As per our current Database, William Sylvester has been died on January 25, 1995(1995-01-25) (aged 72)\nSacramento, California, U.S..
When William Sylvester die, William Sylvester was 72 years old.
| Popular As | William Sylvester |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 72 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | January 31, 1922 ( Oakland, California, United States) |
| Birthday | January 31 |
| Town/City | Oakland, California, United States |
| Nationality | United States |
William Sylvester’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
William Sylvester was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Sylvester was born in Oakland, California, the son of Italian immigrant Joseph Silvester (1899-1941) and his American wife, Gertrude Bailey Silvester (1898-1957). He served in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War. He settled in Britain after the war to pursue his interest in professional acting. He became a staple of British B films at a time when American and Canadian actors were much in demand in order to give indigenous films some appeal in the United States. While in the UK, he married British Actress Veronica Hurst.
As a result, he gained top billing in one of his very first films, House of Blackmail (1953), directed by the veteran filmmaker Maurice Elvey, for whom he also made What Every Woman Wants the following year. He also starred in such minor films as A Stranger Came Home (1954, for Hammer), Dublin Nightmare (1958), Offbeat (1960), Information Received (1961), Incident at Midnight, Ring of Spies and Blind Corner (all 1963). There were also lead roles in four British horror films — Gorgo (1960), Devil Doll (1963), Devils of Darkness (1964) and The Hand of Night (1966). Among his many television credits were a 1959 BBC version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (playing Mark Antony), The Saint, The Baron, The High Chaparral, Harry O, Danger Man, The Six Million Dollar Man and Quincy, M.E.
His other film work included an uncredited role in You Only Live Twice (1967). In spite of his prominent role for Kubrick, Sylvester's film career never prospered and he appeared mainly on television and in small roles in movies such as Busting (1974), The Hindenburg (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He retired from acting in the early 1980s and died in Sacramento, California in on January 25, 1995, six days before his 73rd birthday.
