredited)
- Cristo tra i muratori · Giovanni