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








