William Sylvester

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William Sylvester was an American television and film actor. His most famous film credit was Dr. Heywood Floyd in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968).

Birth Name

William R. Silvester

Born

Tuesday, 31 January 1922

Died

Wednesday, 25 January 1995

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

2001: The Making of a Myth	Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (archive footage) (uncredited)	2001
First Family	TV Commentator Howard	1980
Big Shamus, Little Shamus	Nelson Milgrim	1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Lt. General Preston Myers	1979
B.J. and the Bear	Mr. Barclay	1978
Heaven Can Wait	Nuclear Reporter	1978
What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?	Kelly	1977
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Martin Dettman	1977
Quincy M.E.	Attorney David Stillwell, District Attorney Harrison, John Burnett, Newspaper Editor Joe Crawford, Randall Torgen	1976
Gemini Man	Leonard Driscoll	1976

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

2001: The Making of a Myth	Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (archive footage) (uncredited)	2001
First Family	TV Commentator Howard	1980
Big Shamus, Little Shamus	Nelson Milgrim	1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	Lt. General Preston Myers	1979
B.J. and the Bear	Mr. Barclay	1978
Heaven Can Wait	Nuclear Reporter	1978
What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?	Kelly	1977
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Martin Dettman	1977
Quincy M.E.	Attorney David Stillwell, District Attorney Harrison, John Burnett, Newspaper Editor Joe Crawford, Randall Torgen	1976
Gemini Man	Leonard Driscoll	1976
Riding With Death	Leonard Driscoll	1976
The Hindenburg	Luftwaffe Colonel	1975
Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case		1975
Mobile One		1975
Switch	Ellis	1975
Caribe	Inspector Morane	1975
Busting	Mr. Weldman	1974
Get Christie Love!	Gleason	1974
The Six Million Dollar Man	Prescott, Frederick Collins	1974
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark	Tom Henderson	1973
Harry O	Ben Loretz, District Attorney, Minister	1973
Banacek	Dr. Stahl	1972
Cannon	Elliot Markham	1971
San Francisco International Airport	Colonel Wilkins	1970
The Lawyer	Paul Harrison	1970
McCloud	Jason Howard	1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.	Paul	1969
Beast of Morocco	Paul Carver	1968
2001: A Space Odyssey	Dr. Haywood R. Floyd	1968
The High Chaparral	Jack Simmons, Lafe Croswell	1967
You Only Live Twice	Pentagon Official	1967
The Baron	Nick	1966
The F.B.I.	Tom Barber	1965
Green Acres	Aide to the Governor, Dr. Hoffman, Lt. Olson, Pilot	1965
Mogul	Al Stevens, Brian Skinner	1965
Devils of Darkness	Paul Baxter	1965
Devil Doll	Mark English	1964
Shadow of Treason	Gordon Lonsdale	1964
The Sentimental Agent	Shaw	1963
Man in the Dark	Paul Gregory	1963
Incident at Midnight	Vince Warren	1963
The Saint	Foots Fortunati, Ralph Damien	1962
Information Received	Rick Hogan	1961
Gorgo	Sam	1961
The Devil Inside	Steve Ross	1961
Danger Man	James Carpenter	1960
Bonanza	Horace Kingston, Mr. Cambeau	1959
Whirlpool	Herman	1959
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre	Vince Warren	1959
Dublin Nightmare	John Kevin	1958
High Tide at Noon	Alec Douglas	1957
Armchair Theatre	Ed Norman, Sergeant O'Hara	1956
Postmark for Danger	Dave Forrester	1955
The Unholy Four	Philip Vickers	1954
Break to Freedom	Texas	1953
House of Blackmail	Jimmy	1953
Raiders in the Sky	Mac	1953
The Yellow Balloon	Len	1953
Rheingold Theatre	Henry Jefferson	1953
Give Us This Day	Giovanni (as Bill Sylvester)	1949
The Devil-Doll		1936