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2001: The Making of a Myth

as Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (archive footage) (uncredited)

2001
Riding with Death

as Leonard Driscoll

1976
Busting

as Mr. Weldman

1974
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

as Tom Henderson

1973
The Challengers

as Brad York

1970
2001: A Space Odyssey

as Dr. Heywood Floyd

1968
The Hand of Night

as Paul Carver

1968
The Syndicate

as Burt Hickey

1968
Devils of Darkness

as Paul Baxter

1970
Devil Doll

as Mark English

1964
Blind Corner

as Paul Gregory

1964
Gorgo

as Sam Slade

1961
Offbeat

as Layton / Steve Ross

1961
Dublin Nightmare

as John Kevin

1958
High Tide at Noon

as Alec Douglas

1957
Portrait of Alison

as Dave Forrester

1956
Albert R.N.

as Texas

1955
House of Blackmail

as Jimmy

1953
Give Us This Day

as Giovanni

1949
William Sylvester William Sylvester

Birthday

1922-01-31

Place of Birth

Oakland, California, USA

Biography

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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