Cast & creator
Harold Sylvester
Best known for CSI: Miami, CSI: Miami, The Pitt
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.
Also known as: Гарольд Сильвестр
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film credits
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television credits
55
1972–2025 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (60)
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CSI: Miami
Joshua Keating
2002CSI: Miami
Fred Dorsey
2002
The Pitt
Willie Alexander
2025
Married... with Children
Griff
1987
Murder, She Wrote
Blaster Boyle
1984
Malcolm in the Middle
Phelps
2000
NYPD Blue
Story
1993NYPD Blue
Teleplay
1993
Cold Case
Tom Lincoln
2003
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Cop
1996
Quincy, M.E.
Hal Borden
1976
Hill Street Blues
1981
The Six Million Dollar Man
Tollombe
1974
A Different World
Woodson Wayne
1987
Moesha
Aaron
1996
Hunter
Leon Cooley
1984
Doogie Howser, M.D.
John Lucas
1989
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
The Tracey Ullman Show
1987
What's Happening!!
Lew Bonner
1976
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
The Comedy Factory
Granville
1985
City of Angels
Writer
2000
An Officer and a Gentleman
Perryman
1982
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977
Uncommon Valor
Johnson
1983
If Tomorrow Comes
Al
1986
Innerspace
Pete Blanchard
1987
Shaky Ground
Russell
1992
The Atlanta Child Murders
Hindsman
1985
Vision Quest
Gene Tanneran
1985
Wheels
Rollie Knight
1978
Corrina, Corrina
Frank
1994
The Army Show
Col. John Henchy
1998
Walking Tall
1981
The 6th Man
James Tyler
1997
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Sam (uncredited)
1974
In the Deep Woods
George Dunaway
1992
In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing
Art Regan
1990
Inside Moves
Alvin Martin
1980
Someone She Knows
Lt. Jack Emery
1994
Alex & the Gypsy
First Goon
1976
A Place for Heroes
Gary
2014
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Doctor
1977
Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story
Gilbert
1991
Night of the Strangler
Jim Bunch
1972
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
Rider
1976
Hit List
Brian Armstrong
1989
Space Rage
Max Bryson
1985
Trippin'
Willie Reed
1999
Sounder, Part 2
Nathan
1976
For One Night
Mr. Howard
2006
Passing Glory
Writer
1999
Fast Break
D.C.
1979
Uncommon Valor
Sergeant
1983
Double Your Pleasure
Sam
1989
Night Club
Grim Interviewer
2011
Missing Brendan
Stan Wade
2004On Hallowed Ground: Streetball Champions of Rucker Park
Writer
2000