Scott Hylands
Also Known As: Scott Hyland, Scott Hylands Douglas
Biography: Scott Hylands is a Canadian stage, film and television actor, best known for playing Detective Kevin 'O. B.' O'Brien on the television police drama series Night Heat from 1985 to 1989. He's a graduate with a BA in Theatre and English from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, in 1964. After moving to the USA, he became one of the original company members of the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, California, appearing in over 20 productions. Over the next 15 years, he accumulated an impressive and long list of credits in Los Angeles based film and television as well as a strong profile in the theatre community, appearing often at the Mark Taper Forum, the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival, and Theatricum Bottanicum. He returned to Canada in 1981, kept working in theatres across Canada, and appeared in innumerable film and television projects.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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Birthday: January 01, 1943
Age: 82 years old
Gender: Male
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Decoy
Overview: Baxter and Travis are two guys hired to protect a millionaire's daughter from bad guys.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-19
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Ordeal in the Arctic
Overview: Everybody expected military flight Boxtop 22 from Thule into the vast frozen wilderness of Canada's North Western territories to be boring routine, but in a matter of minutes a crash reduces Gulf War veteran pilot Captain John Couch's crew and passengers to ever-growing despair. First they consider themselves relatively lucky as 14 out of 18 aboard are alive, including Captain Wilma De Groot, a medical doctor, but as time progresses the merciless cold makes it seem hopeless to check on Bob and Sue, who cannot be moved near the only campfire, while rescue attempts on land from Alert ('only' about 10 miles) and by air from Edmonton (8 hours flying) take no less then 32 hours to reach the plane wreck...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-15
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Death Hunt
Overview: Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.
Genres: Action Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-15
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Just the Way You Are
Overview: When a professional matchmaker’s own marriage loses its spark, she seeks to recharge the relationship by asking her husband out on a blind date. As Mother’s Day approaches and their romance starts to rekindle, she wonders if her career-driven husband will finally learn to put his family’s needs before his job.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-09
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The Boys in Company C
Overview: Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they purposely lose a soccer game against a South Vietnamese team, they can spend the rest of their tour playing exhibition games behind the lines.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-02-02
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Freezer Burn: The Invasion of Laxdale
Overview: Disguised as executives from a Dutch Oil Company, Aliens from outer space buy a local farming company and promise to create jobs for the failing farming town. Their goal is to use crop circles to heat up the temperature of the earth and eventually turn the entire planet into a Club-Med for extra-terrestrials.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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The Visitor
Overview: In this off-beat romance, a grad student rents a house for three weeks to do her research. Soon after arriving, she discovers the house is haunted by a handsome and interesting ghost. Eventually the spirit and the student fall in love. During their affair, they teach each other much about their different backgrounds. In time the woman finds herself confused by the bizarre affair. To save her sanity, she escapes from the house.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-01
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Ba'al
Overview: A world-renowned archaeologist must reawaken the storm god Ba'al by collecting four ancient amulets scattered around the world. As each amulet is uncovered, Ba'al's fury threatens to destroy everything in its path with the most powerful storm mankind has ever seen.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure TV Movie Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-13
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Beyond the Black Rainbow
Overview: Deep within the mysterious Arboria Institute, a disturbed and beautiful girl is held captive by a doctor in search of inner peace. Her mind controlled by a sinister technology. Silently, she waits for her next session with deranged therapist Dr. Barry Nyle. If she hopes to escape, she must journey through the darkest reaches of The Institute, but Nyle wonʼt easily part with his most gifted and dangerous creation.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-12-03
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To Catch a Killer
Overview: "To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-15
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Anna's Storm
Overview: When a barrage of meteors hurtles through the atmosphere straight for Mayor Anna McPherson's town, Anna must lead the desperate fight to save the town and her family from the flaming balls of destruction shooting down from the sky.
Genres: Action Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-02
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Freefall: Flight 174
Overview: True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-10-10
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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Overview: A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-05-13
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The Accidental Witness
Overview: A murderer goes after a female attorney when he thinks that she has witnessed one of his killings.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Earth II
Overview: In the near future, a space station dubbed Earth II is built for the purpose of scientific research and world peace. However, that peace is shattered when the Chinese send up a nuclear bomb that is orbiting just a few miles away from the station. Can the crew disarm the bomb before it detonates, not only destroying the station but setting off World War III?
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-28
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Isaac Littlefeathers
Overview: A young half-breed boy, the son of a hockey player and an Indian woman, is adopted by a Jewish shopkeeper, but finds himself torn between the different cultures with which he comes into contact.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-07
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Cleaverville
Overview: A life-time criminal is on the run after completing a diamond theft gone wrong. She seeks her mother's help in staying on the run and resist the urge to reconnect with her daughter.
Genres: Drama Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-12
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Time and Again
Overview: When Anna Malone finds an old music box hidden in a house she is renovating, she has no idea the joys, sorrows, and hidden dangers it will bring.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-05
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The Hamster Cage
Overview: Lucy and Paul return to their childhood home for a celebration dinner when their Uncle Stan shows up with inappropriate gifts for all, and a way-too-young fiancée named Candy. Once the gifts are unwrapped, all Hell breaks loose.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-29
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Terror on the Beach
Overview: When their campsite is vandalized by troublemakers, a family fights fire with fire.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-09-18
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Bittersweet Love
Overview: A pregnant woman and her husband discover they are half-brother and half-sister, thanks to his father and her mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-01
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Coming Out Alive
Overview: A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.
Genres: Action Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-27
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The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant
Overview: A young doctor fresh out of medical school takes a job at a big-city hospital, and on his first day finds himself making life-and-death decisions.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-13
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The Horses of McBride
Overview: When Nicki finds two horses stranded deep in the Rocky Mountain snow, she makes it her mission to find a way to get them to safety. With no other options, she picks up a shovel and starts to dig out the mile-long path, inspiring her father, Matt, and the rest of the community to join together and save the horses in the spirit of Christmas.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-02
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Fools
Overview: A horror actor falls in love with the unhappily married young wife of an attorney.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-12-23
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The Oasis
Overview: A plane crash in the Mexican desert leaves a small group of survivors who are desperate for food and water. Fearing that they may never be found where they are, they head for where it is hoped there will be civilization and rescue. When their hopes prove unfounded, they must face the horrible possibility of choosing between giving up and dying, or doing the unthinkable to survive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-02
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Tom, Dick and Harriet
Overview: When Tom loses his job at an advertising agency, he enlists a youthful con-man to help save his career.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-20
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Operation Snafu
Overview: World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.
Genres: War Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-03
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Black River
Overview: Burned-out Hollywood screenwriter Bo Aikens (Jay Mohr) is fed up with life in Los Angeles. He heads out of the hustle and bustle of the big city and arrives in picturesque Black River in Northern California, seeking relaxation and artistic inspiration. In small, idyllic Black River, nearly everyone is happy, contented, and welcoming of strangers. But despite the beautiful setting, Bo begins to feel unsettled after several disturbing incidents. He discovers that all of his money has been transferred to a bank account in Black River, and a house has been purchased for him by someone on "his" instructions.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller TV Movie Action Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-06
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The Halfback of Notre Dame
Overview: A high school halfback must choose between the gridiron dreams of his football coach father, and his own dream of becoming a musician.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-21
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The Winds of Kitty Hawk
Overview: The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-17
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Dear Joan: We're Going to Scare You to Death
Overview: Joan Crawford plays a widow named Joan Fairchild who stumbles upon a group of ESP enthusiasts that decide to use their abilities to scare her to death. Extended version of an episode of the series "The Sixth Sense". This was Joan Crawford's last acting role. Aired Sep 30, 1972.
Genres: Mystery Horror Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-30
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Shock-Trauma
Overview: Dr. R. Adams Cowley, the Baltimore physician who pioneered medicine's first shocktrauma unit, fights hospital bureaucracy to gain recognition for his center.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-27
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With This Ring
Overview: A romantic comedy about various engaged couples and their families who, as wedding dates rapidly approach, are caught up in a whirlwind of emotional crises, from past loves and parental pressure to social and financial obligations.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-05
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The Lady's Not for Burning
Overview: A war-weary soldier who wants to die tries to convince a zealous cleric to accuse him of witchcraft and hang him instead of a beautiful condemned woman already accused of witchcraft who wants to live.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-18
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Miracle on Interstate 880
Overview: A man attempts to rescue people trapped on the I-880 bridge after the top half collapses during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-22
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Moonlight Becomes You
Overview: At a party in Manhattan, Maggie Holloway—one of the fashion world’s most successful photographers—is thrilled to be reunited with her beloved stepmother. A widow now, Nuala Moore is equally delighted to see her long-lost stepdaughter, and she invites Maggie to spend a few weeks at her home in Newport, Rhode Island. But when Maggie arrives, she finds Nuala murdered, apparently by a burglar. Heartbroken, Maggie is stunned to learn she had inherited Nuala’s stunning Victorian home...and horrified when she begins to suspect that Nuala’s death was not random, but part of a diabolical plot conceived by a twisted mind.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-11
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Larry Kent: The Man Who Shot Horses with Green Tails
Overview: Detailing the life and cinematic oeuvre of Canadian filmmaker Larry Kent, featuring interviews with Susan Sarandon and Dave Foley.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-09
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The Glass House
Overview: Adapted from a story by Truman Capote ("In Cold Blood"), the world of the prison convict is open to the viewer. As the story develops, one thing becomes clear. As in the outside world, there is a "system"; and just as on the outside, there is accommodation, honesty, cynicism, violence and all the other factors that make up our society. The film follows the three newcomers, it records the grim, terrifying, sometimes fascinating events that occur.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-02-04
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Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Overview: During World War II, Archbishop Angelo Roncalli attempts to save Jews in Italy from Nazi exterminators.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-21
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36 Hours to Die
Overview: Treat Williams stars in this drama as the owner of a brewing company who refuses to knuckle under when gangsters make threats against him, his business, and his family. With the help of his wife and his uncle, he's able to outsmart and outmuscle the crooks. Carroll O'Connor and Kim Cattrall are featured in the supporting cast.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-04-11
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Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage
Overview: Tony Hawk's Boom Boom HuckJam arrives in the town of Lincolville and bumps a crummy circus. The evil circus ringleader, Grimley, exacts his revenge by kidnapping Tony and jacking the HuckJam. Tony's only hope is a bunch of local skater punks.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-12
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Last Chance Cafe
Overview: After uncovering evidence that her stepfather was murdered by her D.A. ex-husband and a ring of corrupt cops, a young woman is forced to flee with her daughter. She winds up hiding in a small, rural town, and things take a turn for the better when she falls head over heels for a local ranch owner -- but is danger still hot on her tail? Stay tuned!
Genres: Crime Family Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-13
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Convictions
Overview: It has been nine years since Bancroft's character shot Brown's son. She goes to the prison to vent her rage at him over what he did, and discovers he's not the monster she thought he was.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-10
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Have You Seen My Son
Overview: A woman fears for her son's health when her ex-husband kidnaps him.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-08
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Jennifer: A Woman’s Story
Overview: The widow of a wealthy shipbuilder tries to hold onto his business and becomes involved with boardroom intrigue in her bitter struggle to maintain control of the company. Based on British TV series "The Foundation." Pilot to a prospective series.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-05
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Elsewhere
Overview: A man does everything in his power to keep ownership of a seaside cottage he built with his late wife.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-24
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A Ring by Spring
Overview: One woman's unexpected race to the altar teaches her a whole new meaning to marriage.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-08
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Earthquake
Overview: Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-15
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Slipstream
Overview: A reclusive Albertan DJ runs his popular pirate radio station in a remote farmhouse but begins to feel pressure from his romantic relationship with a fan and his producer who wants more mainstream content.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Song of the Succubus
Overview: The leader of a rock group is haunted by the ghost of a music star who took her own life at the turn of the century.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-07
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Becoming Redwood
Overview: A quirky coming of age story about an 11-year-old boy named Redwood who dreams that if he can beat Jack Nicklaus at the 1975 Master's of golf he'll reunite his parents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-28
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The Advocate's Devil
Overview: A charismatic basketball star (Holt McCallany) is accused of rape. A lawyer (Ken Olin) in need of a big win is brought in to get the star off. The lawyer wins the case, but along the way he discovers that the player may not be as innocent as he leads on to the public. Then things get worse when he discovers the player has led his teen-age daughter to a hotel room for a "special" birthday party for her.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-05
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Knockout
Overview: Outsider and new kid Matthew desperately wants to join his high school's boxing team, but resident bully and boxing champion Hector stands in his way. Facing constant torment, Matthew finds an unlikely ally in Dan, the school's janitor and one-time amateur boxer. Together, they train for the biggest boxing match of Matthew's life and discover what it truly means to be a winner.
Genres: Action Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-05
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