Harry Dean Stanton
American actor (1926-2017) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 91
Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor and musician. 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...
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LuckyFilm, 2017Lucky2012
Seven PsychopathsFilm, Man in Hat2007
ChuckSeries, Harry2006
Alpha DogFilm, Cosmo Gadabeeti2003
Two and a Half MenSeries, Harry Dean Stanton2001
The AnimalFilm, Hunter (uncredited)1998
A Civil ActionFilm, Land Watcher (uncredited)1996
Down PeriscopeFilm, Lt. Howard1990
Wild at HeartFilm, Johnnie Farragut1984
Paris, TexasFilm, Travis1982
One from the HeartFilm, Moe1980
Private BenjaminFilm, Sgt. Jim Ballard1976
Laverne & ShirleySeries
The Missouri BreaksFilm, 1976Calvin1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the KidFilm, Luke1968
Adam-12Series, Harry Fletcher1967
Cool Hand LukeFilm, Tramp1965
The Big ValleySeries, Swain1964
Daniel BooneSeries, Jeb Girty1962
Combat!Series, Pvt. Beecham1959
BonanzaSeries, Billy1957
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries1956
The Wrong ManFilm, Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Lemon1926Born14 July 1926People around Harry
Close ties
David Lynch Directed Twin Peaks and Wild at Heart
Jerry Bruckheimer Produced Farewell, My Lovely (1976)
Monte Hellman Directed Two-Lane Blacktop and Cockfighter
Elliott Kastner Produced Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Roger Corman Directed A Time for Killing (1969)
Jack Nicholson Produced Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
Francis Ford Coppola Directed The Godfather Part II (1975)
Sean Penn Produced The Pledge (2001)
Laura Dern Produced Inland Empire (2006)
John Carpenter Directed Escape from New York (1981)
Michael Curtiz Directed The Proud Rebel (1959)
John Frankenheimer Directed Against the Wall and The Fourth War
Nick Cassavetes Directed Alpha Dog and She's So Lovely
John Milius Directed Red Dawn and Dillinger
Grace Zabriskie Also in Twin Peaks and Wild at Heart
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Produced The Proud Rebel (1959)
Dick Richards Directed Farewell, My Lovely (1977)
Mary Sweeney Produced The Straight Story and Inland Empire
William A. Graham Directed Where the Lilies Bloom (1974)- Gordon Carroll Produced Alien and Cool Hand Luke
David Bowie Also in Twin Peaks
Nicolas Cage Directed Sonny (2002)
Charlie Sheen Also in Two and a Half Men and Red Dawn
Rebecca De Mornay Produced Never Talk to Strangers (1996)
Known for
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The Godfather Part II 1974
The Green Mile 1999
Alien 1979
The Avengers 2012
Paris, Texas 1984
Filmography 40
219 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
About this person
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), Inland Empire (2006), Rango (2011), The Avengers (2012), and Seven Psychopaths (2012). He had rare lead roles in Paris, Texas (1984) and Lucky (2017).
