1922-01-31 ( 103 years old ) in Oakland, California, USA
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.
Movies
2001: The Making of a Myth
2001-01-13
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995-11-16
First Family
1980-12-25
Heaven Can Wait
1978-06-28
Riding with Death
1976-01-01
The Hindenburg
1975-12-25
Busting
1974-02-27
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
1973-10-10
The Lawyer
1970-03-10
The Challengers
1970-02-20
The Syndicate
1968-09-16
The Hand of Night
1968-08-11
Red and Blue
1968-08-08
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968-04-02
Devils of Darkness
1965-05-01
Devil Doll
1964-09-01
Ring of Spies
1964-03-23
Blind Corner
1964-01-01
Incident at Midnight
1963-01-01
Information Received
1961-08-01
Gorgo
1961-02-02
Offbeat
1961-01-01
Whirlpool
1959-03-01
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1958-10-10
Dublin Nightmare
1958-10-01
High Tide at Noon
1957-04-30
Portrait of Alison
1955-11-29
The Stranger Came Home
1954-09-24
What Every Woman Wants
1954-06-10
Albert R.N.
1953-11-23
House of Blackmail
1953-07-13
Appointment in London
1953-02-17
The Yellow Balloon
1953-02-10
They Were Not Divided
1950-04-24
Give Us This Day
1949-10-14
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