William Sylvester

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.

Filmografía de William Sylvester

1976

• Gemini Man

  Personaje: Leonard Driscoll

  Serie
• Riding with Death

  Personaje: Leonard Driscoll

  Película

1968

• The Syndicate

  Personaje: Burt Hickey

  Película
• The Hand of Night

  Personaje: Paul Carver

  Película
• Red and Blue

  Personaje: Trumpeter

  Película
• 2001: una odisea del espacio

  Personaje: Dr. Heywood Floyd

  Película

1965

• Los Diablos de la Oscuridad

  Personaje: Paul Baxter

  Película

1964

• El Muñeco Diabólico

  Personaje: Mark English

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• Ring of Spies

  Personaje: Gordon Lonsdale

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• Blind Corner

  Personaje: Paul Gregory

  Película

1963

• Incident at Midnight

  Personaje: Vince Warren

  Película

1961

• Information Received

  Personaje: Rick Hogan

  Película
• Gorgo

  Personaje: Sam Slade

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• Offbeat

  Personaje: Layton / Steve Ross

  Película

1959

• La fugitiva del Rhin

  Personaje: Hermann

  Película

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Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Cuántos años tiene William Sylvester?

William Sylvester tiene 103 años. Nació el 31 de Enero de 1922.

¿Dónde nació William Sylvester?

William Sylvester nació en Oakland, California, USA