In addition to soaps, Tylo has done several movie and television roles, including two seasons as Alcalde Luis Ramon in Zorro and as Dee Boot in Lonesome Dove.
Tylo was a full-time professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, teaching in the film department[3] of the College of Fine Arts.
He appeared in several productions at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre, most recently in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,[4] Twelfth Night[5] and Come Back, Little Sheba.
[citation needed] On October 18, 2007, nineteen year old Michael Tylo Jr. accidentally drowned in the family pool in Henderson, Nevada.
[8] The Clark County Coroner concluded that "the cause of death was drowning due to seizure disorder," and was ruled accidental.