Harry Dean Stanton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1926-07-14

Place of Birth

West Irvine, Kentucky, USA

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).

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Acting History

2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
2020
Frank and Ava as Sheriff Lloyd
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive footage)
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice as Self (archive footage)
2017
Lucky as Lucky
2017
Sick of it All as Harry The News Reporter
2014
Walking the Mile as Self (archive footage)
2014
Fishtail as Narrator
2014
Carlos Spills the Beans as Rhino
2013
Getting On as Leonard Butler
2013
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction as Self
2013
9 Full Moons as Dimitri
2013
The Last Stand as Mr. Parson
2012
Char·ac·ter as Self
2012
Seven Psychopaths as Man in Hat
2012
The Avengers as Security Guard
2011
This Must Be the Place as Robert Plath
2011
Rango as Balthazar (voice)
2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Mongo Wrestling Alliance
2010
Athena as Bill
2010
On Holiday as Josh the Roommate's Dad
2009
Alice as Caterpillar
2009
The Open Road as Amon
2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
2007
Being Michael Madsen as Self
2007
Chuck as Harry
2007
Lynch 2 as Self
2007
The Good Life as Gus
2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
2006
Inland Empire as Freddie Howard
2006
You, Me and Dupree as Curly (uncredited)
2006
Alien Autopsy as Harvey
2006
Big Love as Roman Grant
2006
Alpha Dog as Cosmo Gadabeeti
2006
Harry Zen Stanton as Himself
2005
The Wendell Baker Story as Skip Summers
2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
2004
Dig! as Self
2004
Chrystal as Pa Da
2004
The Big Bounce as Bob Rogers, Sr.
2003
Return to 'Escape from New York' as Himself
2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self
2003
Two and a Half Men as Himself
2003
Anger Management as Blind Man (uncredited)
2003
Hunter Goes to Hollywood as Himself
2003
Ginostra as Del Piero
2003
Bukowski: Born Into This as Self
2002
Sonny as Henry
2002
The Short Films of David Lynch as Self
2001
The Animal as Hunter (uncredited)
2001
The Pledge as Floyd Cage
2000
Sand as Leo
2000
The Man Who Cried as Felix Perlman
1999
The Green Mile as Toot-Toot
1999
The Straight Story as Lyle
1999
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark as Self
1999
Ballad of the Nightingale as Jean-Paul
1998
A Civil Action as Land Watcher (uncredited)
1998
The Mighty as Grim
1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Judge
1997
Fire Down Below as Cotton Harry
1997
She's So Lovely as Tony 'Shorty' Russo
1997
Midnight Blue as Eric
1996
Playback as Ernie Fontenot
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Dead Man's Walk as Shadrach
1996
Down Periscope as Lt. Howard
1995
Never Talk to Strangers as Max Cheski
1995
One Hundred and One Nights as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
1994
Blue Tiger as Smith
1994
Against the Wall as Hal
1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border as Self
1993
Hotel Room as Moe Boca
1992
Cruise Control
1992
Hostages as Frank Reed
1992
Man Trouble as Redmond Layls
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Carl Rodd
1991
Payoff as Hook
1990
Wild at Heart as Johnnie Farragut
1990
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas' as Self
1990
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders as Self
1990
Twin Peaks as Carl Rodd
1990
The Fourth War as Gen. Hackworth
1989
Twister as Cleveland
1989
Dream a Little Dream as Ike Baker
1989
Monster Maker as Chancey Bellow
1988
The Cowboy and the Frenchman as Slim
1988
The French as Seen by… as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
1988
Mr. North as Henry Simmons
1988
The Last Temptation of Christ as Paulus
1988
Stars & Bars as Loomis Gage
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night as Self - Audience Member
1987
Slam Dance as Det. Benjamin Smiley
1987
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle as Rip Van Winkle
1986
Pretty in Pink as Jack Walsh
1985
Fool for Love as Old Man
1985
One Magic Christmas as Gideon
1985
The Care Bears Movie as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
1984
The Bear as Coach Thomas
1984
Red Dawn as Mr. Eckert
1984
Paris, Texas as Travis
1984
UFOria as Brother Bud Sanders
1984
Repo Man as Bud
1983
Christine as Rudolph Junkins
1983
I Want to Live as Emmett Perkins
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre as Rip Van Winkle
1982
Young Doctors in Love as Dr. Oliver Ludwig
1982
One from the Heart as Moe
1981
Escape from New York as Harold 'Brain' Helman
1980
Private Benjamin as Sgt. Jim Ballard
1980
The Oldest Living Graduate as Mike
1980
The Black Marble as Philo Skinner
1980
Death Watch as Vincent Ferriman
1979
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand as Pokey Tindle
1979
The Rose as Billy Ray
1979
Wise Blood as Asa Hawks
1979
Alien as Brett
1979
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers as C.W. Douglas
1978
Straight Time as Jerry Schue
1978
Renaldo and Clara as Lafkezio
1976
The Missouri Breaks as Calvin
1976
Laverne & Shirley
1975
The Ransom of Red Chief as Sam
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975
92 in the Shade as Carter
1975
Farewell, My Lovely as Billy Rolfe
1975
The Fortune as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
1975
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond as President Warren G. Harding
1975
Rancho Deluxe as Curt
1975
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins as Billy Winston
1975
Win, Place or Steal as Jack
1974
The Godfather Part II as F.B.I. Man #1
1974
Cockfighter as Jack Burke
1974
Zandy's Bride as Songer
1974
Where the Lilies Bloom as Kiser Pease
1973
Dillinger as Homer Van Meter
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Luke
1972
Cry for Me, Billy as Luke Todd
1971
Cisco Pike as Jesse Dupre
1971
Two-Lane Blacktop as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
1970
The Intruders as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
1970
Kelly's Heroes as Pvt. Willard
1970
Rebel Rousers as Randolph Halverson
1969
Lanton Mills as Lanton
1968
Adam-12 as Harry Fletcher
1968
The Name of the Game as Joe Joe
1968
The Mini-Skirt Mob as Spook
1968
Day of the Evil Gun as Sergeant Parker
1967
Cool Hand Luke as Tramp
1967
The Hostage as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
1967
Mannix
1967
The High Chaparral as Johnny Faro
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
A Time for Killing as Sgt. Dan Way
1966
The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones as Jelly
1966
Ride in the Whirlwind as Blind Dick
1965
The Big Valley as Swain
1964
Daniel Boone as Jeb Girty
1964
Daniel Boone as Crane
1963
Petticoat Junction
1963
The Fugitive as Randy
1963
The Man from the Diners' Club as Beatnik (uncredited)
1962
How the West Was Won as Gant Henchman (uncredited)
1962
Combat! as Pvt. Beecham
1962
Stoney Burke
1962
Hero's Island as Dixey Gates
1961
Cain's Hundred as Hood
1961
Gunslinger as Stacey
1960
The Roaring 20's
1960
The Andy Griffith Show as Proprietor
1960
Checkmate as The Singer
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Slave Catcher
1960
Escape to Sonoita as Lemon
1959
A Dog's Best Friend as Roy Janney
1959
The Jayhawkers! as Deputy Smallwood
1959
Johnny Ringo as Frank Brogger
1959
Lock-Up
1959
Laramie
1959
Bonanza as Billy
1959
Bonanza as Stiles
1959
Pork Chop Hill as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
1959
The Lawless Years
1959
Rawhide as Jess Hobson
1959
Rawhide as Dexter
1959
Rawhide as Joe Spanish
1958
Man with a Camera
1958
Bat Masterson as Jay Simms
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Gordon
1958
The Rifleman
1958
The Texan
1958
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen as George Gilbert
1958
The Proud Rebel as Jeb Burleigh
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Suspicion as Bill
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Revolt at Fort Laramie as Rinty
1957
Tomahawk Trail as Pvt. Miller
1956
The Wrong Man as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Robert MacPherson
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Toby - Ranch Hand
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Fletcher
1955
Playwrights '56
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Lemon
1955
Gunsmoke as Alvy
1955
Gunsmoke as Harley
1955
Gunsmoke as Leroy
1955
Gunsmoke as Nate
1955
Gunsmoke as Young Man
1955
Gunsmoke as Leader
1955
Gunsmoke as Rainey
1955
Gunsmoke as Hodge
1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Inner Sanctum
Sinatra! Eternity as Sherif Lloyd