Harry Dean Stanton
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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).
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Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Wim Wenders, Desperado | Self (archive footage) | Super Hit | |
| 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | Self (archive footage) | Super Hit | |
| 2017 | Lucky | Lucky | Hit | |
| 2013 | Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction | Self | Hit | |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Man in Hat | Hit | |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Security Guard | Super Hit | |
| 2011 | This Must Be the Place | Robert Plath | Hit | |
| 2011 | Rango | Balthazar (voice) | Hit | |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | Hit | |
| 2007 | The Good Life | Gus | Hit | |
| 2006 | Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | Self | Hit | |
| 2006 | Inland Empire | Freddie Howard | Hit | |
| 2006 | Alpha Dog | Cosmo Gadabeeti | Hit | |
| 2004 | Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | Self | Super Hit | |
| 2004 | Dig! | Self | Hit | |
| 2003 | The Beast Within: Making Alien | Self | Super Hit | |
| 2003 | Hunter Goes to Hollywood | Himself | Hit | |
| 2003 | Bukowski: Born Into This | Self | Hit | |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Floyd Cage | Hit | |
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Toot-Toot | Super Hit | |
| 1999 | The Straight Story | Lyle | Super Hit | |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Land Watcher (uncredited) | Hit | |
| 1998 | The Mighty | Grim | Hit | |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Judge | Hit | |
| 1992 | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Carl Rodd | Hit | |
| 1990 | Wild at Heart | Johnnie Farragut | Hit | |
| 1988 | The French as Seen by… | (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") | Hit | |
| 1988 | The Last Temptation of Christ | Paulus | Hit | |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | Self - Audience Member | Super Hit | |
| 1986 | Pretty in Pink | Jack Walsh | Hit | |
| 1984 | Paris, Texas | Travis | Super Hit | |
| 1984 | Repo Man | Bud | Hit | |
| 1983 | Christine | Rudolph Junkins | Hit | |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | Harold 'Brain' Helman | Hit | |
| 1979 | The Rose | Billy Ray | Hit | |
| 1979 | Alien | Brett | Super Hit | |
| 1978 | Straight Time | Jerry Schue | Hit | |
| 1978 | Renaldo and Clara | Lafkezio | Super Hit | |
| 1975 | Farewell, My Lovely | Billy Rolfe | Hit | |
| 1975 | The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond | President Warren G. Harding | Hit | |
| 1974 | The Godfather Part II | F.B.I. Man #1 | Super Hit | |
| 1973 | Dillinger | Homer Van Meter | Hit | |
| 1973 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Luke | Hit | |
| 1971 | Two-Lane Blacktop | Oklahoma Hitchhiker | Hit | |
| 1970 | Kelly's Heroes | Pvt. Willard | Hit | |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Tramp | Super Hit | |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Gant Henchman (uncredited) | Hit | |
| 1960 | Escape to Sonoita | Lemon | Hit | |
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill | BAR Soldier (uncredited) | Hit | |
| 1956 | The Wrong Man | Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited) | Hit |