Scott Wilson
Acting1942Thomasville, 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 History
2024
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Hershel Greene (archive footage)
2017
Hostiles
as Cyrus Lounde
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
as Hershel Greene (voice)
2015
Bosch
TVas Dr. Guyot• 3 eps
2013
Dorfman in Love
as Winston Cooke Sr.
2011
2010
Radio Free Albemuth
as President Fremont
2009
For Sale by Owner
as Doktor Banks
Saving Grace B. Jones
as Reverend Potter
2007
Big Stan
as Warden Gasque
The Heartbreak Kid
as Boo
2006
The Host
as Douglas
Saving Shiloh
as Judd Travers
Come Early Morning
as Lowell Fowler
Open Window
as Eddie
The Sensation of Sight
as Tucker
2005
Junebug
as Eugene
Law & Order
TVas Ben Chaney• 1 eps
2003
The Last Samurai
as Ambassador Swanbeck
Monster
as Horton / Last "John"
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
Clay Pigeons
as Sheriff Dan Mooney
Pride
as Joseph Berry Keenan
1997
G.I. Jane
as C.O. Salem
Our God's Brother
as Adam Chmielowski, Brother Albert
1996
1995
Judge Dredd
as Pa Angel
Dead Man Walking
as Chaplain Farley
Mother
as Dr. Chase
Soul Survivors
as Bradley Facemeyer
1993
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
as Vernon Presley
Flesh and Bone
as Elliot
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Redondo
1991
Pure Luck
as Frank Grimes
Femme Fatale
as Dr. Beaumont
1990
1989
Johnny Handsome
as Mikey Chalmette
1988
The Tracker
as John 'Red Jack' Stillwell
Jesse
as Sam Maloney
1987
Malone
as Paul Barlow
1986
Blue City
as Perry Kerch
The Twilight Zone
TVas (segment "Quarantine")• 1 eps
1985
The Aviator
as Jerry Stiller
1984
A Year of the Quiet Sun
as Norman
On the Line
as Mitch
1983
The Right Stuff
as Scott Crossfield
1981
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee• 1 eps
1980
The Ninth Configuration
as Capt. Billy Cutshaw
1979
The Illegal
as Police officer
1976
The Passover Plot
as Judah
1974
The Great Gatsby
as George Wilson
1973
Lolly-Madonna XXX
as Thrush Feather
1972
The New Centurions
as Gus
1971
The Grissom Gang
as Slim Grissom
1969
1967
In Cold Blood
as Richard 'Dick' Hickcock
In the Heat of the Night
as Harvey Oberst