Harry Dean Stanton
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Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits
Christine (1983)
as Rudolph Junkins
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The Avengers (2012)
as Security Guard
Alien (1979)
as Brett
The Green Mile (1999)
as Toot-Toot
The Godfather Part II (1974)
as F.B.I. Man #1
Rango (2011)
as Balthazar (voice)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
as Judge
Wild at Heart (1990)
as Johnnie Farragut
Anger Management (2003)
as Blind Man (uncredited)
Escape from New York (1981)
as Harold 'Brain' Helman
Paris, Texas (1984)
as Travis
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
as Carl Rodd
The Animal (2001)
as Hunter (uncredited)
The Last Stand (2013)
as Mr. Parson
Red Dawn (1984)
as Mr. Eckert
You, Me and Dupree (2006)
as Curly (uncredited)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
as Pvt. Willard
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
as Man in Hat
Twister (1989)
as Cleveland
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
as Tramp
Alpha Dog (2006)
as Cosmo Gadabeeti
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
as Paulus
Inland Empire (2006)
as Freddie Howard
Fire Down Below (1997)
as Cotton Harry
Down Periscope (1996)
as Lt. Howard
The Straight Story (1999)
as Lyle
Straight Time (1978)
as Jerry Schue
How the West Was Won (1962)
as Gant Henchman
The Pledge (2001)
as Floyd Cage
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
as Luke
UFOria (1984)
as Brother Bud Sanders
Pretty in Pink (1986)
as Jack Walsh
She's So Lovely (1997)
as Tony 'Shorty' Russo
The Fortune (1975)
as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
as Billy Rolfe
Mr. North (1988)
as Henry Simmons
Lynch 2 (2007)
as Self
A Civil Action (1998)
as Land Watcher (uncredited)
The Wrong Man (1956)
as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)
Private Benjamin (1980)
as Sgt. Jim Ballard
One from the Heart (1982)
as Moe
Young Doctors in Love (1982)
as Dr. Oliver Ludwig
Zandy's Bride (1974)
as Songer
The Man Who Cried (2000)
as Felix Perlman
This Must Be the Place (2011)
as Robert Plath
Repo Man (1984)
as Bud
Lucky (2017)
as Lucky
One Magic Christmas (1985)
as Gideon
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960)
as Slave Catcher
Day of the Evil Gun (1968)
as Sergeant Parker
Being Michael Madsen (2007)
as Self
The Mighty (1998)
as Grim
A Time for Killing (1967)
as Sgt. Dan Way
The Care Bears Movie (1985)
as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
The Missouri Breaks (1976)
as Calvin
Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
as Max Cheski
Death Watch (1980)
as Vincent Ferriman
The French as Seen by… (1988)
as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
Return to 'Escape from New York' (2003)
as Himself
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
Slam Dance (1987)
as Det. Benjamin Smiley
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers (1979)
as C.W. Douglas
One Hundred and One Nights (1995)
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
Dream a Little Dream (1989)
as Ike Baker
I Want to Live (1983)
as Emmett Perkins
Pork Chop Hill (1959)
as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
Sonny (2002)
as Henry
The Short Films of David Lynch (2002)
as Self
Fishtail (2014)
as Narrator
The Big Bounce (2004)
as Bob Rogers, Sr.
Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
as Blind Dick
Man Trouble (1992)
as Redmond Layls
The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
as Skip Summers
The Fourth War (1990)
as Gen. Hackworth
Alien Autopsy (2006)
as Harvey
Escape to Sonoita (1960)
as Lemon
Char·ac·ter (2012)
as Self
Dillinger (1973)
as Homer Van Meter
Cruise Control (1992)
Actor
Athena (2010)
as Bill
The Proud Rebel (1958)
as Jeb Burleigh
Ginostra (2003)
as Del Piero
Win, Place or Steal (1975)
as Jack
Blue Tiger (1994)
as Smith
The Rose (1979)
as Billy Ray
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
as Self
Rancho Deluxe (1975)
as Curt
The Oldest Living Graduate (1980)
as Mike
Cisco Pike (1972)
as Jesse Dupre
Revolt at Fort Laramie (1957)
as Rinty
Against the Wall (1994)
as Hal
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (1975)
as Billy Winston
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2013)
as Self
Wise Blood (1979)
as Asa Hawks
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland (2011)
Actor
Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)
as Kiser Pease
Fool for Love (1985)
as Old Man
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)
as Self - Audience Member
Dig! (2004)
as Self
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones (1966)
as Jelly
Walking the Mile (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Stars & Bars (1988)
as Loomis Gage
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006)
as Self
The Man from the Diners' Club (1963)
as Beatnik (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988)
as Slim
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
The Ransom of Red Chief (1975)
as Sam
The Intruders (1970)
as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
9 Full Moons (2013)
as Dimitri
Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
as Self
The Open Road (2009)
as Amon
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle (1987)
as Rip Van Winkle
Ballad of the Nightingale (1999)
as Jean-Paul
Tomahawk Trail (1957)
as Pvt. Miller
The Good Life (2007)
as Gus
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
as Self
The Jayhawkers! (1959)
as Deputy Smallwood
Playback (1996)
as Ernie Fontenot
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990)
as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas' (1990)
as Self
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective (2022)
as Self
Cry for Me, Billy (1972)
as Luke Todd
The Black Marble (1980)
as Philo Skinner
The Beast Within: Making Alien (2003)
as Self
92 in the Shade (1975)
as Carter
Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (1975)
as President Warren G. Harding
Sand (2000)
as Leo
Hero's Island (1962)
as Dixey Gates
Midnight Blue (1997)
as Eric
Cockfighter (1974)
as Jack Burke
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999)
as Self
Hunter Goes to Hollywood (2003)
as Himself
Sick of it All (2017)
as Harry The News Reporter
Lanton Mills (1969)
as Lanton
The Bear (1984)
as Coach Thomas
Sinatra! Eternity (2025)
as Sherif Lloyd
Warren Oates: Across the Border (1993)
as Self
Frank and Ava (2018)
as Sheriff Lloyd
Harry Zen Stanton (2006)
as Himself
Rebel Rousers (1970)
as Randolph Halverson
Carlos Spills the Beans (2014)
as Rhino
Hostages (1992)
as Frank Reed
Renaldo and Clara (1978)
as Lafkezio
Chrystal (2004)
as Pa Da
A Dog's Best Friend (1959)
as Roy Janney
The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)
as Spook
Monster Maker (1989)
as Chancey Bellow
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand (1979)
as Pokey Tindle
Payoff (1991)
as Hook
The Hostage (1967)
as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
On Holiday (2010)
as Josh the Roommate's Dad