An excellent Sidney Poitier performance, and an outstanding one by Rod Steiger, overcome some noteworthy flaws to make “In The Heat of the ... and petty criminal Scott Wilson.

Scott Wilson, the Georgia-born actor admired for ... the best picture Oscar winner In the Heat of the Night (1967), Wilson was cast as real-life murderer Dick Hickock for In Cold Blood (1967).

Rest in paradise, Scott. We love you!” Wilson, whose acting credits date back to the 1967 movies “In the Heat of the Night” and “In Cold Blood,” played a veterinarian turned farmer in ...

"In Cold Blood" and "In the Heat of the Night," both in 1967. Scott Wilson of "The Walking Dead" attends SCAD Presents aTVfest at the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta on Feb. 8, 2014 in Atlanta.