Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor, musician, and singer.
In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in the films 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), Pretty in Pink (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Wild at Heart (1990), The Straight Story (1999), The Green Mile (1999), Alpha Dog (2006) and Inland Empire (2006). He was given rare lead roles in Wim Wenders' classic Paris, Texas (1984) and Lucky (2017), his last film.
Born
Wednesday, 14 July 1926
Died
Friday, 15 September 2017
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wim Wenders: Desperado | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2019 |
| Frank and Ava | Sheriff Lloyd | 2017 |
| Lucky | Lucky | 2017 |
| Twin Peaks | Carl Rodd | 2017 |
| Sick Of It All | News Reporter | 2017 |
| Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider | 2016 |
| Fishtail | Narrator | 2014 |
| Carlos Spills the Beans | Rhino | 2014 |
| Getting On | Leonard Butler | 2013 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wim Wenders: Desperado | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2020 |
| Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2019 |
| Frank and Ava | Sheriff Lloyd | 2017 |
| Lucky | Lucky | 2017 |
| Twin Peaks | Carl Rodd | 2017 |
| Sick Of It All | News Reporter | 2017 |
| Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider | 2016 |
| Fishtail | Narrator | 2014 |
| Carlos Spills the Beans | Rhino | 2014 |
| Getting On | Leonard Butler | 2013 |
| 9 Full Moons | Dimitri | 2013 |
| The Last Stand | Mr. Parson | 2013 |
| Char·ac·ter | Himself | 2012 |
| Seven Psychopaths | Man in Hat | 2012 |
| Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction | Himself | 2012 |
| The Avengers | Security Guard | 2012 |
| This Must Be The Place | Robert Plath | 2011 |
| Rango | Balthazar | 2011 |
| Mongo Wrestling Alliance | Baron Kleberkuh (voice), Baron Kleberkuh | 2011 |
| On Holiday | Josh the Roommate's Dad | 2010 |
| Alice | Caterpillar | 2009 |
| The Open Road | Amon | 2009 |
| Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Private Willard (also archive footage) | 2007 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Brett | 2007 |
| Being Michael Madsen | Himself | 2007 |
| Chuck | Harry | 2007 |
| Brando | Himself | 2007 |
| The Good Life | Gus | 2007 |
| Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film | Himself | 2006 |
| Inland Empire | Freddie Howard | 2006 |
| You, Me and Dupree | 2006 |
| Wanderlust | Himself | 2006 |
| Alien Autopsy | Harvey | 2006 |
| Big Love | Roman Grant | 2006 |
| Alpha Dog | Cosmo Gadabeeti | 2006 |
| The Wendell Baker Story | Skip Summers | 2005 |
| Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Himself | 2004 |
| Chrystal | Pa Da | 2004 |
| The Big Bounce | Bob Rogers, Sr. | 2004 |
| The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' | Himself | 2003 |
| Two and a Half Men | Harry Dean Stanton | 2003 |
| Breakfast with Hunter | Himself | 2003 |
| Anger Management | Blind Man | 2003 |
| Hunter Goes to Hollywood | Himself | 2003 |
| Bukowski: Born into This | Himself | 2003 |
| Sonny | Henry | 2002 |
| Ginostra | Del Piero | 2002 |
| The Short Films of David Lynch | Slim | 2002 |
| Alien Evolution | Himself / Brett | 2001 |
| The Animal | Hunter | 2001 |
| The Pledge | Floyd Cage | 2001 |
| The Man Who Cried | Felix Perlman | 2000 |
| Sand | Leo | 2000 |
| The Green Mile | Toot-Toot | 1999 |
| The Straight Story | Lyle | 1999 |
| Stephen King: Shining in the Dark | Himself | 1999 |
| The Alien Legacy | Himself | 1999 |
| The Mighty | Grim | 1998 |
| Sin City Spectacular | 1998 |
| Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Judge | 1998 |
| A Civil Action | Land Watcher | 1998 |
| Fire Down Below | Cotton Harry | 1997 |
| She's So Lovely | Tony 'Shorty' Russo | 1997 |
| Monte Hellman: American Auteur | Himself | 1997 |
| Midnight Blue | Eric | 1997 |
| Dead Man's Walk | Shadrach | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Himself | 1996 |
| Down Periscope | Lt. Howard | 1996 |
| Playback | Ernie Fontenot | 1996 |
| Never Talk To Strangers | Max Cheski | 1995 |
| One Hundred and One Nights | 1995 |
| Cartelera | Himself (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Blue Tiger | Smith | 1994 |
| Against the Wall | Hal | 1994 |
| Hotel Room | Moe | 1993 |
| Warren Oates: Across the Border | Himself | 1993 |
| Cruise Control | Roland | 1992 |
| Hostages | Frank Reed | 1992 |
| Man Trouble | Redmond Layls | 1992 |
| Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Carl Rodd | 1992 |
| Wild at Heart | Johnnie Farragut | 1990 |
| The Fourth War | Gen. Hackworth | 1990 |
| Twister | Cleveland | 1989 |
| The Jim Henson Hour | Chancey Bellow | 1989 |
| Dream A Little Dream | Ike Baker | 1989 |
| The Last Temptation Of Christ | Paul | 1988 |
| Mr. North | Henry Simmons | 1988 |
| Stars and Bars | Loomis Gage | 1988 |
| Slam Dance | Det. Benjamin Smiley | 1987 |
| Pretty In Pink | Jack | 1986 |
| Fool For Love | Old Man | 1985 |
| One Magic Christmas | Gideon | 1985 |
| UFOria | Brother Bud Sanders | 1985 |
| The Bear | Coach Thomas | 1984 |
| Paris, Texas | Travis Henderson | 1984 |
| Red Dawn | Mr. Eckert | 1984 |
| Repo Man | Bud | 1984 |
| Christine | Detective Rudolph Junkins | 1983 |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | Rip Van Winkle | 1982 |
| Young Doctors in Love | Dr. Oliver Ludwig | 1982 |
| One From The Heart | Moe | 1982 |
| Escape from New York | Brain | 1981 |
| Private Benjamin | Sgt. Jim Ballard | 1980 |
| The Oldest Living Graduate | Mike | 1980 |
| The Black Marble | Philo Skinner | 1980 |
| Death Watch | Vincent Ferriman | 1980 |
| Young Maverick | Pokey Tindal | 1979 |
| The Rose | Billy Ray | 1979 |
| Wise Blood | Asa Hawks | 1979 |
| Alien | Brett | 1979 |
| Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie: Lady Truckers | C.W. Douglas | 1979 |
| Up in Smoke | Police officer (scenes deleted) | 1978 |
| Straight Time | Jerry Schue | 1978 |
| Renaldo and Clara | Lafkezio | 1978 |
| The Missouri Breaks | Calvin | 1976 |
| Laverne & Shirley | Johnny Velvet | 1976 |
| Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Jake Walters | 1976 |
| Saturday Night Live | Himself - Host / Mike Kutasz / Various | 1975 |
| 92 In The Shade | Carter | 1975 |
| Farewell, My Lovely | Det. Billy Rolfe | 1975 |
| The Fortune | Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited) | 1975 |
| The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond | President Warren G. Harding | 1975 |
| Rancho Deluxe | Curt | 1975 |
| Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins | Billy Winston | 1975 |
| Win, Place or Steal | Jack | 1975 |
| The Godfather: Part II | F.B.I. Man #1 | 1974 |
| Cockfighter | Jack Burke | 1974 |
| Zandy's Bride | Songer | 1974 |
| Where the Lilies Bloom | Kiser Pease | 1974 |
| Dillinger | Homer Van Meter | 1973 |
| Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Luke | 1973 |
| Cry for Me, Billy | Luke Todd | 1972 |
| Cisco Pike | Jesse Dupre | 1972 |
| Two-Lane Blacktop | Oklahoma Hitchhiker (as H.D. Stanton) | 1971 |
| What's the Matter with Helen? | 1971 |
| The Intruders | Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton) | 1970 |
| Kelly's Heroes | Willard (as Dean Stanton) | 1970 |
| The Rebel Rousers | Randolph Halverson (as Dean Stanton) | 1970 |
| Adam-12 | Henry Fletcher | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Joe Joe | 1968 |
| The Mini-Skirt Mob | Spook | 1968 |
| Day of the Evil Gun | Sergeant Parker (as Dean Stanton) | 1968 |
| Cool Hand Luke | Tramp (as Dean Stanton) | 1967 |
| The Hostage | Eddie (as Dean Stanton) | 1967 |
| Mannix | Dean Hill | 1967 |
| The High Chaparral | Johnny Faro | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | J.J. Kates | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Luther Happ | 1967 |
| In The Heat Of The Night | Police Officer | 1967 |
| A Time for Killing | Sgt. Dan Way (as Dean Stanton) | 1967 |
| The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa jones | Jelly | 1966 |
| Ride in the Whirlwind | Blind Dick (as Dean Stanton) | 1966 |
| The Wild Wild West | Lucius Brand | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Swain | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Quince Logan | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Crane, Jeb Girty | 1964 |
| Petticoat Junction | Ringo | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Randy | 1963 |
| Vacation Playhouse | Dayton Skagg | 1963 |
| The Man from the Diners' Club | Beatnik (uncredited) | 1963 |
| How The West Was Won | Gant Henchman | 1962 |
| Combat! | Pvt. Beecham | 1962 |
| Stoney Burke | Dell Tindall | 1962 |
| Empire | Nick Crider | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Clint Daggert | 1962 |
| Hero's Island | Dixey Gates (as Dean Stanton) | 1962 |
| Cain's Hundred | Hood 1 | 1961 |
| Gunslinger | Stacey | 1961 |
| The Roaring 20's | Fingers (as Dean Stanton) | 1960 |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | Harry Walker | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Proprietor | 1960 |
| Checkmate | The Singer | 1960 |
| The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn | Slave Catcher (as Dean Stanton) | 1960 |
| The Jayhawkers! | Deputy Smallwood | 1959 |
| The Man from Blackhawk | Sonny Blakey | 1959 |
| Johnny Ringo | Frank Brogger | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Tommy Fuller | 1959 |
| Laramie | Amos Kerrigan, Moss, Vern Cowan, Virgil | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Billy, Stiles | 1959 |
| Adventure Showcase | 1959 |
| Pork Chop Hill | U.S. Soldier with BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) (uncredited) | 1959 |
| The Lawless Years | Dace, Happy Maffy, Maxy Margolis, Tommy Ryan | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Moxie, Picolo | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Barlow, Dexter, Jess Hobson, Joe Spanish | 1959 |
| The D.A.'s Man | Barbo (as Dean Stanton) | 1959 |
| A Dog's Best Friend | Roy Janney (as Dean Stanton) | 1959 |
| U.S. Marshal | Robby Crane (as Dean Stanton) | 1958 |
| Man with a Camera | Jerry | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Jay Simms | 1958 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Gordon (as Dean Stanton), Rafe Daniels | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Clemmie Martin | 1958 |
| The Texan | Chad Bisbee, Frank Kaler | 1958 |
| Rescue 8 | Landers (as Dan Stanton), Skeets, Young Bum | 1958 |
| Voice in the Mirror | Hysterical Patient in Psychiatric Ward (uncredited) | 1958 |
| Decision | Simeon Dawson | 1958 |
| The Proud Rebel | Jeb Burleigh (as Dean Stanton) | 1958 |
| The Court of Last Resort | 1957 |
| The Walter Winchell File | Country Boy | 1957 |
| Suspicion | Bill | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Slim Wilder, Stoneman | 1957 |
| Panic! | Jerry | 1957 |
| Revolt at Fort Laramie | Rinty | 1957 |
| Tomahawk Trail | Pvt. Miller (as Dean Stanton) | 1957 |
| The Wrong Man | Department of Corrections Employee | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theater | Fletcher (as Dean Stanton), Pvt. Brock (as Dean Stanton), Robert MacPherson, Toby - Ranch Hand | 1956 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lemon | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Alvy, Harley Scooper, Hodge, Leader, Leroy Parker, Nate, Rainey Carp, Young Man | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Drew Griswold | 1954 |
| The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | Clint Dirkson | 1954 |
| The Lineup | (as Dean Stanton), Alfie | 1954 |
| Inner Sanctum | Andrew | 1954 |
| Death Valley Days | Chad | 1952 |
| Kraft Theatre | 1947 |
