
Harry Dean Stanton
Known for Acting · 205 credits
- Born
- 1926-07-14
- Died
- 2017-09-15
- Place of birth
- West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Χάρι Ντιν Στάντον · Гарри Дин Стентон · Dean Stanton · هری دین استنتون
Biography
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
TV Shows (53)

Two and a Half Men
2003
as Harry Dean Stanton

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

Bonanza
1959
as Billy / Stiles

The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Proprietor

The Fugitive
1963
as Randy

Mannix
1967

Twin Peaks
1990
as Carl Rodd

Adam-12
1968
as Harry Fletcher

Chuck
2007
as Harry

The Rifleman
1958

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
as Jake Walters

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

Petticoat Junction
1963

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Robert MacPherson / Toby - Ranch Hand / Fletcher

Combat!
1962
as Pvt. Beecham

Rawhide
1959
as Jess Hobson / Dexter / Joe Spanish

Daniel Boone
1964
as Jeb Girty / Crane

The Big Valley
1965
as Swain

Big Love
2006
as Roman Grant

Laverne & Shirley
1976

The High Chaparral
1967
as Johnny Faro

The Name of the Game
1968
as Joe Joe

Gunsmoke
1955
as Alvy / Harley / Nate / Leroy / Young Man / Leader / Rainey / Hodge

Bat Masterson
1958
as Jay Simms

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Lemon

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Rip Van Winkle

The Texan
1958

Laramie
1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Gordon

Checkmate
1960
as The Singer

Lock-Up
1959

Cain's Hundred
1961
as Hood

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

Stoney Burke
1962

Johnny Ringo
1959
as Frank Brogger

Cimarron Strip
1967
as Luther Happ

Suspicion
1957
as Bill

The Roaring 20's
1960

Getting On
2013
as Leonard Butler

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954

The Lawless Years
1959

The Jim Henson Hour
1989
as Chancey Bellow

Inner Sanctum
1954

Man with a Camera
1958
Playwrights '56
1955

The Walter Winchell File
1957

Gunslinger
1961
as Stacey

Alice
2009
as Caterpillar

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
as George Gilbert

Dead Man's Walk
1996
as Shadrach

Hotel Room
1993
as Moe Boca

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Mongo Wrestling Alliance
2011
Movies (152)

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

Rango
2011
as Balthazar (voice)

Escape from New York
1981
as Harold 'Brain' Helman

Paris, Texas
1984
as Travis

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Carl Rodd

Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Man in Hat

Christine
1983
as Rudolph Junkins

Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Tramp

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
as Judge

Down Periscope
1996
as Lt. Howard

Anger Management
2003
as Blind Man (uncredited)

Red Dawn
1984
as Mr. Eckert

Pretty in Pink
1986
as Jack Walsh

Wild at Heart
1990
as Johnnie Farragut

The Last Stand
2013
as Mr. Parson

Inland Empire
2006
as Freddie Howard

Kelly's Heroes
1970
as Pvt. Willard

The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Paulus

The Animal
2001
as Hunter (uncredited)

The Pledge
2001
as Floyd Cage

Alpha Dog
2006
as Cosmo Gadabeeti

How the West Was Won
1962
as Gant Henchman

Fire Down Below
1997
as Cotton Harry

Repo Man
1984
as Bud

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Luke

The Straight Story
1999
as Lyle

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self

Stars & Bars
1988
as Loomis Gage

Blue Tiger
1994
as Smith

Sand
2000
as Leo

This Must Be the Place
2011
as Robert Plath

Cisco Pike
1972
as Jesse Dupre

The Mighty
1998
as Grim

UFOria
1984
as Brother Bud Sanders

Farewell, My Lovely
1975
as Billy Rolfe

Dillinger
1973
as Homer Van Meter

Dig!
2004
as Self

Private Benjamin
1980
as Sgt. Jim Ballard

Cockfighter
1974
as Jack Burke

Straight Time
1978
as Jerry Schue

A Civil Action
1998
as Land Watcher (uncredited)

Young Doctors in Love
1982
as Dr. Oliver Ludwig

Never Talk to Strangers
1995
as Max Cheski

Lucky
2017
as Lucky

Playback
1996
as Ernie Fontenot

One Hundred and One Nights
1995
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)

You, Me and Dupree
2006
as Curly (uncredited)

The Big Bounce
2004
as Bob Rogers, Sr.

Tomahawk Trail
1957
as Pvt. Miller

One from the Heart
1982
as Moe

Pork Chop Hill
1959
as BAR Soldier (uncredited)

Slam Dance
1987
as Det. Benjamin Smiley

Rebel Rousers
1970
as Randolph Halverson

The Missouri Breaks
1976
as Calvin

The Man Who Cried
2000
as Felix Perlman

Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
as Self

The Wrong Man
1956
as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)

Rancho Deluxe
1975
as Curt

The Care Bears Movie
1985
as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)

Sonny
2002
as Henry

Dream a Little Dream
1989
as Ike Baker

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
as C.W. Douglas

Being Michael Madsen
2007
as Self

Alien Autopsy
2006
as Harvey

The Hostage
1967
as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)

She's So Lovely
1997
as Tony 'Shorty' Russo

Chrystal
2004
as Pa Da

Death Watch
1980
as Vincent Ferriman

Payoff
1991
as Hook

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Slave Catcher

Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957
as Rinty

The Rose
1979
as Billy Ray

The Fourth War
1990
as Gen. Hackworth

The Intruders
1970
as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)

Lanton Mills
1969
as Lanton

Mr. North
1988
as Henry Simmons

One Magic Christmas
1985
as Gideon

The Proud Rebel
1958
as Jeb Burleigh

Twister
1989
as Cleveland

The Jayhawkers!
1959
as Deputy Smallwood

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self

American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
as Self

A Time for Killing
1967
as Sgt. Dan Way

Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
as Oklahoma Hitchhiker

92 in the Shade
1975
as Carter

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
as Self (archive footage)

The Fortune
1975
as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)

The Wendell Baker Story
2005
as Skip Summers

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member

Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
as Blind Dick

The Good Life
2007
as Gus

Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
as Kiser Pease

Zandy's Bride
1974
as Songer

Wise Blood
1979
as Asa Hawks

Man Trouble
1992
as Redmond Layls

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999
as Self

The French as Seen by…
1988
as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

Walking the Mile
2014
as Self (archive footage)

Renaldo and Clara
1978
as Lafkezio

The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
1966
as Jelly

The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1988
as Slim

The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
as Self

Against the Wall
1994
as Hal

9 Full Moons
2013
as Dimitri

The Oldest Living Graduate
1980
as Mike

The Black Marble
1980
as Philo Skinner

Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975
as Billy Winston

On Holiday
2010
as Josh the Roommate's Dad

Ballad of the Nightingale
1999
as Jean-Paul

Bukowski: Born Into This
2003
as Self

Ginostra
2003
as Del Piero

The Open Road
2009
as Amon

Fool for Love
1985
as Old Man

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
as Self

Cruise Control
1992
Escape to Sonoita
1960
as Lemon
About Harry Dean Stanton
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 (2… With 205 credits spanning from 1954 to 2025, Harry Dean Stanton has appeared in 152 films and 53 TV shows.
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Most Popular Harry Dean Stanton Movies
- 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
- Rango (2011) — as Balthazar (voice)
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