Harold Sylvester
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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Movies (29)
A Place for Heroes
2014 · Gary
Night Club
2011 · Grim Interviewer
For One Night
2006 · Mr. Howard
Missing Brendan
2004 · Stan Wade
On Hallowed Ground: Streetball Champions of Rucker Park
2000 · Writer
Trippin'
1999 · Willie Reed
Passing Glory
1999 · Writer
The 6th Man
1997 · James Tyler
Someone She Knows
1994 · Lt. Jack Emery
Corrina, Corrina
1994 · Frank
In the Deep Woods
1992 · George Dunaway
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
1991 · Gilbert
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
1990 · Art Regan
Double Your Pleasure
1989 · Sam
Hit List
1989 · Brian Armstrong
Innerspace
1987 · Pete Blanchard
Space Rage
1985 · Max Bryson
Vision Quest
1985 · Gene Tanneran
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Johnson
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Sergeant
An Officer and a Gentleman
1982 · Perryman
Inside Moves
1980 · Alvin Martin
Fast Break
1979 · D.C.
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977 · Doctor
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976 · Rider
Sounder, Part 2
1976 · Nathan
Alex & the Gypsy
1976 · First Goon
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974 · Sam (uncredited)
Night of the Strangler
1972 · Jim Bunch
TV shows (29)
The Pitt
2025 · Willie Alexander
Caso Cerrado
2003 · Tom Lincoln
CSI: Miami
2002 · Joshua Keating, Fred Dorsey
City of Angels
2000 · Writer
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · Phelps
The Army Show
1998 · Col. John Henchy
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Cop
Moesha
1996 · Aaron
NYPD Blue
1993 · Story, Teleplay
Shaky Ground
1992 · Russell
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989 · John Lucas
A Different World
1987 · Woodson Wayne
The Tracey Ullman Show
1987
Married... with Children
1987 · Griff
If Tomorrow Comes
1986 · Al
The Comedy Factory
1985 · Granville
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · Hindsman
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Blaster Boyle
Hunter
1984 · Leon Cooley
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Walking Tall
1981
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Wheels
1978 · Rollie Knight
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Hal Borden
What's Happening!!
1976 · Lew Bonner
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Tollombe