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