Person

Scott Wilson

Acting · 1942–2018 · Thomasville, Georgia, USA

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.

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  Law & Order

  Ben Chaney

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  CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  Sam Braun

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  The Walking Dead

  Hershel Greene

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  The X-Files

  Rev. Orison

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  Bosch

  Dr. Guyot

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  Golden Globe Awards

  Self - Nominee

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  Justified

  Frank Reasoner

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  The Twilight Zone

  (segment "Quarantine")

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  The OA

  Abel Johnson

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  The Last Samurai

  Ambassador Swanbeck

• 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)
• 2010The Walking DeadHershel Greene
• 2010JustifiedFrank Reasoner
• 2010Radio Free AlbemuthPresident Fremont
• 2009For Sale by OwnerDoktor Banks
• 2009Saving Grace B. JonesReverend Potter
• 2007Big StanWarden Gasque
• 2007The Heartbreak KidBoo
• 2006Open WindowEddie
• 2006Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie VernonEugene
• 2006The Sensation of SightTucker
• 2006The HostDouglas
• 2006Saving ShilohJudd Travers
• 2006Come Early MorningLowell Fowler
• 2005JunebugEugene
• 2003MonsterHorton / Last "John"
• 2003The Last SamuraiAmbassador Swanbeck
• 2002I Was a Teenage FaustMinion
• 2002Don't Let GoJimmy Ray Stevens
• 2002CoastlinesPa Mann
• 2002Bark!Harold
• 2001The AnimalMayor
• 2001Pearl HarborGeorge Marshall
• 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSam Braun
• 2000The Way of the GunHale Chidduck
• 2000South of Heaven, West of Hell
• 1999The Debtors
• 1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh SeasonJudd Travers
• 1999The Jack BullGovernor
• 1998Clay PigeonsSheriff Dan Mooney
• 1998PrideJoseph Berry Keenan
• 1997G.I. JaneC.O. Salem
• 1997Our God's BrotherAdam Chmielowski, Brother Albert
• 1996ShilohJudd Travers
• 1996The Grass HarpEugene Fenwick
• 1996E! True Hollywood Story
• 1995Dead Man WalkingChaplain Farley
• 1995Soul SurvivorsBradley Facemeyer
• 1995Judge DreddPa Angel
• 1995Tall Tale: The Unbelievable AdventureZeb
• 1995MotherDr. Chase
• 1993Geronimo: An American LegendRedondo
• 1993Flesh and BoneElliot
• 1993The X-FilesRev. Orison
• 1993Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold StoryVernon Presley
• 1991Pure LuckFrank Grimes
• 1991Femme FataleDr. Beaumont
• 1990Law & OrderBen Chaney
• 1990The Exorcist IIIDr. Temple
• 1990Young Guns IIGovernor Lewis Wallace
• 1990The Cross of IberiaJohnson
• 1989Johnny HandsomeMikey Chalmette
• 1988JesseSam Maloney
• 1988The TrackerJohn 'Red Jack' Stillwell
• 1987MalonePaul Barlow
• 1986Blue CityPerry Kerch
• 1985The Twilight Zone(segment "Quarantine")
• 1985The AviatorJerry Stiller
• 1984On the LineMitch
• 1984A Year of the Quiet SunNorman
• 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
• 1969Castle KeepCpl. Clearboy
• 1969The Sky DiversSelf
• 1967In Cold BloodRichard 'Dick' Hickcock
• 1967In the Heat of the NightHarvey Oberst
• 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee