Film and TV actor also appeared in Walker, Texas Ranger before joining University of Nevada's theatre department.
He was a regular on TV shows "Matlock” and “Walker, Texas Ranger,” and in his later film career, he had roles in religiously themed dramas.
The college's film chair Heather Addison said: “Professor Gilyard was a beacon of light and strength for everyone around him. ”Whenever we asked him how he was, ...
The Die Hard and Top Gun actor - who became a film and theatre professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas' College of Fine Arts - has passed away ...
Gilyard was a performer, director, producer and a film and theater professor who taught acting for the stage and screen.
He made his film debut in Top Gun as Sundown, one of the elite fighter pilots.