Harry Dean Stanton
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Mi...
Known For
Filmography
Sinatra! Eternity
2025
as Sherif Lloyd
American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
2022
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Frank and Ava
2018
as Sheriff Lloyd
Lucky
2017
as Lucky
Sick of it All
2017
as Harry The News Reporter
Fishtail
2014
as Narrator
Walking the Mile
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Carlos Spills the Beans
2014
as Rhino
The Last Stand
2013
as Mr. Parson
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
2013
as Self
9 Full Moons
2013
as Dimitri
Getting On
2013
as Leonard Butler
The Avengers
2012
as Security Guard
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Man in Hat
Char·ac·ter
2012
as Self
Rango
2011
as Balthazar (voice)
This Must Be the Place
2011
as Robert Plath
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland
2011
Mongo Wrestling Alliance
2011
as Baron Kleberkuh (voice)
Athena
2010
as Bill
On Holiday
2010
as Josh the Roommate's Dad
The Open Road
2009
as Amon
Alice
2009
as Caterpillar
Lynch 2
2007
as Self
Being Michael Madsen
2007
as Self
The Good Life
2007
as Gus
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Chuck
2007
as Harry
Inland Empire
2006
as Freddie Howard
Alpha Dog
2006
as Cosmo Gadabeeti
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
as Self
Alien Autopsy
2006
as Harvey
Harry Zen Stanton
2006
as Himself
You, Me and Dupree
2006
as Curly (uncredited)
Big Love
2006
as Roman Grant
The Wendell Baker Story
2005
as Skip Summers
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004
as Self
Dig!
2004
as Self
The Big Bounce
2004
as Bob Rogers, Sr.
Chrystal
2004
as Pa Da
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
as Self
Bukowski: Born Into This
2003
as Self
Hunter Goes to Hollywood
2003
as Himself
Anger Management
2003
as Blind Man (uncredited)
Ginostra
2003
as Del Piero
Return to 'Escape from New York'
2003
as Himself
Two and a Half Men
2003
as Harry Dean Stanton
Sonny
2002
as Henry
The Short Films of David Lynch
2002
as Self
The Pledge
2001
as Floyd Cage
The Animal
2001
as Hunter (uncredited)
The Man Who Cried
2000
as Felix Perlman
Sand
2000
as Leo
The Straight Story
1999
as Lyle
The Green Mile
1999
as Toot-Toot
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999
as Self
Ballad of the Nightingale
1999
as Jean-Paul
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998
as Judge
The Mighty
1998
as Grim
A Civil Action
1998
as Land Watcher (uncredited)
She's So Lovely
1997
as Tony 'Shorty' Russo
Fire Down Below
1997
as Cotton Harry
Midnight Blue
1997
as Eric
Down Periscope
1996
as Lt. Howard
Playback
1996
as Ernie Fontenot
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Dead Man's Walk
1996
as Shadrach
Never Talk to Strangers
1995
as Max Cheski
One Hundred and One Nights
1995
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
Against the Wall
1994
as Hal
Blue Tiger
1994
as Smith
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993
as Self
Hotel Room
1993
as Moe Boca
Cruise Control
1992
Man Trouble
1992
as Redmond Layls
Hostages
1992
as Frank Reed
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Carl Rodd
Payoff
1991
as Hook
Wild at Heart
1990
as Johnnie Farragut
The Fourth War
1990
as Gen. Hackworth
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'
1990
as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
as Self
Twin Peaks
1990
as Carl Rodd
Twister
1989
as Cleveland
Monster Maker
1989
as Chancey Bellow
Dream a Little Dream
1989
as Ike Baker
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
as Chancey Bellow
The Last Temptation of Christ
1988
as Paulus
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member
Mr. North
1988
as Henry Simmons
Stars & Bars
1988
as Loomis Gage
The Cowboy and the Frenchman
1988
as Slim
The French as Seen by…
1988
as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
Slam Dance
1987
as Det. Benjamin Smiley
Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van Winkle
1987
as Rip Van Winkle
Pretty in Pink
1986
as Jack Walsh
The Care Bears Movie
1985
as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
One Magic Christmas
1985
as Gideon
Fool for Love
1985
as Old Man
Paris, Texas
1984
as Travis
Red Dawn
1984
as Mr. Eckert
UFOria
1984
as Brother Bud Sanders
Repo Man
1984
as Bud
The Bear
1984
as Coach Thomas
Christine
1983
as Rudolph Junkins
I Want to Live
1983
as Emmett Perkins
One from the Heart
1982
as Moe
Young Doctors in Love
1982
as Dr. Oliver Ludwig
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Rip Van Winkle
Escape from New York
1981
as Harold 'Brain' Helman
Private Benjamin
1980
as Sgt. Jim Ballard
The Black Marble
1980
as Philo Skinner
The Oldest Living Graduate
1980
as Mike
Death Watch
1980
as Vincent Ferriman
Wise Blood
1979
as Asa Hawks
The Rose
1979
as Billy Ray
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers
1979
as C.W. Douglas
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand
1979
as Pokey Tindle
Alien
1979
as Brett
Straight Time
1978
as Jerry Schue
Renaldo and Clara
1978
as Lafkezio
The Missouri Breaks
1976
as Calvin
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
1976
as Jake Walters
Farewell, My Lovely
1975
as Billy Rolfe
Rancho Deluxe
1975
as Curt
92 in the Shade
1975
as Carter
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
1975
as Billy Winston
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond
1975
as President Warren G. Harding
The Fortune
1975
as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
Win, Place or Steal
1975
as Jack
The Ransom of Red Chief
1975
as Sam
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Godfather Part II
1974
as F.B.I. Man #1
Cockfighter
1974
as Jack Burke
Zandy's Bride
1974
as Songer
Where the Lilies Bloom
1974
as Kiser Pease
Dillinger
1973
as Homer Van Meter
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Luke
Cisco Pike
1972
as Jesse Dupre
Cry for Me, Billy
1972
as Luke Todd
Two-Lane Blacktop
1971
as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
Kelly's Heroes
1970
as Pvt. Willard
Rebel Rousers
1970
as Randolph Halverson
The Intruders
1970
as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
Lanton Mills
1969
as Lanton
Day of the Evil Gun
1968
as Sergeant Parker
The Mini-Skirt Mob
1968
as Spook
Adam-12
1968
as Harry Fletcher
The Name of the Game
1968
as Joe Joe
Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Tramp
The Hostage
1967
as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
A Time for Killing
1967
as Sgt. Dan Way
Mannix
1967
The High Chaparral
1967
as Johnny Faro
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Luther Happ
Ride in the Whirlwind
1966
as Blind Dick
The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones
1966
as Jelly
The Big Valley
1965
as Swain
Daniel Boone
1964
as Jeb Girty
Daniel Boone
1964
as Crane
The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
as Beatnik (uncredited)
Petticoat Junction
1963
The Fugitive
1963
as Randy
How the West Was Won
1962
as Gant Henchman
Hero's Island
1962
as Dixey Gates
Combat!
1962
as Pvt. Beecham
Stoney Burke
1962
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Hood
Gunslinger
1961
as Stacey
Escape to Sonoita
1960
as Lemon
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1960
as Slave Catcher
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Proprietor
The Roaring 20's
1960
Checkmate
1960
as The Singer
Pork Chop Hill
1959
as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
A Dog's Best Friend
1959
as Roy Janney
The Jayhawkers!
1959
as Deputy Smallwood
The Lawless Years
1959
Rawhide
1959
as Jess Hobson
Lock-Up
1959
Laramie
1959
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Frank Brogger
Rawhide
1959
as Dexter
Rawhide
1959
as Joe Spanish
Bonanza
1959
as Billy
Bonanza
1959
as Stiles
The Proud Rebel
1958
as Jeb Burleigh
Man with a Camera
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
The Rifleman
1958
Bat Masterson
1958
as Jay Simms
The Texan
1958
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
as George Gilbert
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
as Gordon
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957
as Rinty
Tomahawk Trail
1957
as Pvt. Miller
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Suspicion
1957
as Bill
The Wrong Man
1956
as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Robert MacPherson
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Toby - Ranch Hand
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Fletcher
Gunsmoke
1955
as Alvy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Lemon
Gunsmoke
1955
as Harley
Gunsmoke
1955
as Leroy
Gunsmoke
1955
as Nate
Gunsmoke
1955
as Young Man
Gunsmoke
1955
as Leader
Gunsmoke
1955
as Rainey
Gunsmoke
1955
as Hodge
Playwrights '56
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Inner Sanctum
1954