Harry Dean Stanton
Acting
Born July 14, 1926 · West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
Died September 15, 2017
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
Filmography
Frank and Ava
2020 · Sheriff Lloyd
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Lucky
2017 · Lucky
The Last Stand
2013 · Mr. Parson
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013 · Self
9 Full Moons
2013 · Dimitri
The Avengers
2012 · Security Guard
Seven Psychopaths
2012 · Man in Hat
Rango
2011 · Balthazar (voice)
This Must Be the Place
2011 · Robert Plath
The Open Road
2009 · Amon
Being Michael Madsen
2007 · Self
The Good Life
2007 · Gus
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 · Self
Inland Empire
2006 · Freddie Howard
Alpha Dog
2006 · Cosmo Gadabeeti
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006 · Self
Alien Autopsy
2006 · Harvey
You, Me and Dupree
2006 · Curly (uncredited)
The Wendell Baker Story
2005 · Skip Summers
Dig!
2004 · Self
The Big Bounce
2004 · Bob Rogers, Sr.
Chrystal
2004 · Pa Da
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003 · Self
Bukowski: Born Into This
2003 · Self
Anger Management
2003 · Blind Man (uncredited)
Ginostra
2003 · Del Piero
Sonny
2002 · Henry
The Short Films of David Lynch
2002 · Self
The Pledge
2001 · Floyd Cage
The Animal
2001 · Hunter (uncredited)
The Man Who Cried
2000 · Felix Perlman
The Straight Story
1999 · Lyle
The Green Mile
1999 · Toot-Toot
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999 · Self
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 · Judge
The Mighty
1998 · Grim
A Civil Action
1998 · Land Watcher (uncredited)
She's So Lovely
1997 · Tony 'Shorty' Russo
Fire Down Below
1997 · Cotton Harry
Down Periscope
1996 · Lt. Howard
Never Talk to Strangers
1995 · Max Cheski
One Hundred and One Nights
1995 · Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
Against the Wall
1994 · Hal
Blue Tiger
1994 · Smith
Man Trouble
1992 · Redmond Layls
Hostages
1992 · Frank Reed
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992 · Carl Rodd
Wild at Heart
1990 · Johnnie Farragut
The Fourth War
1990 · Gen. Hackworth
Twister
1989 · Cleveland
Dream a Little Dream
1989 · Ike Baker
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988 · Paulus
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988 · Self - Audience Member
Mr. North
1988 · Henry Simmons
Stars & Bars
1988 · Loomis Gage
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1988 · Slim
The French as Seen by…
1988 · (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
Slam Dance
1987 · Det. Benjamin Smiley
Pretty in Pink
1986 · Jack Walsh
The Care Bears Movie
1985 · Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
One Magic Christmas
1985 · Gideon
Fool for Love
1985 · Old Man
Paris, Texas
1984 · Travis
Red Dawn
1984 · Mr. Eckert
UFOria
1984 · Brother Bud Sanders
Repo Man
1984 · Bud
Christine
1983 · Rudolph Junkins
One from the Heart
1982 · Moe
Young Doctors in Love
1982 · Dr. Oliver Ludwig
Escape from New York
1981 · Harold 'Brain' Helman
Private Benjamin
1980 · Sgt. Jim Ballard
The Black Marble
1980 · Philo Skinner
Death Watch
1980 · Vincent Ferriman
Wise Blood
1979 · Asa Hawks
The Rose
1979 · Billy Ray
Alien
1979 · Brett
Straight Time
1978 · Jerry Schue
Renaldo and Clara
1978 · Lafkezio
The Missouri Breaks
1976 · Calvin
Farewell, My Lovely
1975 · Billy Rolfe
Rancho Deluxe
1975 · Curt
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975 · Billy Winston
The Fortune
1975 · Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
The Godfather Part II
1974 · F.B.I. Man #1
Cockfighter
1974 · Jack Burke
Zandy's Bride
1974 · Songer
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974 · Kiser Pease
Dillinger
1973 · Homer Van Meter
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Luke
Cisco Pike
1972 · Jesse Dupre
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971 · Oklahoma Hitchhiker
Kelly's Heroes
1970 · Pvt. Willard
Rebel Rousers
1970 · Randolph Halverson
Day of the Evil Gun
1968 · Sergeant Parker
Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Tramp
A Time for Killing
1967 · Sgt. Dan Way
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966 · Blind Dick
How the West Was Won
1962 · Gant Henchman
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960 · Slave Catcher
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · BAR Soldier (uncredited)
The Jayhawkers!
1959 · Deputy Smallwood
The Proud Rebel
1958 · Jeb Burleigh
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957 · Rinty
Tomahawk Trail
1957 · Pvt. Miller
The Wrong Man
1956 · Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)