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Scott Hylands Dead: 'Night Heat' & 'Fargo' Actor Was 83 5%
By Glenn Garner34%
8/1/2026, 5:01:32 PM
Keywords: Scott Hylands
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Loss Aversion, and Negativity Bias, with Representativeness Heuristic as the most egregious example at 22.2% saturation with 47 hits. Analysis detected 267 faulty-reasoning hits from 212 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 13.9% and a BS Rank of 5% (25,168 of 26,281 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 95.80% of the article peer group.
Scott Hylands, the actor known for playing Detective Kevin “OB” O’Brien in Night Heat, has died.
He was 83.
The Canadian actor died on Wednesday, July 29, his cinematographer son Luke Hylands announced in a statement memorializing his “forever hero and best friend” on social media.
“Husband, Father, Actor, Director, Writer, Storyteller, Friend, and lover of life,” he wrote on Instagram.
“I 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.”
He went on to appear in films like Operation Snafu (1970), Fools (1970), Slipstream (1973), Earthquake (1974), Bittersweet Love (1976) and The Boys in Company “C” (1978), as well as shows like Griff, Kung Fu, The Magician, Wonder Woman, Police Story, The Waltons and Hart to Hart.
Upon returning to Canada in the ’80s, Hylands landed the role of Detective Kevin “OB” O’Brien in the the CTV/CBS police crime drama Night Heat from 1985 to ’89.
The actor was also known for playing Father Travis in ABC's V (2009-2011).
Scott Hylands is survived by wife Veronica, son Luke and daughter Rebecca.
The Hollywood Reporter was first to break the news of Hylands’ death.
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