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Harold Sylvester

Harold Sylvester

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 10, 1949 (76)
Birthplace New Orleans, Louisiana
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 08, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harold Sylvester 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harold Sylvester, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Night Club

Night Club

2011

as Grim Interviewer

For One Night

For One Night

2006

as Mr. Howard

Missing Brendan

Missing Brendan

2004

as Stan Wade

The 6th Man

The 6th Man

1997

as James Tyler

Someone She Knows

Someone She Knows

1994

as Lt. Jack Emery

Corrina, Corrina

Corrina, Corrina

1994

as Frank

In the Deep Woods

In the Deep Woods

1992

as George Dunaway

Double Your Pleasure

Double Your Pleasure

1989

as Sam

Hit List

Hit List

1989

as Brian Armstrong

Innerspace

Innerspace

1987

as Pete Blanchard

Vision Quest

Vision Quest

1985

as Gene Tanneran

Space Rage

Space Rage

1985

as Max Bryson

Uncommon Valor

Uncommon Valor

1983

as Johnson

An Officer and a Gentleman

An Officer and a Gentleman

1982

as Perryman

Inside Moves

Inside Moves

1980

as Alvin Martin

Fast Break

Fast Break

1979

as D.C.

Sounder, Part 2

Sounder, Part 2

1976

as Nathan

Alex & the Gypsy

Alex & the Gypsy

1976

as First Goon

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974

as Sam (uncredited)

Night of the Strangler

Night of the Strangler

1972

as Jim Bunch

Passing Glory

Passing Glory

1999

Writer

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Married... with Children

as Griff

Episodes: 25

First Aired: Apr 05, 1987

Shaky Ground

as Russell

Episodes: 17

First Aired: Dec 27, 1992

The Army Show

as Col. John Henchy

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Sep 13, 1998

Mary

as Harry Dresden

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Dec 11, 1985

Wheels

as Rollie Knight

Episodes: 5

First Aired: May 07, 1978

A Different World

as Woodson Wayne

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 24, 1987

CSI: Miami

as Joshua Keating

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 23, 2002

The Atlanta Child Murders

as Hindsman

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 10, 1985

Murder, She Wrote

as Blaster Boyle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Cold Case

as Tom Lincoln

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2003

Quincy, M.E.

as Hal Borden

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

Malcolm in the Middle

as Phelps

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 2000

Hunter

as Leon Cooley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1984

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Cop

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1996

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Tollombe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 18, 1974

The Comedy Factory

as Granville

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 21, 1985

If Tomorrow Comes

as Al

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 16, 1986

Walking Tall

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jan 17, 1981

Hill Street Blues

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 15, 1981

The Tracey Ullman Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 05, 1987

What's Happening!!

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 05, 1976

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1989

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1983

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1977

Moesha

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1996

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1978

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 08, 1977

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