Scott Wilson - Actor Profile

Scott Wilson

50Movies
7.7 Best Rating

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.

Top Rated Movies

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2024 The Walking Dead: The Return Hershel Greene (archive footage) ★ 7.3 HIT
2017 Hostiles Cyrus Lounde ★ 6.9 HIT
2017 The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking Hershel Greene (voice) ★ 7.2 HIT
2013 Dorfman in Love Winston Cooke Sr. ★ 6.0 FLOP
2011 Five Bill (Older) ★ 7.1 HIT
2009 Saving Grace B. Jones Reverend Potter ★ 5.8 FLOP
2007 Big Stan Warden Gasque ★ 6.6 HIT
2007 The Heartbreak Kid Boo ★ 5.7 FLOP
2006 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon Eugene ★ 6.5 HIT
2006 The Sensation of Sight Tucker ★ 7.0 HIT
2006 The Host Douglas ★ 7.0 HIT
2006 Saving Shiloh Judd Travers ★ 6.4 FLOP
2006 Come Early Morning Lowell Fowler ★ 5.4 FLOP
2005 Junebug Eugene ★ 6.5 HIT
2003 Monster Horton / Last "John" ★ 7.2 HIT
2003 The Last Samurai Ambassador Swanbeck ★ 7.6 HIT
2002 I Was a Teenage Faust Minion ★ 5.5 FLOP
2002 Don't Let Go Jimmy Ray Stevens ★ 6.0 FLOP
2001 Pearl Harbor George Marshall ★ 6.9 HIT
2000 The Way of the Gun Hale Chidduck ★ 6.3 FLOP
1999 Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season Judd Travers ★ 5.8 FLOP
1999 The Jack Bull Governor ★ 6.4 FLOP
1998 Clay Pigeons Sheriff Dan Mooney ★ 6.2 FLOP
1997 G.I. Jane C.O. Salem ★ 6.5 HIT
1996 Shiloh Judd Travers ★ 5.7 FLOP
1996 The Grass Harp Eugene Fenwick ★ 5.8 FLOP
1995 Dead Man Walking Chaplain Farley ★ 7.3 HIT
1995 Judge Dredd Pa Angel ★ 5.8 FLOP
1995 Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure Zeb ★ 6.2 FLOP
1993 Geronimo: An American Legend Redondo ★ 6.3 FLOP
1993 Flesh and Bone Elliot ★ 6.0 FLOP
1991 Pure Luck Frank Grimes ★ 5.5 FLOP
1990 The Exorcist III Dr. Temple ★ 6.3 FLOP
1990 Young Guns II Governor Lewis Wallace ★ 6.5 HIT
1989 Johnny Handsome Mikey Chalmette ★ 6.3 FLOP
1988 Jesse Sam Maloney ★ 7.0 HIT
1988 The Tracker John 'Red Jack' Stillwell ★ 5.7 FLOP
1987 Malone Paul Barlow ★ 6.0 FLOP
1985 The Aviator Jerry Stiller ★ 5.7 FLOP
1984 A Year of the Quiet Sun Norman ★ 6.4 FLOP
1983 The Right Stuff Scott Crossfield ★ 7.4 HIT
1980 The Ninth Configuration Capt. Billy Cutshaw ★ 6.4 FLOP
1974 The Great Gatsby George Wilson ★ 6.3 FLOP
1973 Lolly-Madonna XXX Thrush Feather ★ 5.9 FLOP
1972 The New Centurions Gus ★ 6.6 HIT
1971 The Grissom Gang Slim Grissom ★ 6.6 HIT
1969 The Gypsy Moths Malcolm Webson ★ 6.0 FLOP
1969 Castle Keep Cpl. Clearboy ★ 5.7 FLOP
1967 In Cold Blood Richard 'Dick' Hickcock ★ 7.5 HIT
1967 In the Heat of the Night Harvey Oberst ★ 7.7 HIT