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Scott Wilson

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Mar 29, 1942 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Thomasville, Georgia, USA

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

Acting
2024The Walking Dead: The ReturnHershel Greene (archive footage)
2017HostilesCyrus Lounde
2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's WalkingHershel Greene (voice)
2016The OAAbel Johnson
2016DamienJohn Lyons
2015BoschDr. Guyot
2014Linkers: Codes Secrets
2013Dorfman in LoveWinston Cooke Sr.
2011FiveBill (Older)
2010Radio Free AlbemuthPresident Fremont
2010The Walking DeadHershel Greene
2010JustifiedFrank Reasoner
2009For Sale by OwnerDoktor Banks
2009Saving Grace B. JonesReverend Potter
2007Big StanWarden Gasque
2007The Heartbreak KidBoo
2006Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie VernonEugene
2006Open WindowEddie
2006Come Early MorningLowell Fowler
2006Saving ShilohJudd Travers
2006The Sensation of SightTucker
2006The HostDouglas
2005JunebugEugene
2003The Last SamuraiAmbassador Swanbeck
2003MonsterHorton / Last "John"
2002CoastlinesPa Mann
2002Don't Let GoJimmy Ray Stevens
2002Bark!Harold
2002I Was a Teenage FaustMinion
2001The AnimalMayor
2001Pearl HarborGeorge Marshall
2000The Way of the GunHale Chidduck
2000South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSam Braun
1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh SeasonJudd Travers
1999The Jack BullGovernor
1999The Debtors
1998Clay PigeonsSheriff Dan Mooney
1998PrideJoseph Berry Keenan
1997Our God's BrotherAdam Chmielowski, Brother Albert
1997G.I. JaneC.O. Salem
1996ShilohJudd Travers
1996The Grass HarpEugene Fenwick
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1995Dead Man WalkingChaplain Farley
1995Judge DreddPa Angel
1995Soul SurvivorsBradley Facemeyer
1995Tall Tale: The Unbelievable AdventureZeb
1995MotherDr. Chase
1993Flesh and BoneElliot
1993Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold StoryVernon Presley
1993Geronimo: An American LegendRedondo
1993The X-FilesRev. Orison
1991Pure LuckFrank Grimes
1991Femme FataleDr. Beaumont
1990The Exorcist IIIDr. Temple
1990Young Guns IIGovernor Lewis Wallace
1990The Cross of IberiaJohnson
1990Law & OrderBen Chaney
1989Johnny HandsomeMikey Chalmette
1988The TrackerJohn 'Red Jack' Stillwell
1988JesseSam Maloney
1987MalonePaul Barlow
1986Blue CityPerry Kerch
1985The AviatorJerry Stiller
1985The Twilight Zone(segment "Quarantine")
1984A Year of the Quiet SunNorman
1984On the LineMitch
1983The Right StuffScott Crossfield
1980The Ninth ConfigurationCapt. Billy Cutshaw
1979The IllegalPolice officer
1976The Passover PlotJudah
1974The Great GatsbyGeorge Wilson
1973Lolly-Madonna XXXThrush Feather
1972The New CenturionsGus
1971The Grissom GangSlim Grissom
1969The Gypsy MothsMalcolm Webson
1969The Sky DiversSelf
1969Castle KeepCpl. Clearboy
1967In the Heat of the NightHarvey Oberst
1967In Cold BloodRichard 'Dick' Hickcock
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee