Harry 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).
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Movies (44)
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
as Self
2022
Frank and Ava
as Sheriff Lloyd
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Lucky
as Lucky
2017
Sick of it All
as Harry The News Reporter
2017
Walking the Mile
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Fishtail
as Narrator
2014
Carlos Spills the Beans
as Rhino
2014
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
as Self
2013
9 Full Moons
as Dimitri
2013
The Last Stand
as Mr. Parson
2013
Char·ac·ter
as Self
2012
Seven Psychopaths
as Man in Hat
2012
The Avengers
as Security Guard
2012
This Must Be the Place
as Robert Plath
2011
Rango
as Balthazar (voice)
2011
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Athena
as Bill
2010
On Holiday
as Josh the Roommate's Dad
2010
The Open Road
as Amon
2009
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2007
Being Michael Madsen
as Self
2007
Lynch 2
as Self
2007
The Good Life
as Gus
2007
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
as Self
2006
Inland Empire
as Freddie Howard
2006
You, Me and Dupree
as Curly (uncredited)
2006
Alien Autopsy
as Harvey
2006
Alpha Dog
as Cosmo Gadabeeti
2006
Harry Zen Stanton
as Himself
2006
The Wendell Baker Story
as Skip Summers
2005
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
as Self
2004
Dig!
as Self
2004
Chrystal
as Pa Da
2004
The Big Bounce
as Bob Rogers, Sr.
2004
Return to 'Escape from New York'
as Himself
2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self
2003
Anger Management
as Blind Man (uncredited)
2003
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
as Himself
2003
Ginostra
as Del Piero
2003
Bukowski: Born Into This
as Self
2003
Sonny
as Henry
2002
The Short Films of David Lynch
as Self
2002
