William Sylvester

William Sylvester

William Sylvester (January 31, 1922 – January 25, 1995) was an American TV and film actor. His most famous film credit was Dr. Heywood Floyd in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968). Born in Oakland, California and married at one time to the British actress Veronica Hurst, he moved to England after the Second World War and 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 US. 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 The 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 TV credits were a 1959 BBC version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (playing Mark Antony), The Saint, The Baron, The High Chaparral, Harry O and The Six Million Dollar Man. His later films included You Only Live Twice (1967) and, back in the USA after his prominent role for Kubrick, Busting (1973), The Hindenburg (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He died in Sacramento, California in 1995, aged 72.

  • Title: William Sylvester
  • Popularity: 3.197
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1922-01-31
  • Place of Birth: Oakland, California, USA
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  • Also Known As: William R. Sylvester
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William Sylvester Movies

  • 1968
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    2001: A Space Odyssey

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    8.1 1968 HD

    Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most...

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  • 1973
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    Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

    Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

    6.1 1973 HD

    A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.

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  • 1961
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    Gorgo

    Gorgo

    5.4 1961 HD

    Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up.

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  • 1964
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    Devil Doll

    Devil Doll

    4.6 1964 HD

    An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.

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  • 1975
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    The Hindenburg

    The Hindenburg

    6.281 1975 HD

    Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of...

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  • 1980
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    First Family

    First Family

    3 1980 HD

    When the First Daughter is kidnapped by an African tribe, the President must do what he can to keep them from sacrificing her.

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  • 1968
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    The Hand of Night

    The Hand of Night

    5.1 1968 HD

    A tourist travelling through Morocco discovers an ancient curse and must choose between light and dark.

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  • 2001
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    2001: The Making of a Myth

    2001: The Making of a Myth

    6.5 2001 HD

    The making of Stanley Kubrick's classic space epic, presented by James Cameron, including unseen footage.

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  • 1965
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    Devils of Darkness

    Devils of Darkness

    4.9 1965 HD

    A secret vampire cult, which has its headquarters beneath the town cemetery, searches for victims for its human sacrifice rituals.

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  • 1974
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    Busting

    Busting

    6.2 1974 HD

    Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.

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  • 1949
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    Give Us This Day

    Give Us This Day

    5.9 1949 HD

    Exiled from Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in...

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  • 1964
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    Blind Corner

    Blind Corner

    5 1964 HD

    Paul Gregory (William Sylvester) is an accomplished composer despite his blindness, and his beautiful wife Anne (Barbara Shelley) seems to be the...

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  • 1954
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    The Stranger Came Home

    The Stranger Came Home

    5.5 1954 HD

    Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business...

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  • 1961
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    Offbeat

    Offbeat

    6.1 1961 HD

    When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner...

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  • 1957
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    High Tide at Noon

    High Tide at Noon

    6 1957 HD

    After returning home to a rugged island near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local bigwig, struggles to choose between three eligible bachelors...

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  • 1955
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    Portrait of Alison

    Portrait of Alison

    6.1 1955 HD

    An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

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  • 1953
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    House of Blackmail

    House of Blackmail

    6 1953 HD

    A blackmailer is murdered, and the police find that there is a long list of suspects who wanted to see him dead.

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  • 1958
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    Dublin Nightmare

    Dublin Nightmare

    5.5 1958 HD

    Loot goes missing in robbery double-cross. Gang members, an ex-lover and a handsome stranger are left to sort it out.

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  • 1959
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    Whirlpool

    Whirlpool

    6.2 1959 HD

    The ex-girlfriend of a German fugitive hides with the captain and crew of a ship on the Rhine.

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  • 1961
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    Information Received

    Information Received

    1 1961 HD

    Drama of an underworld double-cross as a man and woman set a death trap from which only one could possibly escape.

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  • 1958
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    The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

    The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

    1 1958 HD

    When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court...

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  • 1964
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    Ring of Spies

    Ring of Spies

    6.9 1964 HD

    The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research...

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  • 2013
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    The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'

    The 9th Wonder of the World: The Making of 'Gorgo'

    7 2013 HD

    Retrospective documentary on the making of Gorgo (1961).

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  • 1963
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    Incident at Midnight

    Incident at Midnight

    6 1963 HD

    In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with the gang leader.

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  • 1953
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    The Yellow Balloon

    The Yellow Balloon

    5.6 1953 HD

    A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.

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  • 1995
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    Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

    Roger Moore: A Matter of Class

    6 1995 HD

    The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews with the actor, his family and acquaintances.

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  • 1976
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    Riding with Death

    Riding with Death

    2.6 1976 HD

    Agent Sam Casey is in a satellite explosion and the radiation turns him invisible. He gets a watch that keeps him visible, and he uses it to switch...

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  • 1968
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    The Syndicate

    The Syndicate

    1 1968 HD

    Two vehicles lurch across the east African bush, carrying an ill-assorted party of prospectors who have formed a syndicate to search for uranium...

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  • 1970
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    The Challengers

    The Challengers

    5 1970 HD

    Racers compete in the Grand Prix.

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  • 1954
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    What Every Woman Wants

    What Every Woman Wants

    6 1954 HD

    Young couple Mark and Jane are forced to thrash out marital problems in a borrowed room in Jane’s parents’ tiny house. Meanwhile,...

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  • 1953
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    Appointment in London

    Appointment in London

    6.2 1953 HD

    Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will...

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  • 1968
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    Red and Blue

    Red and Blue

    6 1968 HD

    Musical short, filmed for the abandoned portmanteau film Red, White and Zero (1967).

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  • 1953
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    Albert R.N.

    Albert R.N.

    7.2 1953 HD

    The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy...

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  • 1950
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    They Were Not Divided

    They Were Not Divided

    5.9 1950 HD

    The film begins in a WW II training depot of a British Guards armoured regiment where recruits from many walks of life learn to survive the strict...

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  • 1970
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    The Lawyer

    The Lawyer

    5.6 1970 HD

    Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroiled in a murder case.

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  • 1978
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    Heaven Can Wait

    Heaven Can Wait

    6.6 1978 HD

    Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him...

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  • 1965
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    Green Acres

    Green Acres

    7.303 1965 HD

    Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by...

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  • 1965
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    The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

    5.4 1965 HD

    The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the...

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  • 1976
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    Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

    7.5 1976 HD

    Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

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  • 1979
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    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

    6.9 1979 HD

    20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him in suspended animation for 500 years. Upon returning...

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  • 1969
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    Marcus Welby, M.D.

    Marcus Welby, M.D.

    6.5 1969 HD

    Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert...

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  • 1977
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    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

    The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

    7 1977 HD

    The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC. The series starred Parker Stevenson and Shaun...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1971
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    Cannon

    Cannon

    6.5 1971 HD

    Cannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26, 1971 to March 3, 1976. The primary protagonist is the...

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  • 1974
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    Harry O

    Harry O

    4.6 1974 HD

    After being shot in the line of duty, Harry Orwell was forced to retire from the San Diego Police Department. To supplement his police pension, Harry...

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  • 1963
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    The Sentimental Agent

    The Sentimental Agent

    5.5 1963 HD

    The Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was produced in the United Kingdom in 1963 by Associated...

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  • 1975
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    Switch

    Switch

    6.7 1975 HD

    Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a...

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  • 1967
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    The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

    6.5 1967 HD

    The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971....

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  • 1970
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    McCloud

    McCloud

    7.1 1970 HD

    Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a...

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  • 1976
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    Gemini Man

    Gemini Man

    6.9 1976 HD

    Sam Casey is an agent for INTERSECT, a government think-tank and operations center specializing in secret missions. While on a diving assignment, Sam...

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  • 1979
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    Big Shamus, Little Shamus

    Big Shamus, Little Shamus

    5 1979 HD

    Big Shamus, Little Shamus is an American detective drama series that aired on CBS from September 29, 1979 to October 6, 1979. The Series focused on...

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  • 1977
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    What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?

    What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?

    4.5 1977 HD

    Sam Ashley, a graduate of 1965 class of Bret Harte High School, who was now a teacher at the school, served as the narrator describing what had...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1973
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    The Magician

    The Magician

    6.7 1973 HD

    The Magician is an American television series that ran during the 1973–1974 season. It starred Bill Bixby as stage illusionist Anthony "Tony"...

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  • 1972
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    Banacek

    Banacek

    8.6 1972 HD

    Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the...

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  • 1974
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    The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

    7.238 1974 HD

    Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman...

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  • 1974
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    The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

    7.238 1974 HD

    Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent, employed by the OSI, under the command of Oscar Goldman...

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  • 1967
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    The High Chaparral

    The High Chaparral

    6.5 1967 HD

    The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971....

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