Harry Dean Stanton

Biography

Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Dillinger (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), Alien (1979), Escape from New York (1981), Christine (1983), Repo Man (1984), One Magic Christmas (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Wild at Heart (1990), The Straight Story (1999), The Green Mile (1999), The Man Who Cried (2000), Alpha Dog (2006), and Inland Empire (2006). He had rare lead roles in Paris, Texas (1984) and in Lucky (2017).

Known For

F.B.I. Man #1

The Godfather Part II

Tramp

Cool Hand Luke

Lyle

The Straight Story

Johnnie Farragut

Wild at Heart

Toot-Toot

The Green Mile

Harold 'Brain' Helman

Escape from New York

Travis

Paris, Texas

Freddie Howard

Inland Empire

Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)

The Care Bears Movie

Billy Rolfe

Farewell, My Lovely

Self

Lynch 2

Judge

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Mr. Eckert

Red Dawn

Sgt. Jim Ballard

Private Benjamin

Paulus

The Last Temptation of Christ

Self

Being Michael Madsen

Jack Walsh

Pretty in Pink

Floyd Cage

The Pledge

Pvt. Willard

Kelly's Heroes

Cosmo Gadabeeti

Alpha Dog

Gus

The Good Life

Brother Bud Sanders

UFOria

Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)

The Wrong Man

Jerry Schue

Straight Time

Hal

Against the Wall

Security Guard

The Avengers

Gant Henchman (uncredited)

How the West Was Won

Rudolph Junkins

Christine

Skip Summers

The Wendell Baker Story

Self

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Lt. Howard

Down Periscope

Harvey

Alien Autopsy

Sergeant Parker

Day of the Evil Gun

Grim

The Mighty

Oklahoma Hitchhiker

Two-Lane Blacktop

Jack Burke

Cockfighter

Gideon

One Magic Christmas

Henry

Sonny

Self - Audience Member

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Homer Van Meter

Dillinger

Bud

Repo Man

Land Watcher (uncredited)

A Civil Action

Moe

One from the Heart

Asa Hawks

Wise Blood

Calvin

The Missouri Breaks

Curt

Rancho Deluxe

Randolph Halverson

Rebel Rousers

Blind Dick

Ride in the Whirlwind

Balthazar (voice)

Rango

Tony 'Shorty' Russo

She's So Lovely

Carter

92 in the Shade

Billy Ray

The Rose

Dr. Oliver Ludwig

Young Doctors in Love

Gen. Hackworth

The Fourth War

Self

The Beast Within: Making Alien

Old Man

Fool for Love

Jesse Dupre

Cisco Pike

Philo Skinner

The Black Marble

Mr. Parson

The Last Stand

Robert Plath

This Must Be the Place

C.W. Douglas

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

Henry Simmons

Mr. North

Man in Hat

Seven Psychopaths

Cleveland

Twister

Det. Benjamin Smiley

Slam Dance

Songer

Zandy's Bride

Eddie (as Dean Stanton)

The Hostage

Spook

The Mini-Skirt Mob

Jeb Burleigh

The Proud Rebel

Rinty

Revolt at Fort Laramie

Billy Winston

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

Kiser Pease

Where the Lilies Bloom

Loomis Gage

Stars & Bars

Self

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Chancey Bellow

Monster Maker

Dimitri

9 Full Moons

Self

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

Dixey Gates

Hero's Island

Ernie Fontenot

Playback

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Self

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Coach Thomas

The Bear

Cruise Control

Pokey Tindle

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

Narrator

Fishtail

Self

Char·ac·ter

Lafkezio

Renaldo and Clara

Ike Baker

Dream a Little Dream

Smith

Blue Tiger

Self

Dig!

Self

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

Luke Todd

Cry for Me, Billy

Max Cheski

Never Talk to Strangers

Cotton Harry

Fire Down Below

Jelly

The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones

Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)

The Intruders

Redmond Layls

Man Trouble

Lemon

Escape to Sonoita

Slim

The Cowboy and the Frenchman

Sgt. Dan Way

A Time for Killing

Self (archive footage)

Walking the Mile

(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Les Français vus par

Luke

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Beatnik (uncredited)

The Man from the Diners' Club

Mike

The Oldest Living Graduate

President Warren G. Harding

The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond

Rhino

Carlos Spills the Beans

Brett

Alien

Hook

Payoff

Amon

The Open Road

Bob Rogers, Sr.

The Big Bounce

Lucky

Lucky

Harry The News Reporter

Sick of it All

Self

Bukowski: Born Into This

Jean-Paul

Ballad of the Nightingale

Felix Perlman

The Man Who Cried

Eric

Midnight Blue

BAR Soldier (uncredited)

Pork Chop Hill

Frank Reed

Hostages

Self

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Hunter (uncredited)

The Animal

Sheriff Lloyd

Frank and Ava

Carl Rodd

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Self

Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'

Pa Da

Chrystal

Roy Janney

A Dog's Best Friend

Pvt. Miller

Tomahawk Trail

Deputy Smallwood

The Jayhawkers!

Slave Catcher

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Lanton

Lanton Mills

Jack

Win, Place or Steal

Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)

The Fortune

Rip Van Winkle

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle

Himself

Hunter Goes to Hollywood

Himself

Harry Zen Stanton

Self

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

Leo

Sand

Blind Man (uncredited)

Anger Management

Sam

The Ransom of Red Chief

Self (archive footage)

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Curly (uncredited)

You, Me and Dupree

Del Piero

Ginostra

Vincent Ferriman

La Mort en direct

Bill

Athena

Self (archive footage)

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)

Les Cent et Une Nuits de Simon Cinéma

Emmett Perkins

I Want to Live

Josh the Roommate's Dad

On Holiday

Self

Warren Oates: Across the Border

Sherif Lloyd

Sinatra! Eternity

Self

The Short Films of David Lynch

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

151

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-07-14

Place of Birth

West Irvine, Kentucky, USA

Also Known As

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