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