Scott Wilson
Known for 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.
Filmography
The Last Samurai
2003
as Ambassador Swanbeck
Pearl Harbor
2001
as George Marshall
The Host
2006
as Douglas
Big Stan
2007
as Warden Gasque
Judge Dredd
1995
as Pa Angel
Hostiles
2017
as Cyrus Lounde
Monster
2003
as Horton / Last "John"
The Exorcist III
1990
as Dr. Temple
The Animal
2001
as Mayor
G.I. Jane
1997
as C.O. Salem
In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Harvey Oberst
Dead Man Walking
1995
as Chaplain Farley
The Great Gatsby
1974
as George Wilson
Junebug
2005
as Eugene
The Heartbreak Kid
2007
as Boo
The Right Stuff
1983
as Scott Crossfield
Young Guns II
1990
as Governor Lewis Wallace
The Way of the Gun
2000
as Hale Chidduck
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Redondo
The Walking Dead: The Return
2024
as Hershel Greene (archive footage)