Portrait of Scott Wilson

Scott Wilson

Acting

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.

Born: March 29, 1942

Place of Birth: Thomasville, Georgia, USA

Filmography

2024
The Walking Dead: The Return

as Hershel Greene (archive footage)

2017
Hostiles

as Cyrus Lounde

2016
The OA

as Abel Johnson

2016
Damien

as John Lyons

2015
Bosch

as Dr. Guyot

2013
Dorfman in Love

as Winston Cooke Sr.

2011
Five

as Bill (Older)

2010
The Walking Dead

as Hershel Greene

2010
Justified

as Frank Reasoner

2010
Radio Free Albemuth

as President Fremont

2009
For Sale by Owner

as Doktor Banks

2009
Saving Grace B. Jones

as Reverend Potter

2007
Big Stan

as Warden Gasque

2006
Open Window

as Eddie

2006
The Host

as Douglas

2006
Saving Shiloh

as Judd Travers

2006
Come Early Morning

as Lowell Fowler

2005
Junebug

as Eugene

2003
Monster

as Horton / Last "John"

2003
The Last Samurai

as Ambassador Swanbeck

2002
Don't Let Go

as Jimmy Ray Stevens

2002
Coastlines

as Pa Mann

2002
Bark!

as Harold

2001
The Animal

as Mayor

2001
Pearl Harbor

as George Marshall

2000
The Way of the Gun

as Hale Chidduck

1999
1999
The Jack Bull

as Governor

1998
Clay Pigeons

as Sheriff Dan Mooney

1998
Pride

as Joseph Berry Keenan

1997
G.I. Jane

as C.O. Salem

1997
Our God's Brother

as Adam Chmielowski, Brother Albert

1996
Shiloh

as Judd Travers

1996
The Grass Harp

as Eugene Fenwick

1995
Dead Man Walking

as Chaplain Farley

1995
Soul Survivors

as Bradley Facemeyer

1995
Judge Dredd

as Pa Angel

1995
Mother

as Dr. Chase

1993
1993
The X-Files

as Rev. Orison

1991
Pure Luck

as Frank Grimes

1991
Femme Fatale

as Dr. Beaumont

1990
Law & Order

as Ben Chaney

1990
The Exorcist III

as Dr. Temple

1990
Young Guns II

as Governor Lewis Wallace

1990
1989
Johnny Handsome

as Mikey Chalmette

1988
Jesse

as Sam Maloney

1988
The Tracker

as John 'Red Jack' Stillwell

1987
Malone

as Paul Barlow

1986
Blue City

as Perry Kerch

1985
The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Quarantine")

1985
The Aviator

as Jerry Stiller

1984
On the Line

as Mitch

1983
The Right Stuff

as Scott Crossfield

1980
The Ninth Configuration

as Capt. Billy Cutshaw

1979
The Illegal

as Police officer

1976
1974
The Great Gatsby

as George Wilson

1973
Lolly-Madonna XXX

as Thrush Feather

1971
The Grissom Gang

as Slim Grissom

1969
The Gypsy Moths

as Malcolm Webson

1969
Castle Keep

as Cpl. Clearboy

1969
1967
In Cold Blood

as Richard 'Dick' Hickcock

1967
In the Heat of the Night

as Harvey Oberst

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee