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