Scott Wilson obit

"The Walking Dead" actor Scott Wilson dies at 76

He was not on the list.

Actor Scott Wilson, a veteran actor with 50 years of credits who most recently appeared in "The Walking Dead," has died, the show said. He was 76.

On Saturday, "The Walking Dead" showrunner Angela Kang revealed during the show's New York Comic-Con panel that Wilson was set to reprise his role as Hershel on the new season, Entertainment Tonight reports. No additional details were given at the time. He was also slated to appear at Walker Stalker Con in Atlanta, Georgia, later this month.

The cause of death was not released.

Members of "The Walking Dead" cast shared their condolences.

Born in Atlanta, Wilson's breakout role was in 1967's "The Heat of the Night." The same year, he appeared in "In Cold Bold" as  murderer Richard Hickock in the Richard Brooks' film adaptation of the Truman Capote book.

The role in "In Cold Blood" earned him the cover of Life magazine. Wilson said he got the coveted role because he resembled Hickock. He said in a interview with the Los Angeles Times in 1996 that "every actor in the English-speaking world wanted those two roles, including Newman and McQueen."

But he worried about being typecast as a killer, he told the Los Angeles Times. In 1974, he played a key role in "The Great Gatsby, playing the man who kills Jay Gatsby in the pool before turning the gun on himself.

Wilson has over 80 acting credits to his name, including appearing in several other Oscar-nominated films, including "The Right Stuff," "Dead Man Walking" and "Monster."

Wilson was also active in the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and won the SAG's Hollywood division's Ralph Morgan Award for service to the guild's Hollywood members in 2007, according to Variety.



Filmography
Film

Year , Title , Role , Notes

1967 , In the Heat of the Night , Harvey Oberst ,
In Cold Blood , Richard Hickock ,

1969 , Castle Keep , Corporal Clearboy ,

The Gypsy Moths , Malcolm Webson ,

1971 , The Grissom Gang , Slim Grissom ,

1972 , The New Centurions , Gus ,

1973 , Lolly-Madonna XXX , Thrush ,

1974 , The Great Gatsby , George Wilson ,

1976 , The Passover Plot , Judah ,

1979 , La Ilegal , Police Officer ,

1980 , The Ninth Configuration , Captain Billy Cutshaw , Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

1983 , The Right Stuff , Scott Crossfield ,

1984 , A Year of the Quiet Sun , Norman ,
Downstream , Mitch ,

1985 , The Aviator , Jerry Stiller ,

1986 , Blue City , Percy Kerch ,

1987 , Malone , Paul Barlow ,

1989 , Johnny Handsome , Mikey Chalmette ,

1990 , Young Guns II , Governor Lew Wallace ,
The Exorcist III , Dr. Temple ,
La Cruz de Iberia , Johnson ,


1991 , Femme Fatale , Dr. Beaumont ,
Pure Luck , Frank Grimes ,


1993 , Flesh and Bone , Elliot ,
Geronimo: An American Legend , Redondo ,


1995 , Tall Tale , Zeb ,

Judge Dredd , Pa Angel , Uncredited

The Grass Harp , Eugene Fenwick ,

Dead Man Walking , Chaplain Farley ,

Mother , Dr. Chase , Direct-to-video


1996 , Shiloh , Judd Travers ,


1997 , Our God's Brother , Albert Chmielowski ,

G.I. Jane , Captain Salem ,


1998 , Puraido: Unmei no Toki , Joseph B. Keenan ,

Clay Pigeons , Sheriff Dan Mooney ,


1999 , Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season , Judd Travers ,

The Debtors 


2000 , South of Heaven, West of Hell , Clete Monroe ,

The Way of the Gun , Hale Chidduck ,


2001 , The Animal , Mayor ,

Pearl Harbor , General George Marshall ,


2002 , Bark! , Harold ,

Coastlines , Pa Mann ,

Don't Let Go , Hershel Ray Stevens ,


2003 , Monster , Horton / Last "John" ,

The Last Samurai , Ambassador Swanbeck ,


2005 , Junebug , Eugene Johnsten ,


2006 , Open Window , Eddie Delaney ,

Come Early Morning , Lowell Fowler ,

Saving Shiloh , Judd Travers ,

The Host , US Doctor in Morgue ,

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon , Eugene ,

The Sensation of Sight , Tucker ,


2007 , The Heartbreak Kid , Boo , Big Stan , Warden Gasque ,

2009 , Saving Grace B. Jones , Reverend Potter , 

 Bottleworld , Murray , 

 For Sale by Owner , Dr. Banks ,

2010 , Radio Free Albemuth , President Fremont ,

2011 , Dorfman , Winston Cooke Sr. ,

2017 , Hostiles , Cyrus Lounde ,

Television

Year , Title , Role , Notes
1986 , The Twilight Zone , Matthew Foreman , Episode: "Quarantine"

1988 , Jesse , Sam Maloney , Television film

The Tracker , John 'Red Jack' Stillwell , Television film

1993 , Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story , Vernon Presley , Television film

1995 , Soul Survivors , Bradley Facemeyer , Television film

1999 , The Jack Bull , Governor , Television film

2000 , The X-Files , Rev. Orison , Episode: "Orison"

2001–2006 , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Sam Braun , 9 episodes

2003 , Karen Sisco , Homer , Episode: "Dumb Bunnies"

2005 , Law & Order , Ben Chaney , Episode: "Sport of Kings"

2011 , Justified , Frank Reasoner , Episode: "Blaze of Glory"

Enlightened , Marv , Episode: "Someone Else's Life"

2011–2014;
2018 , The Walking Dead , Hershel Greene , 33 episodes

2011 , Five , Old Bill , Television film

2014–2015 , Bosch , Paul Guyot , 3 episodes

2016 , Damien , John Lyons , 5 episodes

2016–2019 , The OA , Abel Johnson , 7 episodes

2017 , Robot Chicken , Hershel Greene , Voice, Episode: "The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking"