Harry Dean Stanton
Known for Acting · 205 credits
- Born
- 1926-07-14
- Died
- 2017-09-15
- Place of birth
- West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Χάρι Ντιν Στάντον · Гарри Дин Стентон · Dean Stanton · هری دین استنتون · Dan 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).
Known For
TV Shows (53)
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Harry Dean Stanton
The Fugitive
1963
as Randy
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Twin Peaks
1990
as Carl Rodd
Bonanza
1959
as Billy / Stiles
The Rifleman
1958
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Proprietor
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Mannix
1967
Chuck
2007
as Harry
Adam-12
1968
as Harry Fletcher
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
as Jake Walters
Petticoat Junction
1963
Rawhide
1959
as Jess Hobson / Dexter / Joe Spanish
Daniel Boone
1964
as Jeb Girty / Crane
Bat Masterson
1958
as Jay Simms
The Big Valley
1965
as Swain
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Robert MacPherson / Toby - Ranch Hand / Fletcher
Combat!
1962
as Pvt. Beecham
Gunsmoke
1955
as Alvy / Harley / Leroy / Nate / Young Man / Leader / Rainey / Hodge
Big Love
2006
as Roman Grant
Laramie
1959
The Name of the Game
1968
as Joe Joe
The Texan
1958
The High Chaparral
1967
as Johnny Faro
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Lemon
Lock-Up
1959
Suspicion
1957
as Bill
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Rip Van Winkle
Checkmate
1960
as The Singer
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Gordon
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
as Chancey Bellow
Stoney Burke
1962
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Frank Brogger
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Hood
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Luther Happ
Inner Sanctum
1954
The Lawless Years
1959
Getting On
2013
as Leonard Butler
The Roaring 20's
1960
Gunslinger
1961
as Stacey
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
The Walter Winchell File
1957
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
as George Gilbert
Alice
2009
as Caterpillar
Playwrights '56
1955
Man with a Camera
1958
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Hotel Room
1993
as Moe Boca
Dead Man's Walk
1996
as Shadrach
Mongo Wrestling Alliance
2011
Movies (152)
The Avengers
2012
as Security Guard
The Green Mile
1999
as Toot-Toot
The Godfather Part II
1974
as F.B.I. Man #1
Alien
1979
as Brett
Rango
2011
as Balthazar (voice)
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
as Billy Rolfe
The Last Stand
2013
as Mr. Parson
Paris, Texas
1984
as Travis
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Man in Hat
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
as Judge
Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Tramp
Escape from New York
1981
as Harold 'Brain' Helman
Lucky
2017
as Lucky
Kelly's Heroes
1970
as Pvt. Willard
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Carl Rodd
Anger Management
2003
as Blind Man (uncredited)
Pretty in Pink
1986
as Jack Walsh
Christine
1983
as Rudolph Junkins
The Straight Story
1999
as Lyle
Wild at Heart
1990
as Johnnie Farragut
The Animal
2001
as Hunter (uncredited)
This Must Be the Place
2011
as Robert Plath
Mr. North
1988
as Henry Simmons
Fire Down Below
1997
as Cotton Harry
Alpha Dog
2006
as Cosmo Gadabeeti
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Paulus
How the West Was Won
1962
as Gant Henchman
Down Periscope
1996
as Lt. Howard
Straight Time
1978
as Jerry Schue
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Luke
You, Me and Dupree
2006
as Curly (uncredited)
Zandy's Bride
1974
as Songer
Red Dawn
1984
as Mr. Eckert
Inland Empire
2006
as Freddie Howard
Twister
1989
as Cleveland
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
as Blind Dick
The French as Seen by…
1988
as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
Repo Man
1984
as Bud
The Fortune
1975
as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
The Black Marble
1980
as Philo Skinner
Fishtail
2014
as Narrator
Walking the Mile
2014
as Self (archive footage)
One Hundred and One Nights
1995
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
The Pledge
2001
as Floyd Cage
The Proud Rebel
1958
as Jeb Burleigh
The Wrong Man
1956
as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)
Private Benjamin
1980
as Sgt. Jim Ballard
The Missouri Breaks
1976
as Calvin
Slam Dance
1987
as Det. Benjamin Smiley
The Intruders
1970
as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
Being Michael Madsen
2007
as Self
Lynch 2
2007
as Self
Cruise Control
1992
Young Doctors in Love
1982
as Dr. Oliver Ludwig
A Civil Action
1998
as Land Watcher (uncredited)
The Fourth War
1990
as Gen. Hackworth
Win, Place or Steal
1975
as Jack
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Sergeant Parker
UFOria
1984
as Brother Bud Sanders
Fool for Love
1985
as Old Man
The Man Who Cried
2000
as Felix Perlman
Char·ac·ter
2012
as Self
I Want to Live
1983
as Emmett Perkins
The Mighty
1998
as Grim
9 Full Moons
2013
as Dimitri
The Care Bears Movie
1985
as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
as C.W. Douglas
Never Talk to Strangers
1995
as Max Cheski
Tomahawk Trail
1957
as Pvt. Miller
One from the Heart
1982
as Moe
Escape to Sonoita
1960
as Lemon
Death Watch
1980
as Vincent Ferriman
The Wendell Baker Story
2005
as Skip Summers
Dream a Little Dream
1989
as Ike Baker
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975
as Billy Winston
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
as Kiser Pease
Stars & Bars
1988
as Loomis Gage
She's So Lovely
1997
as Tony 'Shorty' Russo
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1988
as Slim
One Magic Christmas
1985
as Gideon
Playback
1996
as Ernie Fontenot
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
as Beatnik (uncredited)
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
Dig!
2004
as Self
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957
as Rinty
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
as Self
Cry for Me, Billy
1972
as Luke Todd
The Big Bounce
2004
as Bob Rogers, Sr.
Cisco Pike
1972
as Jesse Dupre
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999
as Self
Frank and Ava
2020
as Sheriff Lloyd
Sand
2000
as Leo
Alien Autopsy
2006
as Harvey
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self
The Mini-Skirt Mob
1968
as Spook
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
2003
as Himself
A Time for Killing
1967
as Sgt. Dan Way
A Dog's Best Friend
1959
as Roy Janney
The Rose
1979
as Billy Ray
Rancho Deluxe
1975
as Curt
Midnight Blue
1997
as Eric
Ballad of the Nightingale
1999
as Jean-Paul
Against the Wall
1994
as Hal
The Bear
1984
as Coach Thomas
Sonny
2002
as Henry
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003
as Himself
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Slave Catcher
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987
as Rip Van Winkle
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
as Self
Dillinger
1973
as Homer Van Meter
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
1966
as Jelly
The Ransom of Red Chief
1975
as Sam
Hero's Island
1962
as Dixey Gates
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Jayhawkers!
1959
as Deputy Smallwood
Athena
2010
as Bill
About Harry Dean Stanton
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 (2… With 205 credits spanning from 1954 to 2025, Harry Dean Stanton has appeared in 152 films and 53 TV shows.
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Most Popular Harry Dean Stanton Movies
- The Avengers (2012) — as Security Guard
- The Green Mile (1999) — as Toot-Toot
- The Godfather Part II (1974) — as F.B.I. Man #1
- Alien (1979) — as Brett
- Rango (2011) — as Balthazar (voice)
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