Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 29, 1942
Place of Birth:
Thomasville, Georgia, USA
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Scott Wilson
Biography
Scott Wilson (March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018) was an American film and television actor.
Wilson has more than 50 film credits from the 1960s to the 2010s, including In the Heat of the Night, In Cold Blood, The Great Gatsby, Dead Man Walking, Pearl Harbor, and Junebug.In 1980, Wilson received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his role in The Ninth Configuration.From 2011 to 2013, Wilson was a main cast member on the AMC television series, The Walking Dead,in which he played veterinarian and Greene family patriarch Hershel Greene. Wilson was well-known especially for his recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as casino mogul Sam Braun, the father of investigator Catherine Willows.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Walking Dead: The Return | Hershel Greene (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Hostiles | Cyrus Lounde |
| 2017 | The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking | Hershel Greene (voice) |
| 2013 | Dorfman in Love | Winston Cooke Sr. |
| 2011 | Five | Bill (Older) |
| 2010 | Radio Free Albemuth | President Fremont |
| 2009 | For Sale By Owner | Doktor Banks |
| 2009 | Saving Grace B. Jones | Reverend Potter |
| 2007 | Big Stan | Warden Gasque |
| 2007 | The Heartbreak Kid | Boo |
| 2006 | Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | Eugene |
| 2006 | Open Window | Eddie |
| 2006 | Come Early Morning | Lowell Fowler |
| 2006 | Saving Shiloh | Judd Travers |
| 2006 | The Sensation of Sight | Tucker |
| 2006 | The Host | Douglas |
| 2005 | Junebug | Eugene |
| 2003 | The Last Samurai | Ambassador Swanbeck |
| 2003 | Monster | Horton / Last "John" |
| 2002 | Coastlines | Pa Mann |
| 2002 | Don't Let Go | Jimmy Ray Stevens |
| 2002 | Bark! | Harold |
| 2002 | I Was a Teenage Faust | Minion |
| 2001 | The Animal | Mayor |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | George Marshall |
| 2000 | The Way of the Gun | Hale Chidduck |
| 2000 | South of Heaven, West of Hell | |
| 1999 | Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | Judd Travers |
| 1999 | The Jack Bull | Governor |
| 1999 | The Debtors | |
| 1998 | Clay Pigeons | Sheriff Dan Mooney |
| 1998 | Pride | Joseph Berry Keenan |
| 1997 | Our God's Brother | Adam Chmielowski, Brother Albert |
| 1997 | G.I. Jane | C.O. Salem |
| 1996 | Shiloh | Judd Travers |
| 1996 | The Grass Harp | Eugene Fenwick |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking | Chaplain Farley |
| 1995 | Judge Dredd | Pa Angel |
| 1995 | Soul Survivors | Bradley Facemeyer |
| 1995 | Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure | Zeb |
| 1995 | Mother | Dr. Chase |
| 1993 | Flesh and Bone | Elliot |
| 1993 | Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story | Vernon Presley |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | Redondo |
| 1991 | Pure Luck | Frank Grimes |
| 1991 | Femme Fatale | Dr. Beaumont |
| 1990 | The Exorcist III | Dr. Temple |
| 1990 | Young Guns II | Governor Lewis Wallace |
| 1990 | La cruz de Iberia | Johnson |
| 1989 | Johnny Handsome | Mikey Chalmette |
| 1988 | The Tracker | John 'Red Jack' Stillwell |
| 1988 | Jesse | Sam Maloney |
| 1987 | Malone | Paul Barlow |
| 1986 | Blue City | Perry Kerch |
| 1985 | The Aviator | Jerry Stiller |
| 1984 | A Year of the Quiet Sun | Norman |
| 1984 | On the Line | Mitch |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Scott Crossfield |
| 1980 | The Ninth Configuration | Capt. Billy Cutshaw |
| 1979 | The Illegal | Police officer |
| 1976 | The Passover Plot | Judah |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | George Wilson |
| 1973 | Lolly-Madonna xxx | Thrush Feather |
| 1972 | The New Centurions | Gus |
| 1971 | The Grissom Gang | Slim Grissom |
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths | Malcolm Webson |
| 1969 | The Sky Divers | Self |
| 1969 | Castle Keep | Cpl. Clearboy |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | Harvey Oberst |
| 1967 | In Cold Blood | Richard 'Dick' Hickcock |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The OA | Abel Johnson |
| 2016 | Damien | John Lyons |
| 2015 | Bosch | Dr. Guyot |
| 2014 | Linkers: Codes Secrets | |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead | Hershel Greene |
| 2010 | Justified | Frank Reasoner |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sam Braun |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Rev. Orison |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Ben Chaney |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | (segment "Quarantine") |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |