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Scott Wilson

Born March 29, 1942 in Thomasville, Georgia, USADied October 6, 201869 films

Scott Wilson (March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018) was an American film and television actor.

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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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The Last Samurai posterFirst watchThe Last Samurai20037.6as Ambassador SwanbeckNathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Pearl Harbor poster6.9Pearl Harbor2001Monster poster7.2Monster2003The Host poster7.0The Host2006In the Heat of the Night poster7.7In the Heat of the Night1967Hostiles poster7.0Hostiles2017Dead Man Walking poster7.3Dead Man Walking1995The Right Stuff poster7.4The Right Stuff1983G.I. Jane poster6.5G.I. Jane1997

Filmography

69 films as actor
  1. 2017HostilesCyrus Lounde
  2. 2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's WalkingHershel Greene (voice)
  3. 2013Too Far GoneHershel Green
  4. 2013Dorfman in LoveWinston Cooke Sr.
  5. 2011FiveBill (Older)
  6. 2010Radio Free AlbemuthPresident Fremont
  7. 2009For Sale by OwnerDoktor Banks
  8. 2009Saving Grace B. JonesReverend Potter
  9. 2007Big StanWarden Gasque
  10. 2007The Heartbreak KidBoo
  11. 2006Open WindowEddie
  12. 2006Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie VernonEugene
  13. 2006The Sensation of SightTucker
  14. 2006The HostDouglas
  15. 2006Saving ShilohJudd Travers
  16. 2006Come Early MorningLowell Fowler
  17. 2005JunebugEugene
  18. 2003MonsterHorton / Last "John"
  19. 2003The Last SamuraiAmbassador Swanbeck
  20. 2002I Was a Teenage FaustMinion
  21. 2002Don't Let GoJimmy Ray Stevens
  22. 2002CoastlinesPa Mann
  23. 2002Bark!Harold
  24. 2001The AnimalMayor
  25. 2001Pearl HarborGeorge Marshall
  26. 2000The Way of the GunHale Chidduck
  27. 2000South of Heaven, West of Hell
  28. 1999The Debtors
  29. 1999Shiloh 2: Shiloh SeasonJudd Travers
  30. 1999The Jack BullGovernor
  31. 1998Clay PigeonsSheriff Dan Mooney
  32. 1998PrideJoseph Berry Keenan
  33. 1997G.I. JaneC.O. Salem
  34. 1997Our God's BrotherAdam Chmielowski, Brother Albert
  35. 1996ShilohJudd Travers
  36. 1996The Grass HarpEugene Fenwick
  37. 1995Dead Man WalkingChaplain Farley
  38. 1995Soul SurvivorsBradley Facemeyer
  39. 1995Judge DreddPa Angel
  40. 1995Tall Tale: The Unbelievable AdventureZeb
  41. 1995MotherDr. Chase
  42. 1993Geronimo: An American LegendRedondo
  43. 1993Flesh and BoneElliot
  44. 1993Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold StoryVernon Presley
  45. 1991Pure LuckFrank Grimes
  46. 1991Femme FataleDr. Beaumont
  47. 1990The Exorcist IIIDr. Temple
  48. 1990Young Guns IIGovernor Lewis Wallace
  49. 1990The Cross of IberiaJohnson
  50. 1989Johnny HandsomeMikey Chalmette
  51. 1988JesseSam Maloney
  52. 1988The TrackerJohn 'Red Jack' Stillwell
  53. 1987MalonePaul Barlow
  54. 1986Blue CityPerry Kerch
  55. 1985The AviatorJerry Stiller
  56. 1984On the LineMitch
  57. 1984A Year of the Quiet SunNorman
  58. 1983The Right StuffScott Crossfield
  59. 1980The Ninth ConfigurationCapt. Billy Cutshaw
  60. 1979The IllegalPolice officer
  61. 1976The Passover PlotJudah
  62. 1974The Great GatsbyGeorge Wilson
  63. 1973Lolly-Madonna XXXThrush Feather
  64. 1972The New CenturionsGus
  65. 1971The Grissom GangSlim Grissom
  66. 1969The Gypsy MothsMalcolm Webson
  67. 1969Castle KeepCpl. Clearboy
  68. 1967In Cold BloodRichard 'Dick' Hickcock
  69. 1967In the Heat of the NightHarvey Oberst