Acting · Thomasville, Georgia, USA · Born March 29, 1942
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.
MovieThe Walking Dead: The Return
2024
as Hershel Greene (archive footage)
MovieHostiles
2017
as Cyrus Lounde
MovieThe Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017
as Hershel Greene (voice)
TVThe OA
2016
as Abel Johnson
TVDamien
2016
as John Lyons
TVBosch
2015
as Dr. Guyot
TVLinkers: Codes Secrets
2014
MovieDorfman in Love
2013
as Winston Cooke Sr.
MovieFive
2011
as Bill (Older)
TVThe Walking Dead
2010
as Hershel Greene
TVJustified
2010
as Frank Reasoner
MovieRadio Free Albemuth
2010
as President Fremont
MovieFor Sale by Owner
2009
as Doktor Banks
MovieSaving Grace B. Jones
2009
as Reverend Potter
MovieBig Stan
2007
as Warden Gasque
MovieThe Heartbreak Kid
2007
as Boo
MovieOpen Window
2006
as Eddie
MovieBehind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
2006
as Eugene
MovieThe Sensation of Sight
2006
as Tucker
MovieThe Host
2006
as Douglas
MovieSaving Shiloh
2006
as Judd Travers
MovieCome Early Morning
2006
as Lowell Fowler
MovieJunebug
2005
as Eugene
MovieMonster
2003
as Horton / Last "John"
MovieThe Last Samurai
2003
as Ambassador Swanbeck
MovieI Was a Teenage Faust
2002
as Minion
MovieDon't Let Go
2002
as Jimmy Ray Stevens
MovieCoastlines
2002
as Pa Mann
MovieBark!
2002
as Harold
MovieThe Animal
2001
as Mayor
MoviePearl Harbor
2001
as George Marshall
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Sam Braun
MovieThe Way of the Gun
2000
as Hale Chidduck
MovieSouth of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
MovieThe Debtors
1999
MovieShiloh 2: Shiloh Season
1999
as Judd Travers
MovieThe Jack Bull
1999
as Governor
MovieClay Pigeons
1998
as Sheriff Dan Mooney
MoviePride
1998
as Joseph Berry Keenan
MovieG.I. Jane
1997
as C.O. Salem
MovieOur God's Brother
1997
as Adam Chmielowski, Brother Albert
MovieShiloh
1996
as Judd Travers
MovieThe Grass Harp
1996
as Eugene Fenwick
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieDead Man Walking
1995
as Chaplain Farley
MovieSoul Survivors
1995
as Bradley Facemeyer
MovieJudge Dredd
1995
as Pa Angel
MovieTall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995
as Zeb
MovieMother
1995
as Dr. Chase
MovieGeronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Redondo
MovieFlesh and Bone
1993
as Elliot
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Rev. Orison
MovieElvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
1993
as Vernon Presley
MoviePure Luck
1991
as Frank Grimes
MovieFemme Fatale
1991
as Dr. Beaumont
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Ben Chaney
MovieThe Exorcist III
1990
as Dr. Temple
MovieYoung Guns II
1990
as Governor Lewis Wallace
MovieThe Cross of Iberia
1990
as Johnson
MovieJohnny Handsome
1989
as Mikey Chalmette
MovieJesse
1988
as Sam Maloney
MovieThe Tracker
1988
as John 'Red Jack' Stillwell
MovieMalone
1987
as Paul Barlow
MovieBlue City
1986
as Perry Kerch
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Quarantine")
MovieThe Aviator
1985
as Jerry Stiller
MovieOn the Line
1984
as Mitch
MovieA Year of the Quiet Sun
1984
as Norman
MovieThe Right Stuff
1983
as Scott Crossfield
MovieThe Ninth Configuration
1980
as Capt. Billy Cutshaw
MovieThe Illegal
1979
as Police officer
MovieThe Passover Plot
1976
as Judah
MovieThe Great Gatsby
1974
as George Wilson
MovieLolly-Madonna XXX
1973
as Thrush Feather
MovieThe New Centurions
1972
as Gus
MovieThe Grissom Gang
1971
as Slim Grissom
MovieThe Gypsy Moths
1969
as Malcolm Webson
MovieCastle Keep
1969
as Cpl. Clearboy
MovieThe Sky Divers
1969
as Self
MovieIn Cold Blood
1967
as Richard 'Dick' Hickcock
MovieIn the Heat of the Night
1967
as Harvey Oberst
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
