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.

Фільмографія

• 2013The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo' — Sam Slade (archive footage)
• 20012001: The Making of a Myth — Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1980First Family — TV Commentator Howard
• Big Shamus, Little Shamus — Nelson Milgrim
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Lt. General Preston Myers
• 1978Heaven Can Wait — Nuclear Reporter
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
• Gemini Man — Leonard Driscoll
• Quincy, M.E. — Joe Crawford
• 1976Riding with Death — Leonard Driscoll
• Switch — Ellis
• 1975The Hindenburg — Luftwaffe Colonel
• 1974Busting — Mr. Weldman
• Harry O
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Frederick Collins, Admiral Prescott
• 1973Don't Be Afraid of the Dark — Tom Henderson
• The Magician — Peter Hayden
• Banacek — Dr. Stahl
• Cannon
• McCloud
• San Francisco International Airport — Colonel Wilkins
• 1970The Challengers — Brad York
• 1970The Lawyer — Paul Harrison
• Marcus Welby, M.D. — Paul Berwick
• 19682001: Космічна Одіссея — Dr. Heywood Floyd
• 1968Red and Blue — Trumpeter
• 1968The Hand of Night — Paul Carver
• 1968The Syndicate — Burt Hickey
• 1967007: Живеш тільки двічі — Pentagon Official (uncredited)
• The High Chaparral — Jack Simmons, Lafe Croswell
• 1965Devils of Darkness — Paul Baxter
• Green Acres — Dr. Hoffman
• The F.B.I. — Tom Barber
• The Troubleshooters — Al Stevens
• 1964Blind Corner — Paul Gregory
• 1964Devil Doll — Mark English
• 1964Ring of Spies — Gordon Lonsdale
• 1963Incident at Midnight — Vince Warren
• The Saint — Foots Fortunati, Ralph Damien
• Drama 61-67 — Mark Lander
• 1961Gorgo — Sam Slade
• 1961Information Received — Rick Hogan
• 1961Offbeat — Layton / Steve Ross
• Danger Man — James Carpenter / Oscar Schumak
• 1959Whirlpool — Hermann
• 1958Dublin Nightmare — John Kevin
• 1958The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
• 1957High Tide at Noon — Alec Douglas
• Armchair Theatre — Ed Norman, Sergeant O'Hara
• 1955Portrait of Alison — Dave Forrester
• 1954The Unholy Four — Philip Vickers
• 1954What Every Woman Wants — Jim Barnes
• 1953Albert R.N. — Texas
• 1953Appointment in London — Mac
• 1953House of Blackmail — Jimmy
• 1953The Yellow Balloon — Len Turner
• 1950They Were Not Divided — American Soldier (uncredited)
• 1949Give Us This Day — Giovanni

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• 1995Roger Moore: A Matter of Class — Self (archive footage)