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