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Scott Wilson

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American actor (1942–2018)

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122

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  • Crippled Boy from Montana
  • Honey, I blew up the atoll
  • SuperCollider Book, Second Edition
  • Son of a Beach Boy
  • Sustain//Decay B+W

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1934-06-09
Active to
1984-01-21

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Listeners
657
Total plays
3,926

Tags

folkjazzworldacousticethnic

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Key facts

Born
William Delano Wilson , ( 1942 -03-29 ) March 29, 1942, Thomasville, Georgia , U.S.
Died
October 6, 2018 (2018-10-06) (aged 76), Los Angeles , California , U.S.
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Hollywood Hills, California , U.S.
Alma mater
Southern Polytechnic State University
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1967–2018
Spouse
Heavenly Wilson ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1977 ) ​

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Wikidata facts

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name in native language
Scott Wilson
birth name
William Delano Wilson
start of work period
1967-00-00
date of birth
1942-03-29
Commons category
Scott Wilson (actor)
date of death
2018-10-06
end of work period
2018-00-00
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William Delano Wilson (March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018), known professionally as Scott Wilson, was an American film and television actor.

His breakout role was as real-life murderer Richard Hickock in the critically-acclaimed film In Cold Blood (1967). He subsequently appeared in films like The Grissom Gang (1971), The New Centurions (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974), The Right Stuff (1983), A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984), The Exorcist III (1990), Dead Man Walking (1995), Shiloh (1996) and its sequels, Pride (1998), The Way of the Gun (2000), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Last Samurai (2003), Junebug (2005), and The Host (2006). He received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his role in William Peter Blatty's The Ninth Configuration (1980).

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