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
- 2020 · Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Lucky as Lucky
- 2014 · Walking the Mile as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Fishtail as Narrator
- 2012 · Char·ac·ter as Self
- 2011 · This Must Be the Place as Robert Plath
- 2007 · Lynch 2 as Self
- 2007 · The Good Life as Gus
- 2006 · You, Me and Dupree as Curly (uncredited)
- 2006 · Alien Autopsy as Harvey
- 2004 · Chrystal as Pa Da
- 2003 · Ginostra as Del Piero
- 2002 · Sonny as Henry
- 2002 · The Short Films of David Lynch as Self
- 1998 · A Civil Action as Land Watcher (uncredited)
- 1998 · The Mighty as Grim
- 1997 · She's So Lovely as Tony 'Shorty' Russo
- 1997 · Midnight Blue as Eric
- 1996 · Playback as Ernie Fontenot
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Dead Man's Walk as Shadrach
- 1995 · Never Talk to Strangers as Max Cheski
- 1993 · Hotel Room as Moe Boca
- 1992 · Cruise Control as
- 1992 · Hostages as Frank Reed
- 1989 · Twister as Cleveland
- 1988 · Mr. North as Henry Simmons
- 1987 · Slam Dance as Det. Benjamin Smiley
- 1985 · One Magic Christmas as Gideon
- 1985 · The Care Bears Movie as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
- 1984 · The Bear as Coach Thomas
- 1984 · UFOria as Brother Bud Sanders
- 1982 · Young Doctors in Love as Dr. Oliver Ludwig
- 1982 · One from the Heart as Moe
- 1980 · Private Benjamin as Sgt. Jim Ballard
- 1979 · Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers as C.W. Douglas
- 1978 · Renaldo and Clara as Lafkezio
- 1976 · The Missouri Breaks as Calvin
- 1975 · Farewell, My Lovely as Billy Rolfe
- 1975 · The Fortune as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
- 1975 · Rancho Deluxe as Curt
- 1974 · Cockfighter as Jack Burke
- 1974 · Zandy's Bride as Songer
- 1973 · Dillinger as Homer Van Meter
- 1973 · Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Luke
- 1971 · Two-Lane Blacktop as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
- 1968 · The Mini-Skirt Mob as Spook
- 1967 · A Time for Killing as Sgt. Dan Way
- 1966 · Ride in the Whirlwind as Blind Dick
- 1962 · Hero's Island as Dixey Gates
- 1960 · The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Slave Catcher
- 1960 · Escape to Sonoita as Lemon
- 1959 · Pork Chop Hill as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
- 1958 · The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen as George Gilbert
- 1957 · Tomahawk Trail as Pvt. Miller
- Future · Sinatra! Eternity as Sherif Lloyd
- 2022 · American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2020 · Frank and Ava as Sheriff Lloyd
- 2019 · Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Twin Peaks: The Return as Carl Rodd
- 2017 · Sick of it All as Harry The News Reporter
- 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 · Seven Psychopaths as Man in Hat
- 2012 · The Avengers as Security Guard
- 2011 · Rango as Balthazar (voice)
- 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 · 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
- 2006 · Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
- 2006 · Inland Empire as Freddie Howard
- 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 · 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 · Bukowski: Born Into This 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 · Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Judge
- 1997 · Fire Down Below as Cotton Harry
- 1996 · Down Periscope as Lt. Howard
- 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
- 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 · Dream a Little Dream as Ike Baker
- 1989 · Monster Maker as Chancey Bellow
- 1988 · The French as Seen by… as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
- 1988 · The Cowboy and the Frenchman as Slim
- 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 · Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle as Rip Van Winkle
- 1986 · Pretty in Pink as Jack Walsh
- 1985 · Fool for Love as Old Man
- 1984 · Red Dawn as Mr. Eckert
- 1984 · Paris, Texas as Travis
- 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
- 1981 · Escape from New York as Harold 'Brain' Helman
- 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
- 1978 · Straight Time as Jerry Schue
- 1976 · Laverne & Shirley as
- 1975 · The Ransom of Red Chief as Sam
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · 92 in the Shade as Carter
- 1975 · The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond as President Warren G. Harding
- 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 · Where the Lilies Bloom as Kiser Pease
- 1972 · Cry for Me, Billy as Luke Todd
- 1971 · Cisco Pike as Jesse Dupre
- 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 · Day of the Evil Gun as Sergeant Parker
- 1967 · Cool Hand Luke as Tramp
- 1967 · The Hostage as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Johnny Faro
- 1967 · The Guns of Will Sonnett as
- 1967 · Cimarron Strip as
- 1966 · The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones as Jelly
- 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
- 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 as
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Hood
- 1961 · Gunslinger as Stacey
- 1960 · The Roaring 20's as
- 1960 · The Andy Griffith Show as Proprietor
- 1960 · Checkmate as The Singer
- 1959 · A Dog's Best Friend as Roy Janney
- 1959 · The Jayhawkers! as Deputy Smallwood
- 1959 · Johnny Ringo as Frank Brogger
- 1959 · Lock-Up as
- 1959 · Laramie as
- 1959 · Bonanza as Billy
- 1959 · Bonanza as Stiles
- 1959 · The Lawless Years as
- 1959 · Rawhide as Jess Hobson
- 1959 · Rawhide as Dexter
- 1959 · Rawhide as Joe Spanish
- 1958 · Man with a Camera as
- 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 · Revolt at Fort Laramie as Rinty
- 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 as
- 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 as
- 1954 · Inner Sanctum as