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