Cast & creator
Scott Wilson
Best known for Law & Order, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Walking Dead
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.
Also known as: William Delano Wilson
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film credits
12
television credits
83
1944–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (83)
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Law & Order
Ben Chaney
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Sam Braun
2000
The Walking Dead
Hershel Greene
2010
The X-Files
Rev. Orison
1993
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Bosch
Dr. Guyot
2015
Justified
Frank Reasoner
2010
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Quarantine")
1985
The OA
Abel Johnson
2016
The Last Samurai
Ambassador Swanbeck
2003
Pearl Harbor
George Marshall
2001
Judge Dredd
Pa Angel
1995
The Heartbreak Kid
Boo
2007
The Animal
Mayor
2001
Monster
Horton / Last "John"
2003
The Exorcist III
Dr. Temple
1990
The Host
Douglas
2006
Big Stan
Warden Gasque
2007
Dead Man Walking
Chaplain Farley
1995
G.I. Jane
C.O. Salem
1997
The Right Stuff
Scott Crossfield
1983
Hostiles
Cyrus Lounde
2017
Damien
John Lyons
2016
In the Heat of the Night
Harvey Oberst
1967
Young Guns II
Governor Lewis Wallace
1990
The Great Gatsby
George Wilson
1974
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Flesh and Bone
Elliot
1993
Geronimo: An American Legend
Redondo
1993
In Cold Blood
Richard 'Dick' Hickcock
1967
Pure Luck
Frank Grimes
1991
The Way of the Gun
Hale Chidduck
2000
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
Zeb
1995
The Ninth Configuration
Capt. Billy Cutshaw
1980
Junebug
Eugene
2005
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
Hershel Greene (voice)
2017
Clay Pigeons
Sheriff Dan Mooney
1998
Johnny Handsome
Mikey Chalmette
1989
Femme Fatale
Dr. Beaumont
1991
The Jack Bull
Governor
1999
The Walking Dead: The Return
Hershel Greene (archive footage)
2024
The New Centurions
Gus
1972
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Eugene
2006
The Grass Harp
Eugene Fenwick
1996
The Grissom Gang
Slim Grissom
1971
Come Early Morning
Lowell Fowler
2006
South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000
Castle Keep
Cpl. Clearboy
1969
The Gypsy Moths
Malcolm Webson
1969
The Aviator
Jerry Stiller
1985
Five
Bill (Older)
2011
Saving Grace B. Jones
Reverend Potter
2009
Lolly-Madonna XXX
Thrush Feather
1973
Open Window
Eddie
2006
The Sensation of Sight
Tucker
2006
The Tracker
John 'Red Jack' Stillwell
1988
Saving Shiloh
Judd Travers
2006
Blue City
Perry Kerch
1986
Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
Vernon Presley
1993
Malone
Paul Barlow
1987
Shiloh
Judd Travers
1996
I Was a Teenage Faust
Minion
2002
Dorfman in Love
Winston Cooke Sr.
2013
Radio Free Albemuth
President Fremont
2010
Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
Judd Travers
1999
Linkers: Codes Secrets
2014
Our God's Brother
Adam Chmielowski, Brother Albert
1997
For Sale by Owner
Doktor Banks
2009
A Year of the Quiet Sun
Norman
1984
Coastlines
Pa Mann
2002
Don't Let Go
Jimmy Ray Stevens
2002
The Debtors
1999
The Cross of Iberia
Johnson
1990
On the Line
Mitch
1984
Bark!
Harold
2002
Pride
Joseph Berry Keenan
1998
Too Far Gone
Hershel Green
2013
The Illegal
Police officer
1979
Soul Survivors
Bradley Facemeyer
1995
Mother
Dr. Chase
1995
The Sky Divers
Self
1969
The Passover Plot
Judah
1976
Jesse
Sam Maloney
1988