Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

Known for
Acting
Born
July 14, 1926
Died
September 15, 2017 (aged 91)
Birthplace
West Irvine, Kentucky, USA

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Dean Stanton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2025
Sinatra! Eternity poster

Sinatra! Eternity

Movie · as Sherif Lloyd

2022
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective poster

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective

Movie · as Self

2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado poster

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice poster

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Frank and Ava poster

Frank and Ava

Movie · as Sheriff Lloyd

2017
Lucky poster

Lucky

Movie · as Lucky

2017
Sick of it All poster

Sick of it All

Movie · as Harry The News Reporter

2014
Fishtail poster

Fishtail

Movie · as Narrator

2014
Walking the Mile poster

Walking the Mile

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Carlos Spills the Beans poster

Carlos Spills the Beans

Movie · as Rhino

2013
The Last Stand poster

The Last Stand

Movie · as Mr. Parson

2013
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction poster

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Movie · as Self

2013
9 Full Moons poster

9 Full Moons

Movie · as Dimitri

2013
Getting On poster

Getting On

TV · as Leonard Butler · 3 eps

2012
The Avengers poster

The Avengers

Movie · as Security Guard

2012
Seven Psychopaths poster

Seven Psychopaths

Movie · as Man in Hat

2012
Char·ac·ter poster

Char·ac·ter

Movie · as Self

2011
Rango poster

Rango

Movie · as Balthazar (voice)

2011
This Must Be the Place poster

This Must Be the Place

Movie · as Robert Plath

2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

Movie

2011
Mongo Wrestling Alliance poster

Mongo Wrestling Alliance

TV · as Baron Kleberkuh (voice) · 10 eps

2010
Athena poster

Athena

Movie · as Bill

2010
On Holiday poster

On Holiday

Movie · as Josh the Roommate's Dad

2009
The Open Road poster

The Open Road

Movie · as Amon

2009
Alice poster

Alice

TV · as Caterpillar · 2 eps

2007
Lynch 2 poster

Lynch 2

Movie · as Self

2007
Being Michael Madsen poster

Being Michael Madsen

Movie · as Self

2007
The Good Life poster

The Good Life

Movie · as Gus

2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project poster

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Movie · as Self

2007
Chuck poster

Chuck

TV · as Harry · 1 ep

2006
Inland Empire poster

Inland Empire

Movie · as Freddie Howard

2006
Alpha Dog poster

Alpha Dog

Movie · as Cosmo Gadabeeti

2006
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride poster

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

Movie · as Self

2006
Alien Autopsy poster

Alien Autopsy

Movie · as Harvey

2006
Harry Zen Stanton poster

Harry Zen Stanton

Movie · as Himself

2006
You, Me and Dupree poster

You, Me and Dupree

Movie · as Curly (uncredited)

2006
Big Love poster

Big Love

TV · as Roman Grant · 37 eps

2005
The Wendell Baker Story poster

The Wendell Baker Story

Movie · as Skip Summers

2004
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade poster

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

Movie · as Self

2004
Dig! poster

Dig!

Movie · as Self

2004
The Big Bounce poster

The Big Bounce

Movie · as Bob Rogers, Sr.

2004
Chrystal poster

Chrystal

Movie · as Pa Da

2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien poster

The Beast Within: Making Alien

Movie · as Self

2003
Bukowski: Born Into This poster

Bukowski: Born Into This

Movie · as Self

2003
Hunter Goes to Hollywood poster

Hunter Goes to Hollywood

Movie · as Himself

2003
Anger Management poster

Anger Management

Movie · as Blind Man (uncredited)

2003
Ginostra poster

Ginostra

Movie · as Del Piero

2003
Return to 'Escape from New York'

Return to 'Escape from New York'

Movie · as Himself

2003
Two and a Half Men poster

Two and a Half Men

TV · as Harry Dean Stanton · 1 ep

2002
Sonny poster

Sonny

Movie · as Henry

2002
The Short Films of David Lynch poster

The Short Films of David Lynch

Movie · as Self

2001
The Pledge poster

The Pledge

Movie · as Floyd Cage

2001
The Animal poster

The Animal

Movie · as Hunter (uncredited)

2000
The Man Who Cried poster

The Man Who Cried

Movie · as Felix Perlman

2000
Sand poster

Sand

Movie · as Leo

1999
The Straight Story poster

The Straight Story

Movie · as Lyle

1999
The Green Mile poster

The Green Mile

Movie · as Toot-Toot

1999
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark poster

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

Movie · as Self

1999
Ballad of the Nightingale poster

Ballad of the Nightingale

Movie · as Jean-Paul

1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas poster

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Movie · as Judge

1998
The Mighty poster

The Mighty

Movie · as Grim

1998
A Civil Action poster

A Civil Action

Movie · as Land Watcher (uncredited)

1997
She's So Lovely poster

She's So Lovely

Movie · as Tony 'Shorty' Russo

1997
Fire Down Below poster

Fire Down Below

Movie · as Cotton Harry

1997
Midnight Blue poster

Midnight Blue

Movie · as Eric

1996
Down Periscope poster

Down Periscope

Movie · as Lt. Howard

1996
Playback poster

Playback

Movie · as Ernie Fontenot

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1996
Dead Man's Walk poster

Dead Man's Walk

TV · as Shadrach · 3 eps

1995
Never Talk to Strangers poster

Never Talk to Strangers

Movie · as Max Cheski

1995
One Hundred and One Nights poster

One Hundred and One Nights

Movie · as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)

1994
Against the Wall poster

Against the Wall

Movie · as Hal

1994
Blue Tiger poster

Blue Tiger

Movie · as Smith

1993
Warren Oates: Across the Border poster

Warren Oates: Across the Border

Movie · as Self

1993
Hotel Room poster

Hotel Room

TV · as Moe Boca · 3 eps

1992
Cruise Control poster

Cruise Control

Movie

1992
Man Trouble poster

Man Trouble

Movie · as Redmond Layls

1992
Hostages poster

Hostages

Movie · as Frank Reed

1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me poster

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Movie · as Carl Rodd

1991
Payoff poster

Payoff

Movie · as Hook

1990
Wild at Heart poster

Wild at Heart

Movie · as Johnnie Farragut

1990
The Fourth War poster

The Fourth War

Movie · as Gen. Hackworth

1990
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas' poster

Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'

Movie · as Self

1990
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders poster

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

Movie · as Self

1990
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

TV · as Carl Rodd · 5 eps

1989
Twister poster

Twister

Movie · as Cleveland

1989
Monster Maker poster

Monster Maker

Movie · as Chancey Bellow

1989
Dream a Little Dream poster

Dream a Little Dream

Movie · as Ike Baker

1989
The Jim Henson Hour poster

The Jim Henson Hour

TV · as Chancey Bellow · 1 ep

1988
The Last Temptation of Christ poster

The Last Temptation of Christ

Movie · as Paulus

1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night poster

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Movie · as Self - Audience Member

1988
Mr. North poster

Mr. North

Movie · as Henry Simmons

1988
Stars & Bars poster

Stars & Bars

Movie · as Loomis Gage

1988
The Cowboy and the Frenchman poster

The Cowboy and the Frenchman

Movie · as Slim

1988
The French as Seen by… poster

The French as Seen by…

Movie · as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

1987
Slam Dance poster

Slam Dance

Movie · as Det. Benjamin Smiley

1987
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle poster

Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle

Movie · as Rip Van Winkle

1986
Pretty in Pink poster

Pretty in Pink

Movie · as Jack Walsh

1985
The Care Bears Movie poster

The Care Bears Movie

Movie · as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)

1985
One Magic Christmas poster

One Magic Christmas

Movie · as Gideon

1985
Fool for Love poster

Fool for Love

Movie · as Old Man

1984
Paris, Texas poster

Paris, Texas

Movie · as Travis

1984
Red Dawn poster

Red Dawn

Movie · as Mr. Eckert

1984
UFOria poster

UFOria

Movie · as Brother Bud Sanders

1984
Repo Man poster

Repo Man

Movie · as Bud

1984
The Bear poster

The Bear

Movie · as Coach Thomas

1983
Christine poster

Christine

Movie · as Rudolph Junkins

1983
I Want to Live poster

I Want to Live

Movie · as Emmett Perkins

1982
One from the Heart poster

One from the Heart

Movie · as Moe

1982
Young Doctors in Love poster

Young Doctors in Love

Movie · as Dr. Oliver Ludwig

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Rip Van Winkle · 1 ep

1981
Escape from New York poster

Escape from New York

Movie · as Harold 'Brain' Helman

1980
Private Benjamin poster

Private Benjamin

Movie · as Sgt. Jim Ballard

1980
The Black Marble poster

The Black Marble

Movie · as Philo Skinner

1980
The Oldest Living Graduate poster

The Oldest Living Graduate

Movie · as Mike

1980
Death Watch poster

Death Watch

Movie · as Vincent Ferriman

1979
Wise Blood poster

Wise Blood

Movie · as Asa Hawks

1979
The Rose poster

The Rose

Movie · as Billy Ray

1979
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers poster

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

Movie · as C.W. Douglas

1979
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand

Movie · as Pokey Tindle

1979
Alien poster

Alien

Movie · as Brett

1978
Straight Time poster

Straight Time

Movie · as Jerry Schue

1978
Renaldo and Clara poster

Renaldo and Clara

Movie · as Lafkezio

1976
The Missouri Breaks poster

The Missouri Breaks

Movie · as Calvin

1976
Laverne & Shirley poster

Laverne & Shirley

TV · 1 ep

1976
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman poster

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

TV · as Jake Walters · 4 eps

1975
Farewell, My Lovely poster

Farewell, My Lovely

Movie · as Billy Rolfe

1975
Rancho Deluxe poster

Rancho Deluxe

Movie · as Curt

1975
92 in the Shade poster

92 in the Shade

Movie · as Carter

1975
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins poster

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins

Movie · as Billy Winston

1975
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond poster

The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond

Movie · as President Warren G. Harding

1975
Win, Place or Steal poster

Win, Place or Steal

Movie · as Jack

1975
The Fortune poster

The Fortune

Movie · as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)

1975
The Ransom of Red Chief poster

The Ransom of Red Chief

Movie · as Sam

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1974
The Godfather Part II poster

The Godfather Part II

Movie · as F.B.I. Man #1

1974
Cockfighter poster

Cockfighter

Movie · as Jack Burke

1974
Zandy's Bride poster

Zandy's Bride

Movie · as Songer

1974
Where the Lilies Bloom poster

Where the Lilies Bloom

Movie · as Kiser Pease

1973
Dillinger poster

Dillinger

Movie · as Homer Van Meter

1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid poster

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Movie · as Luke

1972
Cisco Pike poster

Cisco Pike

Movie · as Jesse Dupre

1972
Cry for Me, Billy poster

Cry for Me, Billy

Movie · as Luke Todd

1971
Two-Lane Blacktop poster

Two-Lane Blacktop

Movie · as Oklahoma Hitchhiker

1970
Kelly's Heroes poster

Kelly's Heroes

Movie · as Pvt. Willard

1970
Rebel Rousers poster

Rebel Rousers

Movie · as Randolph Halverson

1970
The Intruders poster

The Intruders

Movie · as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)

1969
Lanton Mills poster

Lanton Mills

Movie · as Lanton

1968
Day of the Evil Gun poster

Day of the Evil Gun

Movie · as Sergeant Parker

1968
The Mini-Skirt Mob poster

The Mini-Skirt Mob

Movie · as Spook

1968
Adam-12 poster

Adam-12

TV · as Harry Fletcher · 1 ep

1968
The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game

TV · as Joe Joe · 1 ep

1967
Cool Hand Luke poster

Cool Hand Luke

Movie · as Tramp

1967
The Hostage poster

The Hostage

Movie · as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)

1967
A Time for Killing poster

A Time for Killing

Movie · as Sgt. Dan Way

1967
Mannix poster

Mannix

TV · 1 ep

1967
The High Chaparral poster

The High Chaparral

TV · as Johnny Faro · 1 ep

1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV · 1 ep

1967
Cimarron Strip poster

Cimarron Strip

TV · as Luther Happ · 1 ep

1966
Ride in the Whirlwind poster

Ride in the Whirlwind

Movie · as Blind Dick

1966
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones poster

The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones

Movie · as Jelly

1965
The Big Valley poster

The Big Valley

TV · as Swain · 1 ep

1964
Daniel Boone poster

Daniel Boone

TV · as Jeb Girty, Crane · 1 ep

1963
The Man from the Diners' Club poster

The Man from the Diners' Club

Movie · as Beatnik (uncredited)

1963
Petticoat Junction poster

Petticoat Junction

TV · 1 ep

1963
The Fugitive poster

The Fugitive

TV · as Randy · 1 ep

1962
How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won

Movie · as Gant Henchman

1962
Hero's Island poster

Hero's Island

Movie · as Dixey Gates

1962
Combat! poster

Combat!

TV · as Pvt. Beecham · 1 ep

1962
Stoney Burke poster

Stoney Burke

TV · 1 ep

1961
Cain's Hundred poster

Cain's Hundred

TV · as Hood · 1 ep

1961
Gunslinger poster

Gunslinger

TV · as Stacey · 1 ep

1960
Escape to Sonoita

Escape to Sonoita

Movie · as Lemon

1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn poster

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Movie · as Slave Catcher

1960
The Andy Griffith Show poster

The Andy Griffith Show

TV · as Proprietor · 1 ep

1960
The Roaring 20's poster

The Roaring 20's

TV · 1 ep

1960
Checkmate poster

Checkmate

TV · as The Singer · 1 ep

1959
Pork Chop Hill poster

Pork Chop Hill

Movie · as BAR Soldier (uncredited)

1959
A Dog's Best Friend poster

A Dog's Best Friend

Movie · as Roy Janney

1959
The Jayhawkers! poster

The Jayhawkers!

Movie · as Deputy Smallwood

1959
The Lawless Years poster

The Lawless Years

TV · 4 eps

1959
Rawhide poster

Rawhide

TV · as Jess Hobson, Dexter, Joe Spanish · 1 ep

1959
Lock-Up poster

Lock-Up

TV · 1 ep

1959
Laramie poster

Laramie

TV · 1 ep

1959
Johnny Ringo poster

Johnny Ringo

TV · as Frank Brogger · 1 ep

1959
Bonanza poster

Bonanza

TV · as Billy, Stiles · 1 ep

1958
The Proud Rebel poster

The Proud Rebel

Movie · as Jeb Burleigh

1958
Man with a Camera poster

Man with a Camera

TV · 1 ep

1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse poster

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

TV · as Gordon · 1 ep

1958
The Rifleman poster

The Rifleman

TV · 1 ep

1958
Bat Masterson poster

Bat Masterson

TV · as Jay Simms · 1 ep

1958
The Texan poster

The Texan

TV · 2 eps

1958
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen poster

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

TV · as George Gilbert · 1 ep

1957
Revolt at Fort Laramie poster

Revolt at Fort Laramie

Movie · as Rinty

1957
Tomahawk Trail poster

Tomahawk Trail

Movie · as Pvt. Miller

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel

TV · 2 eps

1957
The Walter Winchell File poster

The Walter Winchell File

TV · 1 ep

1957
Suspicion poster

Suspicion

TV · as Bill · 1 ep

1956
The Wrong Man poster

The Wrong Man

Movie · as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)

1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV · as Robert MacPherson, Toby - Ranch Hand, Fletcher · 1 ep

1955
Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke

TV · as Alvy, Harley, Nate, Leroy, Young Man, Leader, Rainey, Hodge · 1 ep

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

TV · as Lemon · 1 ep

1955
Playwrights '56

Playwrights '56

TV · 1 ep

1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin poster

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

TV · 1 ep

1954
Inner Sanctum poster

Inner Sanctum

TV · 1 ep

1947
Kraft Television Theatre poster

Kraft Television Theatre

TV · 1 ep