Harold Sylvester
Acting • Born 1949-02-10
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.
Filmography
53 credits
An Officer and a Gentleman
Movie • 1982
Perryman
Vision Quest
Movie • 1985
Gene Tanneran
Uncommon Valor
Movie • 1983
Johnson
The 6th Man
Movie • 1997
James Tyler
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Movie • 1976
Rider
Fast Break
Movie • 1979
D.C.
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Movie • 1977
Doctor
Hit List
Movie • 1989
Brian Armstrong
Space Rage
Movie • 1985
Max Bryson
For One Night
Movie • 2006
Mr. Howard
Corrina, Corrina
Movie • 1994
Frank
Someone She Knows
Movie • 1994
Lt. Jack Emery
Innerspace
Movie • 1987
Pete Blanchard
Alex & the Gypsy
Movie • 1976
First Goon
Double Your Pleasure
Movie • 1989
Sam
In the Deep Woods
Movie • 1992
George Dunaway
Night Club
Movie • 2011
Grim Interviewer
Inside Moves
Movie • 1980
Alvin Martin
Night of the Strangler
Movie • 1972
Jim Bunch
Missing Brendan
Movie • 2004
Stan Wade
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Movie • 1991
Gilbert
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
Movie • 1990
Art Regan
Sounder, Part 2
Movie • 1976
Nathan
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Movie • 1974
Sam (uncredited)
Trippin'
Movie • 1999
Willie Reed
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Blaster Boyle
A Different World
TV • 1987
Woodson Wayne
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Joshua Keating
The Tracey Ullman Show
TV • 1987
What's Happening!!
TV • 1976
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV • 1989
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Tom Lincoln
Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976
Hal Borden
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Phelps
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV • 1977
Moesha
TV • 1996
Aaron
Hunter
TV • 1984
Leon Cooley
The Army Show
TV • 1998
Col. John Henchy
Shaky Ground
TV • 1992
Russell
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
TV • 1978
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
TV • 1977
Walking Tall
TV • 1981
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Cop
Married... with Children
TV • 1987
Griff
The Atlanta Child Murders
TV • 1985
Hindsman
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Tollombe
Wheels
TV • 1978
Rollie Knight
The Comedy Factory
TV • 1985
Granville
If Tomorrow Comes
TV • 1986
Al
The Pitt
TV • 2025
Willie Alexander
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Fred Dorsey