Harold Sylvester

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1949-02-10

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana

Harold Sylvester

Biography

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.

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Acting History

2025
The Pitt as Willie Alexander
2011
Night Club as Grim Interviewer
2006
For One Night as Mr. Howard
2004
Missing Brendan as Stan Wade
2003
Cold Case as Tom Lincoln
2002
CSI: Miami as Joshua Keating
2002
CSI: Miami as Fred Dorsey
2000
Malcolm in the Middle as Phelps
1999
Trippin' as Willie Reed
1998
The Army Show as Col. John Henchy
1997
The 6th Man as James Tyler
1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Cop
1996
Moesha as Aaron
1994
Someone She Knows as Lt. Jack Emery
1994
Corrina, Corrina as Frank
1992
Shaky Ground as Russell
1992
In the Deep Woods as George Dunaway
1991
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story as Gilbert
1990
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing as Art Regan
1989
Double Your Pleasure as Sam
1989
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
Hit List as Brian Armstrong
1987
A Different World as Woodson Wayne
1987
Innerspace as Pete Blanchard
1987
Married... with Children as Griff
1987
The Tracey Ullman Show
1986
If Tomorrow Comes as Al
1985
Space Rage as Max Bryson
1985
The Comedy Factory as Granville
1985
Vision Quest as Gene Tanneran
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders as Hindsman
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Blaster Boyle
1984
Hunter as Leon Cooley
1983
Uncommon Valor as Johnson
1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1982
An Officer and a Gentleman as Perryman
1981
Walking Tall
1981
Hill Street Blues
1980
Inside Moves as Alvin Martin
1979
Fast Break as D.C.
1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Wheels as Rollie Knight
1977
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich as Doctor
1977
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1976
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours as Rider
1976
Sounder, Part 2 as Nathan
1976
Quincy, M.E. as Hal Borden
1976
Alex & the Gypsy as First Goon
1976
What's Happening!!
1974
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman as Sam (uncredited)
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man as Tollombe
1972
Night of the Strangler as Jim Bunch