A veteran film, TV and stage performer, Gilyard was also a university professor and author.
In a rich and varied career that spanned five decades, Gilyard achieved success in film, television and on stage.
For film fans, he is perhaps best known for playing Theo, Hans Gruber’s cocky tech whiz in 1988’sIn the 1990s, Gilyard was a familiar face on primetime television, first as private investigator Conrad McMasters on theand then, in a career-defining role, as Ranger James Trivette in the long-running series
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