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Harry Dean Stanton

Acting

Born July 14, 1926 · West Irvine, Kentucky, USA

Died September 15, 2017

Also known as Χάρι Ντιν Στάντον · Гарри Дин Стентон · 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).

Filmography50+ titles

The Godfather Part II

1974as F.B.I. Man #1

The Green Mile

1999as Toot-Toot

Twin Peaks

1990as Carl Rodd

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003as Self

Alien

1979as Brett

Paris, Texas

1984as Travis

The Avengers

2012as Security Guard

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Lemon

Combat!

as Pvt. Beecham

Chuck

2007as Harry

The Straight Story

1999as Lyle

Cool Hand Luke

1967as Tramp

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

2019as Self (archive footage)

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

1988as Self - Audience Member

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as Proprietor

Two and a Half Men

2003as Harry Dean Stanton

Bonanza

1959as Billy

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992as Carl Rodd

Kelly's Heroes

1970as Pvt. Willard

Lucky

2017as Lucky

The Fugitive

1963as Randy

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998as Judge

The Mighty

1998as Grim

The Last Temptation of Christ

1988as Paulus

Straight Time

1978as Jerry Schue

Laverne & Shirley

1976

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973as Luke

Rawhide

1959as Joe Spanish

Adam-12

1968as Harry Fletcher

The Rifleman

1958

The Wrong Man

1956as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)

This Must Be the Place

2011as Robert Plath

Inland Empire

2006as Freddie Howard

Wild at Heart

1990as Johnnie Farragut

Escape from New York

1981as Harold 'Brain' Helman

Daniel Boone

1964as Crane

How the West Was Won

1962as Gant Henchman

The Lawless Years

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2012as Self

Rango

2011as Balthazar (voice)

Big Love

2006as Roman Grant

Christine

1983as Rudolph Junkins

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Seven Psychopaths

2012as Man in Hat

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007as Self

Bukowski: Born into This

2003as Self

Mannix

1967

The High Chaparral

1967as Johnny Faro

Stoney Burke