Harold Sylvester

Acting · Writing

Born February 10, 1949, New Orleans, Louisiana

Harold Sylvester (born February 10, 1949) is an American film and television actor. Sylvester was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. A graduate of New Orleans' St. Augustine High School and Tulane University, Sylvester is best known for his role on the TV series Married... with Children as Griff, the co-worker and friend of Al Bundy at the shoe store. Harold's other TV roles include the short-lived 1981 series Walking Tall, Today's F.B.I., Mary, and Shaky Ground. The most recent TV show he starred in was The Army Show. Sylvester had a recurring role on the TV series City of Angels. His well known film roles are An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Uncommon Valor (1983), Innerspace (1987), Corrina, Corrina (1994), and Missing Brendan (2003). Sylvester has made guest appearances on shows, ranging from Hill Street Blues to Murder, She Wrote to NYPD Blue. Sylvester attended Tulane University on a basketball scholarship and graduated in 1972 with a degree in theater and psychology. He was the first African-American ever to receive an athletic scholarship from Tulane.

Filmography

• The Pitt — Willie Alexander
• 2014A Place for Heroes — Gary
• 2011Night Club — Grim Interviewer
• 2006For One Night — Mr. Howard
• 2004Missing Brendan — Stan Wade
• Cold Case — Tom Lincoln
• CSI: Miami — Joshua Keating, Fred Dorsey
• City of Angels — Writer
• Malcolm in the Middle — Phelps
• 2000On Hallowed Ground: Streetball Champions of Rucker Park — Writer
• 1999Passing Glory — Writer
• 1999Trippin' — Willie Reed
• The Army Show — Col. John Henchy
• 1997The 6th Man — James Tyler
• Moesha — Aaron
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Cop
• 1994Corrina, Corrina — Frank
• 1994Someone She Knows — Lt. Jack Emery
• NYPD Blue — Story, Teleplay
• 1992In the Deep Woods — George Dunaway
• Shaky Ground — Russell
• 1991Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story — Gilbert
• 1990In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing — Art Regan
• Doogie Howser, M.D. — John Lucas
• 1989Double Your Pleasure — Sam
• 1989Hit List — Brian Armstrong
• A Different World — Woodson Wayne
• 1987Innerspace — Pete Blanchard
• Married... with Children — Griff
• The Tracey Ullman Show
• If Tomorrow Comes — Al
• 1985Space Rage — Max Bryson
• The Atlanta Child Murders — Hindsman
• The Comedy Factory — Granville
• 1985Vision Quest — Gene Tanneran
• Hunter — Leon Cooley
• Murder, She Wrote — Blaster Boyle
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• 1983Uncommon Valor — Johnson
• 1983Uncommon Valor — Sergeant
• 1982An Officer and a Gentleman — Perryman
• Hill Street Blues
• Walking Tall
• 1980Inside Moves — Alvin Martin
• 1979Fast Break — D.C.
• The Eddie Capra Mysteries
• Wheels — Rollie Knight
• 1977A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich — Doctor
• The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
• 1976Alex & the Gypsy — First Goon
• Quincy, M.E. — Hal Borden
• 1976Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours — Rider
• 1976Sounder, Part 2 — Nathan
• What's Happening!! — Lew Bonner
• 1974The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman — Sam (uncredited)
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Tollombe
• 1972Night of the Strangler — Jim Bunch