{"id":24905,"date":"2026-08-02T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24905"},"modified":"2026-08-02T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:43:00","slug":"night-heat-fargo-actor-was-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24905","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Night Heat&#8217; &#038; &#8216;Fargo&#8217; Actor Was 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/scott-hylands\/\" id=\"auto-tag_scott-hylands\" data-tag=\"scott-hylands\">Scott Hylands<\/a>, the actor known for playing Detective Kevin \u201cOB\u201d O\u2019Brien in <em>Night Heat<\/em>, has died. He was 83.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Canadian actor died on Wednesday, July 29, his cinematographer son Luke Hylands announced in a statement memorializing his \u201cforever hero and best friend\u201d on social media. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cHusband, Father, Actor, Director, Writer, Storyteller, Friend, and lover of life,\u201d he wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbeK-WGEnWj\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a>. \u201cI am heartbroken to share the news that my Dad Scott has passed away Wednesday night. Myself and my family are still trying to process this horrible loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLuke continued, \u201cThere simply are not enough words I can say about you right now. You are my forever hero and my best friend. Always and forever. I love you. Goodbye Dad. xo\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBorn Feb. 27, 1943 in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Scott Hylands Douglas was raised in British Columbia, where he studied zoology at University of British Columbia before transferring to theater arts. After college, he pursued acting in New York City, where he made his off-Broadway debut as the lead in a 1965 production of <em>Billy Liar<\/em>. He also performed with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco for several years before his onscreen debut in <em>Daddy\u2019s Gone A-Hunting<\/em> (1969).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe went on to appear in films like <em>Operation Snafu<\/em> (1970), <em>Fools<\/em> (1970), <em>Slipstream<\/em> (1973), <em>Earthquake<\/em> (1974), <em>Bittersweet Love<\/em> (1976) and <em>The Boys in Company \u201cC\u201d<\/em> (1978), as well as shows like <em>Griff<\/em>, <em>Kung Fu<\/em>, <em>The Magician<\/em>, <em>Wonder Woman<\/em>, <em>Police Story<\/em>, <em>The Waltons<\/em> and <em>Hart to Hart<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tUpon returning to Canada in the \u201980s, Hylands landed the role of Detective Kevin \u201cOB\u201d O\u2019Brien in the the CTV\/CBS police crime drama <em>Night Heat<\/em> from 1985 to \u201989. The actor was also known for playing Father Travis in ABC\u2019s <em>V<\/em> (2009-2011).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOver the years, Hylands also appeared on shows like <em>NYPD Blue<\/em>, <em>The Outer Limits<\/em>, <em>The X-Files<\/em>, <em>Stargate SG-1<\/em>, <em>Supernatural<\/em>, <em>Fargo<\/em>, <em>Heartland<\/em> and <em>Wynonna Earp<\/em>, as well as films like <em>Rememory<\/em> (2017) and <em>Elsewhere<\/em> (2019).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tScott Hylands is survived by wife Veronica, son Luke and daughter Rebecca.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<em>The Hollywood Reporter<\/em> was first to break the news of Hylands\u2019 death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Hylands, the actor known for playing Detective Kevin \u201cOB\u201d O\u2019Brien in Night Heat, has died. 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The Canadian actor died on Wednesday, July 29, his cinematographer son Luke Hylands announced in a statement memorializing his \u201cforever hero and best friend\u201d on social media. \u201cHusband, Father, Actor, Director, Writer, Storyteller, Friend, and lover&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/TBDNIHE_EC002.jpg?w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}