Harry Dean Stanton
A prolific supporting player for well over a half-century, Harry Dean Stanton inspired film critic Roger Ebert to declare, "No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad." Of course, there were a few misfires along the way, but most were redeemed by the actor's strength for playing haggard men with battered souls. Stanton was well-liked and utilized by some of modern cinema's most visionary directors including Sam Peckinpah, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Sean Penn and Wim Wenders. It was Wenders who launched Stanton's late career breakout when he cast him in an acclaimed leading role in "Paris, Texas" (1984), but prior to that quietly haunting performance, Stanton spent 25 years playing hard-bitten outlaws in notable films like "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid" (1973) and "The Rose" (1979). Stanton was transformed into a wizened cult figure of the American indie film scene with "Repo Man" (1984), "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), and "She's So Lovely" (1996) - to say nothing of his fatherly turn in "Pretty in Pink" (1986) and his unforgettable role as one of the doomed Nostromo crew of "Alien" (1979). A restless, unconventional spirit off-camera, Stanton always lent a sympathetic realness to the menacing criminals and barroom-dwelling outsiders he stashed beneath his craggy face and wiry, worn frame. Late career work like his complex role as the head of a disgraced religious sect in "Big Love" (HBO 2006-2011) and as kindhearted trailer park manager Carl Rodd on "Twin Peaks: The Return" (Showtime 2017) traded on the decades etched in Stanton's unforgettable face. Harry Dean Stanton's death at the age of 91 on September 15, 2017 was mourned by friends, fans and fellow film and television professionals around the world.
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Harry Dean Stanton
Filmography
Movies
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Frank & Ava | Sheriff Lloyd (Character) | $18.3K | 2018 |
97% |
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Lucky | Lucky (Character) | $955.7K | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sick of It All | News Reporter (Character) | - | 2017 |
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Fishtail | Narrator | - | 2014 |
83% |
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9 Full Moons | Dimitri (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Carlos Spills the Beans | Rhino (Character) | - | 2012 |
89% |
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Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On Holiday | Josh, The Roommate's Dad (Character) | - | 2011 |
66% |
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This Must Be the Place | Robert Plath (Character) | $142.2K | 2011 |
88% |
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Rango | Balthazar (Voice) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Char-ac-ter | Unknown (Character) | - | 2009 |
29% |
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The Open Road | Amon (Character) | - | 2009 |
33% |
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The Good Life | Gus (Character) | - | 2007 |
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Being Michael Madsen | Self | - | 2007 |
80% |
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
75% |
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Alien Autopsy | Harvey (Character) | - | 2006 |
54% |
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Alpha Dog | Cosmo Gadabeeti (Character) | $15.2M | 2006 |
72% |
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Inland Empire | Freddie (Character) | - | 2006 |
40% |
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The Wendell Baker Story | Skip (Character) | $127.1K | 2005 |
80% |
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Chrystal | Pa Da (Character) | $80.7K | 2004 |
16% |
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The Big Bounce | Bob Rogers, Sr. (Character) | $6.5M | 2004 |
94% |
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Alien: The Director's Cut | Engineering Technician S.E. Brett (Character) | - | 2003 |
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Ginostra | Del Piero (Character) | - | 2002 |
21% |
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Sonny | Henry (Character) | $17.6K | 2002 |
78% |
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The Pledge | Floyd Cage (Character) | $19.7M | 2001 |
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Sand | Leo (Character) | - | 2000 |
35% |
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The Man Who Cried | Felix (Character) | $739.6K | 2000 |
95% |
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The Straight Story | Lyle Straight, Alvin's Brother (Character) | $6.2M | 1999 |
79% |
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The Green Mile | Toot-Toot (Character) | $136.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ballad of the Nightingale | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
75% |
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The Mighty | Elton 'Grim' Pinneman (Character) | $2.6M | 1998 |
51% |
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Judge (Character) | $10.6M | 1998 |
66% |
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She's So Lovely | Tony 'Shorty' Russo (Character) | $7.3M | 1997 |
14% |
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Fire Down Below | Cotton Harry (Character) | $16.1M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight Blue | Eric (Character) | - | 1997 |
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Dead Man's Walk | Shadrach (Character) | - | 1996 |
11% |
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Down Periscope | CPO Howard, Chief Engineer (Character) | $23.3M | 1996 |
15% |
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Never Talk to Strangers | Max Cheski (Character) | $6.7M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Playback | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Blue Tiger | Smith (Character) | - | 1994 |
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Against the Wall | Hal (Character) | - | 1994 |
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Hostages | Frank Reed (Character) | - | 1993 |
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Hotel Room | Moe (Character) | - | 1993 |
7% |
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Man Trouble | Redmond Layls (Character) | $3.5M | 1992 |
63% |
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me | Carl Rodd (Character) | $4.2M | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Payoff | Hook (Character) | - | 1991 |
64% |
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The Fourth War | Gen. Hackworth (Character) | $1.2M | 1990 |
65% |
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Wild at Heart | Johnnie Farragut (Character) | $14.5M | 1990 |
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Twister | Cleveland (Character) | - | 1989 |
9% |
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Dream a Little Dream | Ike Baker (Character) | $5.0M | 1989 |
50% |
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Mr. North | Henry Simmons (Character) | $1.1M | 1988 |
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Stars and Bars | Loomis Gage (Character) | $14.9K | 1988 |
17% |
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Slamdance | Det. Benjamin Smiley (Character) | $125.3K | 1987 |
76% |
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Pretty in Pink | Jack Walsh (Character) | $521.0K | 1986 |
47% |
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One Magic Christmas | Gideon (Character) | $12.4M | 1985 |
79% |
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Fool for Love | Old Man (Character) | - | 1985 |
94% |
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Paris, Texas | Travis (Character) | $207.3K | 1984 |
98% |
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Repo Man | Bud, Repo Man (Character) | - | 1984 |
50% |
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Red Dawn | Tom Eckert (Character) | - | 1984 |
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The Bear | Coach Thomas (Character) | - | 1984 |
72% |
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Christine | Detective Rudolph Junkins (Character) | - | 1983 |
35% |
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Young Doctors in Love | Dr. Oliver Ludwig (Character) | - | 1982 |
51% |
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One From the Heart | Moe (Character) | $61.1K | 1982 |
86% |
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Escape From New York | Harold 'Brain' Helman (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Maverick | Pokey Tindal (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Oldest Living Graduate | Mike (Character) | - | 1980 |
79% |
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Death Watch | Vincent Ferriman (Character) | - | 1980 |
83% |
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Private Benjamin | 1st Sgt. Jim Ballard (Character) | - | 1980 |
33% |
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The Black Marble | Philo Skinner (Character) | - | 1980 |
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UFOria | Brother Bud Sanders (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie: Lady Truckers | C.W. Douglas (Character) | - | 1979 |
88% |
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Wise Blood | Asa Hawks (Character) | - | 1979 |
73% |
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The Rose | Billy Ray (Character) | - | 1979 |
93% |
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Alien | Engineering Technician S.E. Brett (Character) | $82.6M | 1979 |
82% |
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Straight Time | Jerry Schue (Character) | - | 1978 |
38% |
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Renaldo and Clara | Lafkezio (Character) | - | 1978 |
78% |
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The Missouri Breaks | Calvin (Character) | - | 1976 |
70% |
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Farewell, My Lovely | Det. Billy Rolfe (Character) | - | 1975 |
71% |
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Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins | Billy Winston (Character) | - | 1975 |
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92 in the Shade | Stanton (Character) | - | 1975 |
73% |
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Rancho Deluxe | Curt (Character) | - | 1975 |
100% |
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Cockfighter | Jack Burke (Character) | - | 1974 |
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Zandy's Bride | Songer (Character) | - | 1974 |
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Where the Lilies Bloom | Kiser Pease (Character) | - | 1974 |
59% |
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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid | Luke (Character) | - | 1973 |
93% |
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Dillinger | Homer Van Meter (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cry for Me, Billy | Luke Todd (Character) | - | 1972 |
100% |
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Cisco Pike | Jesse Dupre (Character) | - | 1971 |
92% |
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Two-Lane Blacktop | Oklahoma Hitchhiker (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Intruders | Whit Dykstra (Character) | - | 1970 |
79% |
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Kelly's Heroes | Pvt. Willard (Character) | - | 1970 |
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The Mini-Skirt Mob | Spook (Character) | - | 1968 |
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Day of the Evil Gun | Sergeant Parker (Character) | - | 1968 |
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Rebel Rousers | Unknown (Character) | - | 1967 |
100% |
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Cool Hand Luke | Tramp (Character) | - | 1967 |
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The Hostage | Eddie (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones | Jelly (Character) | - | 1966 |
92% |
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Ride in the Whirlwind | Blind Dick (Character) | - | 1965 |
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Hero's Island | Dixey Gates (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Revolt at Fort Laramie | Rinty (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tomahawk Trail | Pvt. Miller (Character) | - | 1957 |
TV
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94% | 83% | Twin Peaks: The Return | Carl Rodd (Guest Star) | 2017 |
90% | 91% | Chuck | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
80% | 82% | Big Love |
Roman Grant (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2006-2007 2009-2010 |
33% | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Character) | 2009 |
65% | 66% | Two and a Half Men | Harry Dean Stanton (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Man's Walk | Unknown (Character) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jim Henson Hour | Chancey Bellows (Character) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petticoat Junction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Nate (Guest Star) | 1958 1961-1964 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Name of the Game | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Dean Hill (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The High Chaparral | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Andy Griffith Show | Proprietor (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vacation Playhouse | Dayton Skagg (Character) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man Called Shenandoah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Randy (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie |
Moss (Character), Virgil (Guest Star) |
1959 1961-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1958 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lemon (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lock Up | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Jay Simms (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |