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 (15)
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Hershel Greene (archive footage)
Hostiles
as Cyrus Lounde
Big Stan
as Warden Gasque
The Heartbreak Kid
as Boo
Monster
as Horton / Last "John"
The Animal
as Mayor
The Way of the Gun
as Hale Chidduck
Dead Man Walking
as Chaplain Farley
Pure Luck
as Frank Grimes
The Exorcist III
as Dr. Temple
Johnny Handsome
as Mikey Chalmette
The Great Gatsby
as George Wilson
The Grissom Gang
as Slim Grissom
In Cold Blood
as Richard 'Dick' Hickcock
In the Heat of the Night
as Harvey Oberst