Harold Sylvester

Harold Sylvester (born February 10, 1949) is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying Griff on the sitcom Married... with Children.

Early life and education Harold Sylvester was born on February 10, 1949, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a graduate of New Orleans' St. Augustine High School. Turning down Harvard, Sylvester attended Tulane University on a basketball scholarship and graduated in 1972 with a degree in theater and psychology.

Career 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. Sylvester's other TV roles include the miniseries Wheels (1978), Barnaby Jones (season 8, episode 4, "A Desperate Pursuit"), the short-lived 1981 series Walking Tall, Today's F.B.I., Mary (1985), Shaky Ground, and A Different World as Dwayne Wayne's father, Woodson "Woodchuck" Wayne. The most recent TV show in which he starred was The Army Show. Sylvester had a recurring role on the TV series City of Angels. He has made guest appearances on shows, ranging from The Eddie Capra Mysteries to Hill Street Blues to Murder, She Wrote to NYPD Blue.

Sylvester's first Hollywood role was as Nathan, a lead character in Part 2, Sounder, the sequel to Sounder. His better-known film roles are in supporting roles in Fast Break (1979), An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), Uncommon Valor (1983), Innerspace (1987), and Corrina, Corrina (1994). Sylvester was a contract player for Universal Studios.

The Amistad Research Center of New Orleans, Louisiana, maintains a collection of Sylvester's papers that document his correspondence, film and television scripts, and materials reflecting his involvement with the Free Southern Theater and his Blue Bayou Productions Company.

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