Biography
Scott Wilson is called Hollywood veteran. On the account of Matra more than 80 roles in the cinema. Not all of them were leading, but each played brilliantly, Wilson's heroes were remembered even more of the main characters.
The range of the role of the actor is so much so that it accommodates dozens of images: criminals and murderers (Richard Hikok in the painting "Cooling murder"), historical personalities (General George Marshal from the Military Drama "Pearl Harbor"), romantic heroes (Norman in melodrama "Real Sun "). One of the last bright images of the actor - Hearshel Green from the popular TV series "Walking Dead".
Childhood and youth
Scott Delao Wilson was born on March 29, 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia. Father Thomas Wilson died early. Little Scott studied in the 3rd grade when Mother Juell after the husband's funeral transported the whole family to the southern town of Tomasville, from where he had come from.
Here the boy graduated from school in 1960. While still a student, showed abilities in sports, was one of the best basketball players and even received a scholarship for further study in college. However, after admission to the Southern Polytechnic University in Mariette Wilson decides to leave learning and sports due to health problems.
The 19-year-old Youth Hitchhikeh went to California. Once in one of the Los Angeles bars, he met with an actor who took him to one of the castings. Accidentally hitting audition, Wilson was fascinated by the artistic world, freedom and capabilities that the creative profession gives.
The next five years, the guy spent the acting skills in teaching. Scott was taken for any job to pay for their studies, and in parallel, the experience gained, participating in local theatrical productions. One of the first stage roles of the actor is in the play "How important to be serious".
Films
The acting debut in the movie turned out to be unexpectedly bright. Wilson himself did not expect that the criminal drama "stuffy southern at night" (1967) will become Oscar and will receive all imaginable and unthinkable film crises. The newcomer played the suspect in the murder of Harvey Obrast, the company was made up by the stars of the 60s, like the genius styer and Sydney Poitiers.
Such a start was impossible not to notice, and the directors began to offer the role of a statistical handsome. In the same year, Scott played the killer Richard Hikkoka in a detective "Cold-blooded murder" - the adaptation of the works of Trumen Honor, based on real events (killing the farm family in Kansas City).
Eyewitnesses of history said that Scott was amazingly similar to the real killer, which allowed him to receive a major role. One way or another, the actor after the premiere was popular. And the magazine "Life!" In 1967, he placed on the cover of Wilson, together with another performer, the leading role to Robert Blake and the author of the book by Truman Hood.
In the 70s actor and fruitfully removed. Among the works of this period, it is worth noting the picture "Great Gatsby" (1974) on the novel Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Scott plays one of the main roles - the car mechanic George Wilson, who kills Jay Gatsby, mistakenly accepting him for his lover of his deceased wife, and then shoot himself. Picture with a brilliant acting duet - Robert Redford and Mia Ferrou - received the Oscar and Golden Globe Prizes
In 1980, the actor starred in the triller "Ninth Configuration", played ex-astronaut Billy Katshow, suffering from mental disorder. This work brought him a nomination for the Golden Globe Prize. In 1984, a picture of the European director appears in the Wilson filmography. Polish Master Kshyshtof Zanussie removes Scott in the lead role in the movie "Real Sun." The picture received the "Golden Lion" and the "Cup of Pazineti" for the best film at the Venetian Film Festival.
In the 90s, the actor is more often removed in the roles of the second plan and in episodes. The filmography of this period entered the paintings "Pure Luck" (1991), "flesh from flesh" (1993). In 1993, Elvis Presley's father played in the television film "Elvis and Colonel: an unpacked story."
Immediately 3 bright images of the beloved actor fans saw in 1995. Scott played prison chaplain in the Oscar-free drama "Dead Going", the head of the pirates in the fighter "Judge Dredd" and Zeba Hunter in the "Legends of the Wild West." Wilson was also an active participant in the guild of film actors and resolutely defended the interests of his colleagues. For merit in this direction was awarded a special US film actor guild premium in 1997.
With the onset of the new century, the artist unexpectedly debuts in unusual genres - comedy ("Big Stan", 2007) and a film for family watching "My best friend Shelok" (2006). The latter entered the trilogy, telling about friendship between the Marty boy and the beagle on the nickname. A man played an evil and cruel owner of a dog, which will then have to reconsider his behavior.
Wilson's career on television developed parallel to his success in big cinema. The artist appeared in several episodes of the series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" as Sam Brown, a criminal character and casino owner. Played in "Secret Materials" and the TV project of the HBO channel "Enlightened".
In 2010, in the acting biography of Scott, there was a role that he remembered the young generation of film workers. His hero is the farmer Herchel Green, who is trying to resist the zombie apocalypse. Wilson appeared in the 2nd season of the "Walking Dead" project and played in 33 episodes.
Personal life
The personal life of the actor, unlike his colleagues in the Hollywood workshop, was not stormy and rich.
In 35 years, a man tied himself to marriage once and for all. The artist's wife became Harveli Wilson. There were no children from a couple, and this, according to a man, a conscious decision, adopted in youth.
"Not everyone is created for paternity," he admitted in an interview.Death
Scott Wilson died from Leukemia on October 6, 2018 in his house in Los Angeles aged 76 years.
The actor had to take part in the shooting of the 9th season of the Walking Dead, which started on October 7 and was devoted to the memory of an outstanding master.
Filmography
- 1967 - "Sultu South Night"
- 1974 - "Great Gatsby"
- 1980 - "Ninth Configuration"
- 1984 - "Real Sun Year"
- 1989 - "Handsome Johnny"
- 1991 - "Pure Luck"
- 1995 - "Judge Dredd"
- 1995 - "The Dead goes"
- 1996 - "My best friend of Sheilok"
- 1997 - "Soldier Jane"
- 2001 - Pearl Harbor
- 2003 - "Monster"
- 2007 - "Big Stan"
- 2011 - "The Walking Dead"