Harry Dean Stanton
July 14, 1926 (99 years old) in West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
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
Credits
- 2014 · Walking the Mile as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Fishtail as Narrator
- 2013 · Getting On as Leonard Butler
- 2013 · The Last Stand as Mr. Parson
- 2012 · Seven Psychopaths as Man in Hat
- 2012 · The Avengers as Security Guard
- 2011 · Rango as Balthazar (voice)
- 2009 · Alice as Caterpillar
- 2007 · Being Michael Madsen as Self
- 2007 · Chuck as Harry
- 2007 · Lynch 2 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
- 2004 · Chrystal as Pa Da
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Harry Dean Stanton
- 2003 · Anger Management as Blind Man (uncredited)
- 2003 · Ginostra as Del Piero
- 2002 · Sonny as Henry
- 2001 · The Animal as Hunter (uncredited)
- 2001 · The Pledge as Floyd Cage
- 1999 · The Green Mile as Toot-Toot
- 1999 · The Straight Story as Lyle
- 1998 · Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Judge
- 1997 · She's So Lovely as Tony 'Shorty' Russo
- 1997 · Midnight Blue as Eric
- 1996 · Playback as Ernie Fontenot
- 1994 · Blue Tiger as Smith
- 1992 · Hostages as Frank Reed
- 1992 · Man Trouble as Redmond Layls
- 1992 · Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Carl Rodd
- 1990 · Wild at Heart as Johnnie Farragut
- 1990 · Twin Peaks as Carl Rodd
- 1989 · Twister as Cleveland
- 1988 · Mr. North as Henry Simmons
- 1988 · The Last Temptation of Christ as Paulus
- 1986 · Pretty in Pink as Jack Walsh
- 1984 · The Bear as Coach Thomas
- 1984 · Red Dawn as Mr. Eckert
- 1984 · Paris, Texas as Travis
- 1984 · UFOria as Brother Bud Sanders
- 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
- 1981 · Escape from New York as Harold 'Brain' Helman
- 1979 · Alien as Brett
- 1979 · Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers as C.W. Douglas
- 1978 · Straight Time as Jerry Schue
- 1976 · Laverne & Shirley as
- 1976 · Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman as Jake Walters
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · The Fortune as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
- 1974 · The Godfather Part II as F.B.I. Man #1
- 1974 · Cockfighter as Jack Burke
- 1974 · Where the Lilies Bloom as Kiser Pease
- 1973 · Dillinger as Homer Van Meter
- 1972 · Cry for Me, Billy as Luke Todd
- 1970 · Kelly's Heroes as Pvt. Willard
- 1968 · Adam-12 as Harry Fletcher
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Joe Joe
- 1967 · Cool Hand Luke as Tramp
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Johnny Faro
- 1967 · The Guns of Will Sonnett as
- 1967 · Cimarron Strip as
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Swain
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Jeb Girty
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Crane
- 1963 · Petticoat Junction as
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Randy
- 1962 · How the West Was Won as Gant Henchman (uncredited)
- 1962 · Combat! as Pvt. Beecham
- 1962 · Stoney Burke as
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Hood
- 1960 · The Roaring 20's as
- 1960 · The Andy Griffith Show as Proprietor
- 1960 · Checkmate as The Singer
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as Frank Brogger
- 1959 · Lock-Up as
- 1959 · Laramie as
- 1959 · Bonanza as Billy
- 1959 · Bonanza as Stiles
- 1959 · Rawhide as Jess Hobson
- 1959 · Rawhide as Dexter
- 1959 · Rawhide as Joe Spanish
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Jay Simms
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as
- 1958 · Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse as Gordon
- 1958 · The Rifleman as
- 1958 · The Texan as
- 1958 · The Proud Rebel as Jeb Burleigh
- 1957 · The Walter Winchell File as
- 1957 · Suspicion as Bill
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as
- 1957 · Tomahawk Trail as Pvt. Miller
- 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 · 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
- Future · Sinatra! Eternity as Sherif Lloyd
- 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 · Carlos Spills the Beans as Rhino
- 2013 · Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction as Self
- 2013 · 9 Full Moons as Dimitri
- 2012 · Char·ac·ter as Self
- 2011 · This Must Be the Place as Robert Plath
- 2011 · Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland as
- 2011 · Mongo Wrestling Alliance as
- 2010 · Athena as Bill
- 2010 · On Holiday as Josh the Roommate's Dad
- 2009 · The Open Road as Amon
- 2007 · Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
- 2007 · The Good Life as Gus
- 2006 · Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
- 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 · 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 · Hunter Goes to Hollywood as Himself
- 2003 · Bukowski: Born Into This as Self
- 2002 · The Short Films of David Lynch as Self
- 2000 · Sand as Leo
- 2000 · The Man Who Cried as Felix Perlman
- 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
- 1997 · Fire Down Below as Cotton Harry
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 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 · Against the Wall as Hal
- 1993 · Warren Oates: Across the Border as Self
- 1993 · Hotel Room as Moe Boca
- 1992 · Cruise Control as
- 1991 · Payoff as Hook
- 1990 · Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders as Self
- 1990 · Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas' as Self
- 1990 · The Fourth War as Gen. Hackworth
- 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 · 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
- 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 · Repo Man as Bud
- 1982 · One from the Heart as Moe
- 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
- 1978 · Renaldo and Clara as Lafkezio
- 1976 · The Missouri Breaks as Calvin
- 1975 · The Ransom of Red Chief as Sam
- 1975 · 92 in the Shade as Carter
- 1975 · Farewell, My Lovely as Billy Rolfe
- 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 · Zandy's Bride as Songer
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Luke
- 1971 · Cisco Pike as Jesse Dupre
- 1971 · Two-Lane Blacktop as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
- 1970 · The Intruders as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
- 1970 · Rebel Rousers as Randolph Halverson
- 1969 · Lanton Mills as Lanton
- 1968 · The Mini-Skirt Mob as Spook
- 1968 · Day of the Evil Gun as Sergeant Parker
- 1967 · The Hostage as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
- 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
- 1963 · The Man from the Diners' Club as Beatnik (uncredited)
- 1962 · Hero's Island as Dixey Gates
- 1961 · Gunslinger as Stacey
- 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 · Pork Chop Hill as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
- 1959 · The Lawless Years as
- 1958 · Man with a Camera as
- 1958 · The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen as George Gilbert
- 1957 · Revolt at Fort Laramie as Rinty
- 1956 · The Wrong Man as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)
- 1955 · Playwrights '56 as
- 1954 · The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as
- 1954 · Inner Sanctum as