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"Walking Dead" actor charged with DUI

Actor Scott Wilson of the film "Open Window" during the 2006 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 22, 2006, in Park City, Utah. Mark Mainz/Getty Images

(CBS/AP) Scott Wilson, who plays Hershel Greene on AMC's "The Walking Dead," has been charged with driving drunk in Georgia, where the show is filmed.

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

Wilson's character on the AMC zombie drama show is 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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