Scott Wilson

Acting · Born 1942-03-29 in 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.

Filmography

• The Last Samurai as Ambassador Swanbeck
• Dead Man Walking as Chaplain Farley
• In the Heat of the Night as Harvey Oberst
• In Cold Blood as Richard 'Dick' Hickcock
• The Right Stuff as Scott Crossfield
• Pearl Harbor as George Marshall
• Hostiles as Cyrus Lounde
• Monster as Horton / Last "John"
• The Host as Douglas
• Johnny Handsome as Mikey Chalmette

TV

• The Walking Dead as Hershel Greene
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sam Braun
• The Twilight Zone as (segment "Quarantine")
• The X-Files as Rev. Orison
• Bosch as Dr. Guyot
• Justified as Frank Reasoner
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Law & Order as Ben Chaney
• The OA as Abel Johnson
• Damien as John Lyons