The Walking Dead Actor Scott Wilson Charged With DUI In Georgia

First Published: August 27, 2012 10:32 PM EDT Credit:

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. -- Caption ‘The Walking Dead’s’ Scott Wilson’s mug shot on August 18, 2012 An actor on the television show “The Walking Dead” has been charged with driving drunk in Georgia, where the show is filmed.

Peachtree City police arrested 70-year-old Scott Wilson at 2 a.m. Aug. 18 after someone called 911 to report a Chrysler PT Cruiser driving erratically.

On the AMC drama, Wilson plays a farmer and recovering alcoholic who’s part of a band of survivors after a zombie apocalypse.

The arresting officer wrote in a report that Wilson said he’d been drinking scotch and wine at a restaurant. The officer says Wilson was swaying and asked to do yoga poses instead of a field sobriety test.

It was not immediately clear if Wilson had a lawyer. A message seeking comment from the network was not immediately returned.

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