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3->''"It's been up and down. It's always been. You have dry spells. At different times, you are starting over. If you love it, you stay with it. That's what I'm doing. I've accomplished more than I would have hoped to have accomplished. I don't want to be a big movie star. I can be someone who walks the streets and not get mobbed. I want to be as fine an actor as I can be. I am still striving to be as good as I can be."''
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5Scott Wilson (born William Delano Wilson; March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018) was an American film and television actor from Thomasville, Georgia.
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7He's had more than 50 film credits from the 1960s to the 2010s, and his best known role was perhaps Hershel Greene in ''Series/{{The Walking Dead|2010}}''.
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9!!Film roles (partial list):
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11* ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'' (1967) as Harvey Oberst
12* ''Film/InColdBlood'' (1967) as Richard Hickock
13* ''Film/TheGypsyMoths'' (1969) as Malcolm Webson
14* ''Film/TheNewCenturions'' (1972) as Gus Plebesly
15* ''Film/LollyMadonnaXXX'' (1973) as Thrush
16* ''Film/{{The Great Gatsby|1974}}'' (1974) as George Wilson
17* ''Film/TheNinthConfiguration'' (1980) as Captain Billy Cutshaw
18* ''Film/TheRightStuff'' (1983) as Scott Crossfield
19* ''Film/AYearOfTheQuietSun'' (1984) as Norman
20* ''Film/JohnnyHandsome'' (1989) as Mikey Chalmette
21* ''Film/TheExorcistIII'' (1990) as Dr. Temple
22* ''Film/YoungGunsII'' (1990) as Governor Lew Wallace
23* ''Film/PureLuck'' (1991) as Frank Grimes
24* ''Film/JudgeDredd'' (1995) as Pa Angel
25* ''Film/DeadManWalking'' (1995) as Chaplain Farley
26* ''Film/GIJane'' (1997) as Captain Salem
27* ''Film/TheWayOfTheGun'' (2000) as Hale Chidduck
28* ''Film/TheAnimal'' (2001) as the Mayor
29* ''Film/PearlHarbor'' (2001) as General George Marshall
30* ''Film/{{Monster}}'' (2003) as Horton / Last "John"
31* ''Film/TheLastSamurai'' (2003) as Ambassador Swanbeck
32* ''Film/{{Junebug}}'' (2005) as Eugene Johnsten
33* ''Film/TheHost2006'' as US Doctor in Morgue
34* ''Film/BigStan'' (2007) as Warden Francis Gasque
35* ''Film/{{The Heartbreak Kid|2007}}'' (2007) as Boo
36* ''Film/{{Hostiles}}'' (2017) as Cyrus Lounde
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38!!Television roles (partial list):
39* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1985}}'' (1986) as Matthew Foreman
40* ''Series/TheXFiles'' (2000) as Rev. Orison
41* ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' (2001–06) as Sam Braun
42* ''Series/LawAndOrder'' (2005) as Ben Chaney
43* ''Series/{{Justified}}'' (2011) as Frank Reasoner
44* ''Series/{{Enlightened}}'' (2011) as Marv
45* ''Series/{{The Walking Dead|2010}}'' (2011–14, 2018) as Hershel Greene [[note]]Wilson died the eve of the Season 9 premiere, which was subsequently dedicated to his memory.[[/note]]
46* ''Series/{{Bosch}}'' (2014–15) as Paul Guyot
47* ''Series/{{Damien}}'' (2016) as John Lyons
48* ''Series/TheOA'' (2016) as Abel Johnson

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