Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 10, 1949
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana
Credits
58 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Pitt
Willie Alexander
A Place for Heroes
Gary
Night Club
Grim Interviewer
For One Night
Mr. Howard
Missing Brendan
Stan Wade
Cold Case
Tom Lincoln
CSI: Miami
Joshua Keating
On Hallowed Ground: Streetball Champions of Rucker Park
Writer
City of Angels
Writer
Malcolm in the Middle
Phelps
Trippin'
Willie Reed
Passing Glory
Writer
The Army Show
Col. John Henchy
The 6th Man
James Tyler
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Cop
Moesha
Aaron
Someone She Knows
Lt. Jack Emery
Corrina, Corrina
Frank
NYPD Blue
Story
Shaky Ground
Russell
In the Deep Woods
George Dunaway
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Gilbert
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
Art Regan
Double Your Pleasure
Sam
Doogie Howser, M.D.
John Lucas
Hit List
Brian Armstrong
A Different World
Woodson Wayne
Innerspace
Pete Blanchard
Married... with Children
Griff
The Tracey Ullman Show
If Tomorrow Comes
Al
Space Rage
Max Bryson
The Comedy Factory
Granville
Vision Quest
Gene Tanneran
The Atlanta Child Murders
Hindsman
Murder, She Wrote
Blaster Boyle
Hunter
Leon Cooley
Uncommon Valor
Johnson
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Uncommon Valor
Sergeant
An Officer and a Gentleman
Perryman
Walking Tall
Hill Street Blues
Inside Moves
Alvin Martin
Fast Break
D.C.
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Wheels
Rollie Knight
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Doctor
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries