Scott Wilson (born March 29, 1942) is an American film and television actor. Wilson has more than fifty film credits since the 1960s, 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. Wilson was a main cast member on the
AMC television series The Walking Dead, played from 2011 to 2014 in which he played
veterinarian and Greene family
patriarch Hershel Greene. Wilson had a
recurring role on as casino mogul Sam Braun, father of investigator
Catherine Willows.