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Scott Wilson was an American actor. He had more than 50 film credits, 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 William Peter Blatty's The Ninth Configuration. He played veterinarian Hershel Greene on the AMC television series The Walking Dead. He also had a recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as casino mogul Sam Braun, as well as a lead role on the Netflix series The OA as Abel Johnson.
Birth Name
William Delano Wilson
Born
Sunday, 29 March 1942
Died
Saturday, 06 October 2018
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hostiles | Cyrus Lounde | 2017 |
| Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders | Self / Dick | 2017 |
| The OA | Abel Johnson | 2016 |
| The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far | Hershel Greene / Self | 2016 |
| Damien | John Lyons | 2016 |
| Art of the Interview | Self | 2015 |
| Bosch | Dr. Guyot | 2014 |
| All Access Pass | Self | 2014 |
| Bonus Content | Self | 2013 |
| Dorfman in Love | Winston Cooke Sr. | 2012 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hostiles | Cyrus Lounde | 2017 |
| Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders | Self / Dick | 2017 |
| The OA | Abel Johnson | 2016 |
| The Walking Dead: The Journey So Far | Hershel Greene / Self | 2016 |
| Damien | John Lyons | 2016 |
| Art of the Interview | Self | 2015 |
| Bosch | Dr. Guyot | 2014 |
| All Access Pass | Self | 2014 |
| Bonus Content | Self | 2013 |
| Dorfman in Love | Winston Cooke Sr. | 2012 |
| Talking Dead | Self / Hershel Greene | 2011 |
| Enlightened | Marv | 2011 |
| Five | Bill (Older) | 2011 |
| Face Off | Self - Judge | 2011 |
| The Walking Dead | Hershel Greene | 2010 |
| Justified | Frank Reasoner | 2010 |
| The Playboy Morning Show | Self | 2010 |
| Radio Free Albemuth | President Fremont | 2010 |
| For Sale by Owner | Doktor Banks / Dr. Banks | 2009 |
| Saving Grace B. Jones | Reverend Potter | 2009 |
| Departures | Himself / Self | 2008 |
| Big Stan | Warden Gasque | 2007 |
| Open Window | Eddie / Eddie Delaney | 2006 |
| The Sensation of Sight | Tucker | 2006 |
| The Host | Douglas | 2006 |
| Saving Shiloh | Judd Travers | 2006 |
| Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | Eugene | 2006 |
| Come Early Morning | Lowell Fowler | 2006 |
| Junebug | Eugene | 2005 |
| Monster | Last "John" / Horton | 2003 |
| The Last Samurai | Ambassador Swanbeck | 2003 |
| Karen Sisco | Homer | 2003 |
| Don't Let Go | Jimmy Ray Stevens | 2002 |
| Coastlines | Pa Mann | 2002 |
| Bark! | Harold | 2002 |
| Puraido: Unmei no toki | Prosecutor Joseph B. Keenan | 2001 |
| The Animal | Mayor | 2001 |
| Pearl Harbor | George Marshall / General Marshall | 2001 |
| Robot Chicken | Hershel Greene | 2001 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sam Braun | 2000 |
| The Way of the Gun | Hale Chidduck | 2000 |
| South of Heaven, West of Hell | Clete Monroe | 2000 |
| The Debtors | 1999 | |
| Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | Judd Travers | 1999 |
| The Jack Bull | Governor | 1999 |
| Clay Pigeons | Sheriff Dan Mooney / Sheriff Mooney | 1998 |
| G.I. Jane | C.O. Salem | 1997 |
| Our God's Brother | Adam Chmielowski, Brother Albert | 1997 |
| Shiloh | Judd Travers | 1997 |
| Dead Man Walking | Chaplain Farley / Kaplan Farlely | 1996 |
| The Grass Harp | Eugene Fenwick | 1995 |
| Judge Dredd | Pa Angel | 1995 |
| Tall Tale | Zeb | 1995 |
| Mother | Dr. Chase | 1995 |
| Geronimo: An American Legend | Redondo | 1993 |
| Flesh and Bone | Elliot | 1993 |
| The X-Files | Rev. Orison | 1993 |
| Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story | Vernon Presley | 1993 |
| Our Hollywood Education | (voice) | 1992 |
| Pure Luck | Frank Grimes / Grimes | 1991 |
| Femme Fatale | Dr. Beaumont | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Ben Chaney | 1990 |
| The Exorcist III | Dr. Temple | 1990 |
| Young Guns II | Governor Lewis Wallace | 1990 |
| The Cross of Iberia | Johnson | 1990 |
| Johnny Handsome | Mikey Chalmette | 1989 |
| The Tracker | John 'Red Jack' Stillwell | 1988 |
| Jesse | Sam Maloney | 1988 |
| Malone | Paul Barlow | 1987 |
| Siskel & Ebert | Self | 1986 |
| Blue City | Perry Kerch | 1986 |
| The Twilight Zone | Matthew Foreman (segment "Quarantine") | 1985 |
| The Aviator | Jerry Stiller | 1985 |
| On the Line | Mitch | 1984 |
| A Year of the Quiet Sun | Norman | 1984 |
| The Right Stuff | Scott Crossfield | 1983 |
| The Ninth Configuration | Capt. Billy Cutshaw | 1980 |
| La ilegal | Police officer | 1979 |
| The Passover Plot | Judah | 1976 |
| The Great Gatsby | George Wilson | 1974 |
| Lolly-Madonna XXX | Thrush / Thrush Feather | 1973 |
| The New Centurions | Gus | 1972 |
| The Grissom Gang | Slim Grissom | 1971 |
| The Gypsy Moths | Malcolm Webson | 1969 |
| Castle Keep | Cpl. Clearboy | 1969 |
| In Cold Blood | Richard 'Dick' Hickcock / Dick | 1967 |
| In the Heat of the Night | Harvey Oberst | 1967 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1981 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture | Nominated |
