Harry Dean Stanton
Acting1926West 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).
Known For
Acting History
Future
Sinatra! Eternity
as Sherif Lloyd
2020
Frank and Ava
as Sheriff Lloyd
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
2017
2014
2013
2012
2011
This Must Be the Place
as Robert Plath
Rango
as Balthazar (voice)
2010
2009
The Open Road
as Amon
Alice
TVas Caterpillar
2007
2006
Alien Autopsy
as Harvey
Alpha Dog
as Cosmo Gadabeeti
You, Me and Dupree
as Curly (uncredited)
Inland Empire
as Freddie Howard
Harry Zen Stanton
as Himself
Big Love
TVas Roman Grant• 37 eps
2005
The Wendell Baker Story
as Skip Summers
2004
The Big Bounce
as Bob Rogers, Sr.
Dig!
as Self
Chrystal
as Pa Da
Two and a Half Men
TVas Harry Dean Stanton• 1 eps
2003
Ginostra
as Del Piero
Anger Management
as Blind Man (uncredited)
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
as Himself
Bukowski: Born Into This
as Self
Return to 'Escape from New York'
as Himself
2002
Sonny
as Henry
2001
The Pledge
as Floyd Cage
The Animal
as Hunter (uncredited)
2000
The Man Who Cried
as Felix Perlman
Sand
as Leo
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
One Hundred and One Nights
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
Never Talk to Strangers
as Max Cheski
1994
Blue Tiger
as Smith
Against the Wall
as Hal
1993
Hotel Room
TVas Moe Boca
1992
1991
Payoff
as Hook
1990
Wild at Heart
as Johnnie Farragut
The Fourth War
as Gen. Hackworth
1989
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience Member
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
as Slim
The French as Seen by…
as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
Mr. North
as Henry Simmons
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Paulus
Stars & Bars
as Loomis Gage
1987
Slam Dance
as Det. Benjamin Smiley
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
as Rip Van Winkle
Faerie Tale Theatre
TVas Rip Van Winkle• 1 eps
1986
Pretty in Pink
as Jack Walsh
1985
The Care Bears Movie
as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
Fool for Love
as Old Man
One Magic Christmas
as Gideon
1984
Paris, Texas
as Travis
The Bear
as Coach Thomas
Repo Man
as Bud
UFOria
as Brother Bud Sanders
Red Dawn
as Mr. Eckert
1983
Christine
as Rudolph Junkins
I Want to Live
as Emmett Perkins
1982
1981
Escape from New York
as Harold 'Brain' Helman
1980
Death Watch
as Vincent Ferriman
The Black Marble
as Philo Skinner
Private Benjamin
as Sgt. Jim Ballard
The Oldest Living Graduate
as Mike
1979
Alien
as Brett
Wise Blood
as Asa Hawks
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
as C.W. Douglas
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
as Pokey Tindle
The Rose
as Billy Ray
1978
Renaldo and Clara
as Lafkezio
Straight Time
as Jerry Schue
1976
The Missouri Breaks
as Calvin
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
TVas Jake Walters• 4 eps
1975
Rancho Deluxe
as Curt
The Fortune
as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
Farewell, My Lovely
as Billy Rolfe
Win, Place or Steal
as Jack
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
as President Warren G. Harding
The Ransom of Red Chief
as Sam
92 in the Shade
as Carter
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
as Billy Winston
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host
1974
Zandy's Bride
as Songer
The Godfather Part II
as F.B.I. Man #1
Where the Lilies Bloom
as Kiser Pease
Cockfighter
as Jack Burke
1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
as Luke
Dillinger
as Homer Van Meter
1972
Cry for Me, Billy
as Luke Todd
1971
Two-Lane Blacktop
as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
Cisco Pike
as Jesse Dupre
1970
Kelly's Heroes
as Pvt. Willard
Rebel Rousers
as Randolph Halverson
The Intruders
as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
1969
1968
Day of the Evil Gun
as Sergeant Parker
The Mini-Skirt Mob
as Spook
The Name of the Game
TVas Joe Joe• 1 eps
Gunsmoke
TVas Hodge• 1 eps
The High Chaparral
TVas Johnny Faro• 1 eps
1967
A Time for Killing
as Sgt. Dan Way
Cool Hand Luke
as Tramp
The Hostage
as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
The Andy Griffith Show
TVas Proprietor• 1 eps
1966
Ride in the Whirlwind
as Blind Dick
The Big Valley
TVas Swain• 1 eps
1965
Rawhide
TVas Joe Spanish• 1 eps
The Fugitive
TVas Randy• 1 eps
1963
The Man from the Diners' Club
as Beatnik (uncredited)
Bonanza
TVas Stiles / Billy• 1 eps
1962
How the West Was Won
as Gant Henchman (uncredited)
Hero's Island
as Dixey Gates
Cain's Hundred
TVas Hood• 1 eps
Checkmate
TVas The Singer• 1 eps
Combat!
TVas Pvt. Beecham• 1 eps
1961
Gunslinger
TVas Stacey
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TVas Fletcher / Toby - Ranch Hand / Robert MacPherson• 1 eps
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Slave Catcher
Escape to Sonoita
as Lemon
Johnny Ringo
TVas Frank Brogger• 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TVas Lemon• 1 eps
1959
The Jayhawkers!
as Deputy Smallwood
Pork Chop Hill
as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
A Dog's Best Friend
as Roy Janney
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
TVas Gordon• 1 eps
Bat Masterson
TVas Jay Simms• 1 eps
1958
The Proud Rebel
as Jeb Burleigh
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
TVas George Gilbert
1957
1956
The Wrong Man
as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)
1955