Harry Dean Stanton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 14 July 1926 · West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
- Died
- 15 September 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
Acting 155
- 2025Sinatra! Eternity as Sherif Lloyd
- 2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective as Self
- 2020Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive footage)
- 2019Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice as Self (archive footage)
- 2018Frank and Ava as Sheriff Lloyd
- 2017Lucky as Lucky
- 2017Sick of it All as Harry The News Reporter
- 2015Derelict by Job Willins as Brett
- 2014Walking the Mile as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Fishtail as Narrator
- 2014Carlos Spills the Beans as Rhino
- 2013Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction as Self
- 20139 Full Moons as Dimitri
- 2013The Last Stand as Mr. Parson
- 2012Char·ac·ter as Self
- 2012Seven Psychopaths as Man in Hat
- 2012The Avengers as Security Guard
- 2011This Must Be the Place as Robert Plath
- 2011Rango as Balthazar (voice)
- 2011Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
- 2010Athena as Bill
- 2010On Holiday as Josh the Roommate's Dad
- 2009The Open Road as Amon
- 2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self
- 2007Being Michael Madsen as Self
- 2007Lynch 2 as Self
- 2007The Good Life as Gus
- 2006Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
- 2006Inland Empire as Freddie Howard
- 2006You, Me and Dupree as Curly (uncredited)
- 2006Alien Autopsy as Harvey
- 2006Alpha Dog as Cosmo Gadabeeti
- 2006Harry Zen Stanton as Himself
- 2005The Wendell Baker Story as Skip Summers
- 2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self
- 2004Dig! as Self
- 2004Chrystal as Pa Da
- 2004The Big Bounce as Bob Rogers, Sr.
- 2003Return to 'Escape from New York' as Himself
- 2003The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self
- 2003Anger Management as Blind Man (uncredited)
- 2003Hunter Goes to Hollywood as Himself
- 2003Ginostra as Del Piero
- 2003Bukowski: Born Into This as Self
- 2002Sonny as Henry
- 2002The Short Films of David Lynch as Self
- 2002The Short Films of David Lynch as Slim
- 2001The Animal as Hunter (uncredited)
- 2001The Pledge as Floyd Cage
- 2000Sand as Leo
- 2000The Man Who Cried as Felix Perlman
- 1999The Green Mile as Toot-Toot
- 1999The Straight Story as Lyle
- 1999Stephen King: Shining in the Dark as Self
- 1999Ballad of the Nightingale as Jean-Paul
- 1998A Civil Action as Land Watcher (uncredited)
- 1998The Mighty as Grim
- 1998Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as Judge
- 1997Fire Down Below as Cotton Harry
- 1997She's So Lovely as Tony 'Shorty' Russo
- 1997Midnight Blue as Eric
- 1996Playback as Ernie Fontenot
- 1996Down Periscope as Lt. Howard
- 1995Never Talk to Strangers as Max Cheski
- 1995One Hundred and One Nights as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
- 1994Blue Tiger as Smith
- 1994Against the Wall as Hal
- 1993Warren Oates: Across the Border as Self
- 1992Cruise Control
- 1992Hostages as Frank Reed
- 1992Man Trouble as Redmond Layls
- 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as Carl Rodd
- 1991Payoff as Hook
- 1990Wild at Heart as Johnnie Farragut
- 1990Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders as Self
- 1990Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas' as Self
- 1990The Fourth War as Gen. Hackworth
- 1989Twister as Cleveland
- 1989Dream a Little Dream as Ike Baker
- 1989Monster Maker as Chancey Bellow
- 1988The French as Seen by… as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
- 1988The Cowboy and the Frenchman as Slim
- 1988Mr. North as Henry Simmons
- 1988The Last Temptation of Christ as Paulus
- 1988Stars & Bars as Loomis Gage
- 1988Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night as Self - Audience Member
- 1987Slam Dance as Det. Benjamin Smiley
- 1987Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle as Rip Van Winkle
- 1986Pretty in Pink as Jack Walsh
- 1985Fool for Love as Old Man
- 1985One Magic Christmas as Gideon
- 1985The Care Bears Movie as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
- 1984The Bear as Coach Thomas
- 1984Red Dawn as Mr. Eckert
- 1984Paris, Texas as Travis
- 1984UFOria as Brother Bud Sanders
- 1984Repo Man as Bud
- 1983Christine as Rudolph Junkins
- 1983I Want to Live as Emmett Perkins
- 1982Young Doctors in Love as Dr. Oliver Ludwig
- 1982One from the Heart as Moe
- 1981Escape from New York as Harold 'Brain' Helman
- 1980Private Benjamin as Sgt. Jim Ballard
- 1980The Oldest Living Graduate as Mike
- 1980The Black Marble as Philo Skinner
- 1980Death Watch as Vincent Ferriman
- 1979Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand as Pokey Tindle
- 1979The Rose as Billy Ray
- 1979Wise Blood as Asa Hawks
- 1979Alien as Brett
- 1979Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers as C.W. Douglas
- 1978Straight Time as Jerry Schue
- 1978Renaldo and Clara as Lafkezio
- 1976The Missouri Breaks as Calvin
- 1975The Ransom of Red Chief as Sam
- 197592 in the Shade as Carter
- 1975Farewell, My Lovely as Billy Rolfe
- 1975The Fortune as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
- 1975The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond as President Warren G. Harding
- 1975Rancho Deluxe as Curt
- 1975Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins as Billy Winston
- 1975Win, Place or Steal as Jack
- 1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host · 1 episode
- 1974The Godfather Part II as F.B.I. Man #1
- 1974Cockfighter as Jack Burke
- 1974Zandy's Bride as Songer
- 1974Where the Lilies Bloom as Kiser Pease
- 1973Dillinger as Homer Van Meter
- 1973Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid as Luke
- 1972Cry for Me, Billy as Luke Todd
- 1972Cisco Pike as Jesse Dupre
- 1971Two-Lane Blacktop as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
- 1970The Intruders as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
- 1970Kelly's Heroes as Pvt. Willard
- 1970Rebel Rousers as Randolph Halverson
- 1969Lanton Mills as Lanton
- 1968The Mini-Skirt Mob as Spook
- 1968Day of the Evil Gun as Sergeant Parker
- 1967Cool Hand Luke as Tramp
- 1967The Hostage as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
- 1967A Time for Killing as Sgt. Dan Way
- 1966The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones as Jelly
- 1966Ride in the Whirlwind as Blind Dick
- 1963The Man from the Diners' Club as Beatnik (uncredited)
- 1962How the West Was Won as Gant Henchman
- 1962Hero's Island as Dixey Gates
- 1960The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Slave Catcher
- 1960Escape to Sonoita as Lemon
- 1959A Dog's Best Friend as Roy Janney
- 1959The Jayhawkers! as Deputy Smallwood
- 1959Pork Chop Hill as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
- 1958The Proud Rebel as Jeb Burleigh
- 1957Revolt at Fort Laramie as Rinty
- 1957Tomahawk Trail as Pvt. Miller
- 1956The Wrong Man as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)