Known for Acting
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.
Born
March 29, 1942
Died
October 6, 2018 (age 76)
Birthplace
Thomasville, Georgia, USA
Filmography
70 films, 12 shows


The Walking Dead: The Return
2024 · 40m
country: United States
Stars of "The Walking Dead," Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira, walk down memory lane and visit iconic locations where pivotal moments between their characters, Rick and Michonne, were filmed.


Hostiles
2017 · 2h 14m
country: United States
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.


The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017 · 23m
country: United States
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich serve up hilarious Walking Dead-inspired satire in this special featuring the zany stop-motion animation of Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken.”


Dorfman in Love
2013 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Unknowingly trapped in her role as caretaker of her unappreciative family, a young single woman desperately needs to get her own life. When she volunteers to cat sit at her unrequited love's downtown L.A loft, her world, as she knows it, changes forever.


Five
2011 · 1h 27m
country: United States
An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.


Radio Free Albemuth
2010 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Record store clerk Nick Brady begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music company executive. Nick finds himself drawn into a dangerous political-mystical conspiracy of cosmic proportions.


For Sale by Owner
2009 · 1h 34m
country: United States
One man's journey to find his past leads him to discover the secret to one of America's most haunting mysteries.


Saving Grace B. Jones
2009 · 1h 56m
country: United States
In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family.


Big Stan
2007 · 1h 49m
country: United States
A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off inmates who want to hurt or love him.


The Heartbreak Kid
2007 · 1h 56m
country: United States
Eddie, the 40-year-old confirmed bachelor finally says "I do" to the beautiful and sexy Lila. But during their honeymoon in Mexico, the woman of his dreams turns out to be a total nightmare, and the guy who could never pull the trigger realizes he’s jumped the gun.


Open Window
2006 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The engagment between a struggling photographer and an assistant professor is marred by an act of violence.


Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
2006 · 1h 31m
country: United States
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.


The Sensation of Sight
2006 · 2h 14m
country: Unknown
An English teacher sells encyclopedias while searching for the meaning of life.


The Host
2006 · 2h
country: South Korea
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.


Saving Shiloh
2006 · 1h 30m
country: United States
In this third movie about Shiloh, Judd Travers is accused of killing a man he once fought in a bar. Everyone in the town consider Judd to be guilty except Marty Preston, but even him has some doubts. Trying to clear Judd's name Marty and his friend searches the woods to find the criminal.


Come Early Morning
2006 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A thirty-something southern woman searches for love, despite the burdens she carries with her.


Junebug
2005 · 1h 46m
country: United States
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop to meet his family in North Carolina. Madeleine's affluent lifestyle clashes with the family, but she befriends George's wide-eyed and pregnant sister-in-law, Ashley, who is nearing her due date. Through the family, Madeleine gains greater insight into George's character.


Monster
2003 · 1h 49m
country: United States
In 1989, prostitute Aileen Wuornos befriends and enters a relationship with a young woman named Selby. Determined to straighten out her life, Aileen's limited education lands her back on the corner. She's raped by a trick, who she kills. A string of murder and robbery follows that ultimately leads Aileen to becoming America's first female serial killer.


The Last Samurai
2003 · 2h 34m
country: United States
Nathan 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. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.


I Was a Teenage Faust
2002 · 1h 35m
country: United States
15 year old Brendan Willy hates himself for being un-cool when he falls in love with the girl of his dreams. Enter Mr. Five, a no good tempter from hell, which in his last attempt to ensnare a soul before being fried for eternity, transforms Brendan into the coolest kid in Indiana, only to find out that this contract isn't going to be easy at all.


Don't Let Go
2002 · 1h 27m
country: Unknown
Scott Wilson plays Jimmy Ray in 'Don't Let Go'. He's a Rockabilly star who's a legend both because of his great hits and because he gave up music very young when his brother was killed. Now, years later he has two sons and they have a band. Jimmy Ray is an alcoholic, still consumed by his grief and angry with his sons for wanting to play music. His wife, Katharine Ross, tries to mediate.


Coastlines
2002 · 1h 50m
country: United States
An ex-con returns to his Florida hometown after three years and becomes involved with the wife of his best friend, the local sheriff.


Bark!
2002 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Peter finds himself dumbfounded when a mysterious malady afflicts his wife… she thinks she’s a dog!


The Animal
2001 · 1h 23m
country: United States
When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a deranged scientist as half man and half animal. His newfound powers are awesome -- but their adverse side effects could take over his life. Now, Marvin must fight to control his crazy primal urges around his new squeeze, Rianna, and his rival, Sgt. Sisk, who both think he's one cool cat.


Pearl Harbor
2001 · 3h 3m
country: United States
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the two ace fighter pilots become entangled in a love triangle with beautiful Naval nurse Evelyn Johnson. But the rivalry between the friends-turned-foes is immediately put on hold when they find themselves at the center of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.


The Way of the Gun
2000 · 1h 59m
country: United States
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.


South of Heaven, West of Hell
2000 · 2h 11m
country: United States
Valentine Casey is a Marshal in the desolate Tucson territory of the early 1900s. On Christmas Eve, his outlaw family pays him a disturbing visit. He must confront the sins of his past. He and his partner, U.S. Christmas, journey through the desert to a small town that the ruthless Henry Clan has hit in order to save Casey's love, Adelyne.


The Debtors
1999 · 1h 30m
country: United States
The Debtors is a comedy about a group of people with various addictions who meet up at the tables in Las Vegas.


Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season
1999 · 1h 36m
country: United Kingdom
When Shiloh's abusive previous owner, Judd Travers, tries to retake Shiloh again, Ray tries to find a way to end the rivalry and open up the hidden kindness within the town drunk.


The Jack Bull
1999 · 1h 56m
country: United States
When the law fails to punish a fellow rancher that has abused his horses, a Wyoming horse trader sacrifices it all in a quest for justice.


Clay Pigeons
1998 · 1h 44m
country: Germany
Clay is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend, Earl, kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife, Amanda. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with the affair. Clay unknowingly befriends a serial killer named Lester Long who murders the widow in an attempt to "help" his "fishing buddy."


Pride
1998 · 2h 41m
country: Japan
Based on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of 1946–48, depicts Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo as a family man who fought to defend Japan and Asia from western colonialism but was ultimately hanged by a vengeful United States.


G.I. Jane
1997 · 2h 5m
country: United Kingdom
In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that would allow for the eventual integration of women into its combat services. The program begins with a single trial candidate, Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, who is chosen specifically for her femininity. O'Neil enters the grueling Navy SEAL training program under the command of Master Chief John James Urgayle, who unfairly pushes O'Neil until her determination wins his respect.


Our God's Brother
1997 · 2h 3m
country: Poland
In this adaptation of an historical play by Pope John Paul II, painter Albert Chmielowski decides to devote his life to helping the homeless.


Shiloh
1996 · 1h 33m
country: United States
An abused beagle runs away from his owner. On the road, he meets young Marty Preston and follows him home. The boy immediately forms a bond with the dog and names him Shiloh. His stern father won't let him keep the dog because it belongs to Judd Travers, a local hunter. After Shiloh is mistreated again, he runs away and returns to Marty. Knowing his father will once again make him bring Shiloh back to Judd, he makes a home for the dog in an old shed up the hill from the Prestons' house and hides him from his family. His secret is soon discovered when a stray attacks the dog one night and he must turn to his father for help.


The Grass Harp
1996 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s. Becoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.


Dead Man Walking
1995 · 2h 2m
country: United States
A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.


Soul Survivors
1995 · 1h 55m
country: United Kingdom
Otis Cooke is a DJ with a late-night American soul music programme in Liverpool. His favorite band, The Tallahassees, disbanded years ago, but their biggest hit, "Pickin' Up the Pieces," was never released in England. The film recounts Cooke's adventures and misadventures as he travels to the U.S., finds the band members, and convinces them to get back together for a reunion tour of the U.K and the release of their old songs on CD.


Judge Dredd
1995 · 1h 36m
country: United States
In a dystopian future where Judges maintain law and order by acting as judge, jury, and executioner, Dredd fights to prove his innocence after being falsely accused of murder.


Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995 · 1h 38m
country: United States
A young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When Daniel Hackett sees his father Jonas gravely wounded by the villainous Stiles, his first urge is for his family to flee the danger, and give up their life on a farm which Daniel has come to despise anyway. Going alone to a lake to try to decide what to do, he falls asleep on a boat and wakes to find himself in the wild west, in the company of such "tall tale" legends as Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Calamity Jane. Together, they battle the same villains Daniel is facing in his "real" world, ending with a heroic confrontation in which the boy stands up to Stiles and his henchmen, and rallies his neighbors to fight back against land grabbers who want to destroy their town.


Mother
1995 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Weisser is a young college bound man whose future is threatened when his mother interferes with his love life and a pending scholarship. He also discovers that his mother's best friend wishes to get closer to him, even if it means murder.


Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 · 1h 55m
country: United States
The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.


Flesh and Bone
1993 · 2h 6m
country: United States
Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumatic past that eats away at him returns when he meets Kay Davies, a woman connected to the bloody event. Against all odds, Arlis and Kay fall in love; however, when his father, Roy, reappears in his life -- with the coldhearted Ginnie in tow -- Arlis must deal with his past demons.


Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story
1993 · 1h 32m
country: United States
The story of the relationship between Elvis Presley and his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, from its beginnings in 1955 right the way through until Presley's death on August 16, 1977.


Pure Luck
1991 · 1h 36m
country: United States
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist, knowing that the girl has an ultra bad luck, persuades her father to send to Mexico one of his employees, an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.


Femme Fatale
1991 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A worried artist tries to locate his wife who suddenly abandoned him only to discover that she led a secret life - or two. He proceeds to investigate her past and stirs up a hornet's nest.


The Exorcist III
1990 · 1h 50m
country: United States
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.


Young Guns II
1990 · 1h 44m
country: United States
Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett.


The Cross of Iberia
1990 · 1h 34m
country: Spain
A U.S. Army pilot's liberal ideals are challenged when he is stationed at a newly installed military base in Spain, under Franco's regime.


Johnny Handsome
1989 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.


Jesse
1988 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Based on the true story of a caring nurse whose work in Death Valley was challenged by the state.


The Tracker
1988 · 1h 38m
country: United States
After a series of vicious crimes by a renegade group of cowboys, led by "Red Jack" Stilwell, a legendary tracker, Noble Adams is pulled out of retirement to capture Stilwell, dead or alive. Reluctantly, needing more men, he allows his son, Tom to tag along, revealing to Tom a whole brutal side of ruthlessness Noble thought he left behind.


Malone
1987 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Erstwhile C.I.A. assassin Richard Malone hopes for a tranquil retirement in the placid Pacific Northwest, but what he gets is a rumble with a right-wing extremist plotting a secret revolution.


Blue City
1986 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own hands and go up against a ruthless local mob boss in a desperate search to find the killer.


The Aviator
1985 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.


On the Line
1984 · 1h 41m
country: United States
A Border Patrol agent is determined to catch his old nemesis, an American criminal who successfully smuggles illegal aliens across the border from Mexico.


A Year of the Quiet Sun
1984 · 1h 50m
country: Poland
Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...


The Right Stuff
1983 · 3h 13m
country: United States
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.


The Ninth Configuration
1980 · 1h 58m
country: United States
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.


The Illegal
1979 · 1h 42m
country: Mexico
Deceived over and over again by the whole world, a woman does not want to give up in the face of life's adversities.


The Passover Plot
1976 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Yeshua of Nazareth carefully plans his own crucifixion — and subsequent resurrection — to strengthen his political position against the Roman occupation of Palestine.


The Great Gatsby
1974 · 2h 24m
country: United States
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.


Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973 · 1h 43m
country: United States
In the early 1970s, a young woman passing through rural Tennessee unintentionally gets caught in a feud between two local neighboring clans, the Feathers and the Gutshalls.


The New Centurions
1972 · 1h 43m
country: United States
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.


The Grissom Gang
1971 · 2h 8m
country: United States
Violent crime caper set in 1930s Kansas in which a gang kidnap an heiress and attempt to recover a ransom. However, the scheme is jeopardised when the leader falls in love with their beautiful captive.


The Gypsy Moths
1969 · 1h 47m
country: United States
Three skydivers and their travelling thrill show barnstorm through a small midwestern town one Fourth of July weekend.


Castle Keep
1969 · 1h 45m
country: United States
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.


The Sky Divers
1969 · 15m
country: United States
A behind-the-scenes, promotional short about the making of the feature film The Gypsy Moths (1969), which extensively features free fall skydiving.


In Cold Blood
1967 · 2h 14m
country: United States
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.


In the Heat of the Night
1967 · 1h 49m
country: United States
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.