William Sylvester

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William Sylvester as Dr. Heywood Floyd.
William Sylvester as Dr. Heywood Floyd.

William Sylvester (January 31, 1922January 25, 1995) was an American TV and film actor. Among his film credits was Dr. Heywood Floyd in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey. He can also be seen in a brief cameo as a German Luftwaffe officer at the beginning of The Hindenburg (1975). He co-starred in three films that were later featured on the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000: Riding with Death, Devil Doll, and Gorgo (which led to the creation of a host segment in the latter episode concerning a "William Sylvester Edition" of Trivial Pursuit)

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