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