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.
Acting
TV
Malcolm in the Middle
as Phelps
2000
TV
CSI: Miami
as Joshua Keating
2002
TV
CSI: Miami
as Fred Dorsey
2002
Movie
Innerspace
as Pete Blanchard
1987
TV
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Cop
1996
Movie
An Officer and a Gentleman
as Perryman
1982
TV
Married... with Children
as Griff
1987
TV
The Pitt
as Willie Alexander
2025
Movie
Corrina, Corrina
as Frank
1994
TV
Murder, She Wrote
as Blaster Boyle
1984
TV
Cold Case
as Tom Lincoln
2003
TV
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Tollombe
1974
Movie
Uncommon Valor
as Johnson
1983
Movie
The 6th Man
as James Tyler
1997
Movie
Vision Quest
as Gene Tanneran
1985
TV
Hill Street Blues
1981
TV
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
TV
Quincy, M.E.
as Hal Borden
1976
TV
Hunter
as Leon Cooley
1984
TV
A Different World
as Woodson Wayne
1987
TV
Moesha
as Aaron
1996
TV
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
Movie
Inside Moves
as Alvin Martin
1980
TV
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977