Harry Dean Stanton

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

The Fugitive

Two and a Half Men

Saturday Night Live

Bonanza

Bonanza

The Avengers

The Andy Griffith Show

Twin Peaks

All Movies (152)

• Sinatra! Eternity2025 · as Sherif Lloyd
• American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective2022 · as Self
• Frank and Ava2020 · as Sheriff Lloyd
• Wim Wenders, Desperado2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Lucky2017 · as Lucky
• Sick of it All2017 · as Harry The News Reporter
• Walking the Mile2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fishtail2014 · as Narrator
• Carlos Spills the Beans2014 · as Rhino
• Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction2013 · as Self
• 9 Full Moons2013 · as Dimitri
• The Last Stand2013 · as Mr. Parson
• Char·ac·ter2012 · as Self
• Seven Psychopaths2012 · as Man in Hat
• The Avengers2012 · as Security Guard
• This Must Be the Place2011 · as Robert Plath
• Rango2011 · as Balthazar (voice)
• Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland2011
• Athena2010 · as Bill
• On Holiday2010 · as Josh the Roommate's Dad
• The Open Road2009 · as Amon
• Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project2007 · as Self
• Being Michael Madsen2007 · as Self
• Lynch 22007 · as Self
• The Good Life2007 · as Gus
• Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride2006 · as Self
• Inland Empire2006 · as Freddie Howard
• You, Me and Dupree2006 · as Curly (uncredited)
• Alien Autopsy2006 · as Harvey
• Alpha Dog2006 · as Cosmo Gadabeeti
• Harry Zen Stanton2006 · as Himself
• The Wendell Baker Story2005 · as Skip Summers
• Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004 · as Self
• Dig!2004 · as Self
• Chrystal2004 · as Pa Da
• The Big Bounce2004 · as Bob Rogers, Sr.
• Return to 'Escape from New York'2003 · as Himself
• The Beast Within: Making Alien2003 · as Self
• Anger Management2003 · as Blind Man (uncredited)
• Hunter Goes to Hollywood2003 · as Himself
• Ginostra2003 · as Del Piero
• Bukowski: Born Into This2003 · as Self
• Sonny2002 · as Henry
• The Short Films of David Lynch2002 · as Self
• The Animal2001 · as Hunter (uncredited)
• The Pledge2001 · as Floyd Cage
• Sand2000 · as Leo
• The Man Who Cried2000 · as Felix Perlman
• The Green Mile1999 · as Toot-Toot
• The Straight Story1999 · as Lyle
• Stephen King: Shining in the Dark1999 · as Self
• Ballad of the Nightingale1999 · as Jean-Paul
• A Civil Action1998 · as Land Watcher (uncredited)
• The Mighty1998 · as Grim
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas1998 · as Judge
• Fire Down Below1997 · as Cotton Harry
• She's So Lovely1997 · as Tony 'Shorty' Russo
• Midnight Blue1997 · as Eric
• Playback1996 · as Ernie Fontenot
• Down Periscope1996 · as Lt. Howard
• Never Talk to Strangers1995 · as Max Cheski
• One Hundred and One Nights1995 · as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
• Blue Tiger1994 · as Smith
• Against the Wall1994 · as Hal
• Warren Oates: Across the Border1993 · as Self
• Cruise Control1992
• Hostages1992 · as Frank Reed
• Man Trouble1992 · as Redmond Layls
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me1992 · as Carl Rodd
• Payoff1991 · as Hook
• Wild at Heart1990 · as Johnnie Farragut
• Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'1990 · as Self
• Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders1990 · as Self
• The Fourth War1990 · as Gen. Hackworth
• Twister1989 · as Cleveland
• Dream a Little Dream1989 · as Ike Baker
• Monster Maker1989 · as Chancey Bellow
• The Cowboy and the Frenchman1988 · as Slim
• The French as Seen by…1988 · as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
• Mr. North1988 · as Henry Simmons
• The Last Temptation of Christ1988 · as Paulus
• Stars & Bars1988 · as Loomis Gage
• Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night1988 · as Self - Audience Member
• Slam Dance1987 · as Det. Benjamin Smiley
• Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle1987 · as Rip Van Winkle
• Pretty in Pink1986 · as Jack Walsh
• Fool for Love1985 · as Old Man
• One Magic Christmas1985 · as Gideon
• The Care Bears Movie1985 · as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
• The Bear1984 · as Coach Thomas
• Red Dawn1984 · as Mr. Eckert
• Paris, Texas1984 · as Travis
• UFOria1984 · as Brother Bud Sanders
• Repo Man1984 · as Bud
• Christine1983 · as Rudolph Junkins
• I Want to Live1983 · as Emmett Perkins
• Young Doctors in Love1982 · as Dr. Oliver Ludwig
• One from the Heart1982 · as Moe
• Escape from New York1981 · as Harold 'Brain' Helman
• Private Benjamin1980 · as Sgt. Jim Ballard
• The Oldest Living Graduate1980 · as Mike
• The Black Marble1980 · as Philo Skinner
• Death Watch1980 · as Vincent Ferriman
• Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand1979 · as Pokey Tindle
• The Rose1979 · as Billy Ray
• Wise Blood1979 · as Asa Hawks
• Alien1979 · as Brett
• Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers1979 · as C.W. Douglas
• Straight Time1978 · as Jerry Schue
• Renaldo and Clara1978 · as Lafkezio
• The Missouri Breaks1976 · as Calvin
• The Ransom of Red Chief1975 · as Sam
• 92 in the Shade1975 · as Carter
• Farewell, My Lovely1975 · as Billy Rolfe
• The Fortune1975 · as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
• The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond1975 · as President Warren G. Harding
• Rancho Deluxe1975 · as Curt
• Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins1975 · as Billy Winston
• Win, Place or Steal1975 · as Jack
• The Godfather Part II1974 · as F.B.I. Man #1
• Cockfighter1974 · as Jack Burke
• Zandy's Bride1974 · as Songer
• Where the Lilies Bloom1974 · as Kiser Pease
• Dillinger1973 · as Homer Van Meter
• Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid1973 · as Luke
• Cry for Me, Billy1972 · as Luke Todd
• Cisco Pike1972 · as Jesse Dupre
• Two-Lane Blacktop1971 · as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
• The Intruders1970 · as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
• Kelly's Heroes1970 · as Pvt. Willard
• Rebel Rousers1970 · as Randolph Halverson
• Lanton Mills1969 · as Lanton
• The Mini-Skirt Mob1968 · as Spook
• Day of the Evil Gun1968 · as Sergeant Parker
• Cool Hand Luke1967 · as Tramp
• The Hostage1967 · as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
• A Time for Killing1967 · as Sgt. Dan Way
• The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones1966 · as Jelly
• Ride in the Whirlwind1966 · as Blind Dick
• The Man from the Diners' Club1963 · as Beatnik (uncredited)
• How the West Was Won1962 · as Gant Henchman
• Hero's Island1962 · as Dixey Gates
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1960 · as Slave Catcher
• Escape to Sonoita1960 · as Lemon
• A Dog's Best Friend1959 · as Roy Janney
• The Jayhawkers!1959 · as Deputy Smallwood
• Pork Chop Hill1959 · as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
• The Proud Rebel1958 · as Jeb Burleigh
• Revolt at Fort Laramie1957 · as Rinty
• Tomahawk Trail1957 · as Pvt. Miller
• The Wrong Man1956 · as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)

All TV Shows (67)

• Getting On2013 · as Leonard Butler
• Mongo Wrestling Alliance2011
• Alice2009 · as Caterpillar
• Chuck2007 · as Harry
• Big Love2006 · as Roman Grant
• Two and a Half Men2003 · as Harry Dean Stanton
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Dead Man's Walk1996 · as Shadrach
• Hotel Room1993 · as Moe Boca
• Twin Peaks1990 · as Carl Rodd
• The Jim Henson Hour1989 · as Chancey Bellow
• Faerie Tale Theatre1982 · as Rip Van Winkle
• Laverne & Shirley1976
• Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman1976 · as Jake Walters
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Adam-121968 · as Harry Fletcher
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Joe Joe
• Mannix1967
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Johnny Faro
• The Guns of Will Sonnett1967
• Cimarron Strip1967 · as Luther Happ
• The Big Valley1965 · as Swain
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Jeb Girty
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Crane
• Petticoat Junction1963
• The Fugitive1963 · as Randy
• Combat!1962 · as Pvt. Beecham
• Stoney Burke1962
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Hood
• Gunslinger1961 · as Stacey
• The Roaring 20's1960
• The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Proprietor
• Checkmate1960 · as The Singer
• Johnny Ringo1959 · as Frank Brogger
• Lock-Up1959
• Laramie1959
• Bonanza1959 · as Billy
• Bonanza1959 · as Stiles
• The Lawless Years1959
• Rawhide1959 · as Jess Hobson
• Rawhide1959 · as Dexter
• Rawhide1959 · as Joe Spanish
• Man with a Camera1958
• Bat Masterson1958 · as Jay Simms
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958 · as Gordon
• The Rifleman1958
• The Texan1958
• The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen1958 · as George Gilbert
• The Walter Winchell File1957
• Suspicion1957 · as Bill
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Robert MacPherson
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Toby - Ranch Hand
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Fletcher
• Playwrights '561955
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Lemon
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Alvy
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Harley
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Leroy
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Nate
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Young Man
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Leader
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Rainey
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Hodge
• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin1954
• Inner Sanctum1954