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Harry Dean Stanton

Highest Rated: 100% Cockfighter (1974)

Lowest Rated: 7% Man Trouble (1992)

Birthday: Jul 14, 1926

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Birthplace: West Irvine, Kentucky, USA

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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Highest rated movies

100% 82% Cockfighter
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100% 64% Cisco Pike
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100% 95% Cool Hand Luke
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98% 78% Repo Man
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97% 81% Lucky
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95% 91% The Straight Story
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94% 95% Alien: The Director's Cut
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94% 93% Paris, Texas
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93% 75% Dillinger
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93% 94% Alien Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 40% Frank & Ava Sheriff Lloyd (Character) $18.3K 2018
97% 81% Lucky Lucky (Character) $955.7K 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sick of It All News Reporter (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet 60% Fishtail Narrator - 2014
83% 71% 9 Full Moons Dimitri (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Carlos Spills the Beans Rhino (Character) - 2012
89% 77% Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction Unknown (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet On Holiday Josh, The Roommate's Dad (Character) - 2011
66% 58% This Must Be the Place Robert Plath (Character) $142.2K 2011
88% 70% Rango Balthazar (Voice) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Char-ac-ter Unknown (Character) - 2009
29% 25% The Open Road Amon (Character) - 2009
33% 52% The Good Life Gus (Character) - 2007
No Score Yet 80% Being Michael Madsen Self - 2007
80% 79% Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project Unknown (Character) - 2007
75% 50% Alien Autopsy Harvey (Character) - 2006
54% 67% Alpha Dog Cosmo Gadabeeti (Character) $15.2M 2006
72% 75% Inland Empire Freddie (Character) - 2006
40% 40% The Wendell Baker Story Skip (Character) $127.1K 2005
80% 57% Chrystal Pa Da (Character) $80.7K 2004
16% 24% The Big Bounce Bob Rogers, Sr. (Character) $6.5M 2004
94% 95% Alien: The Director's Cut Engineering Technician S.E. Brett (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 32% Ginostra Del Piero (Character) - 2002
21% 41% Sonny Henry (Character) $17.6K 2002
78% 59% The Pledge Floyd Cage (Character) $19.7M 2001
No Score Yet 45% Sand Leo (Character) - 2000
35% 59% The Man Who Cried Felix (Character) $739.6K 2000
95% 91% The Straight Story Lyle Straight, Alvin's Brother (Character) $6.2M 1999
79% 94% The Green Mile Toot-Toot (Character) $136.8M 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ballad of the Nightingale Unknown (Character) - 1999
75% 79% The Mighty Elton 'Grim' Pinneman (Character) $2.6M 1998
51% 89% Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Judge (Character) $10.6M 1998
66% 62% She's So Lovely Tony 'Shorty' Russo (Character) $7.3M 1997
14% 36% Fire Down Below Cotton Harry (Character) $16.1M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Midnight Blue Eric (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 64% Dead Man's Walk Shadrach (Character) - 1996
11% 62% Down Periscope CPO Howard, Chief Engineer (Character) $23.3M 1996
15% 49% Never Talk to Strangers Max Cheski (Character) $6.7M 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Playback Unknown (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 54% Blue Tiger Smith (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 64% Against the Wall Hal (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 67% Hostages Frank Reed (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet 33% Hotel Room Moe (Character) - 1993
7% 14% Man Trouble Redmond Layls (Character) $3.5M 1992
63% 78% Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Carl Rodd (Character) $4.2M 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Payoff Hook (Character) - 1991
64% 29% The Fourth War Gen. Hackworth (Character) $1.2M 1990
65% 81% Wild at Heart Johnnie Farragut (Character) $14.5M 1990
No Score Yet 44% Twister Cleveland (Character) - 1989
9% 67% Dream a Little Dream Ike Baker (Character) $5.0M 1989
50% 38% Mr. North Henry Simmons (Character) $1.1M 1988
No Score Yet 42% Stars and Bars Loomis Gage (Character) $14.9K 1988
17% 52% Slamdance Det. Benjamin Smiley (Character) $125.3K 1987
76% 81% Pretty in Pink Jack Walsh (Character) $521.0K 1986
47% 68% One Magic Christmas Gideon (Character) $12.4M 1985
79% 44% Fool for Love Old Man (Character) - 1985
94% 93% Paris, Texas Travis (Character) $207.3K 1984
98% 78% Repo Man Bud, Repo Man (Character) - 1984
50% 65% Red Dawn Tom Eckert (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet 73% The Bear Coach Thomas (Character) - 1984
72% 64% Christine Detective Rudolph Junkins (Character) - 1983
35% 34% Young Doctors in Love Dr. Oliver Ludwig (Character) - 1982
51% 61% One From the Heart Moe (Character) $61.1K 1982
86% 77% 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% 59% Death Watch Vincent Ferriman (Character) - 1980
83% 60% Private Benjamin 1st Sgt. Jim Ballard (Character) - 1980
33% 53% The Black Marble Philo Skinner (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 50% UFOria Brother Bud Sanders (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie: Lady Truckers C.W. Douglas (Character) - 1979
88% 74% Wise Blood Asa Hawks (Character) - 1979
73% 81% The Rose Billy Ray (Character) - 1979
93% 94% Alien Engineering Technician S.E. Brett (Character) $82.6M 1979
82% 83% Straight Time Jerry Schue (Character) - 1978
38% 65% Renaldo and Clara Lafkezio (Character) - 1978
78% 60% The Missouri Breaks Calvin (Character) - 1976
70% 71% Farewell, My Lovely Det. Billy Rolfe (Character) - 1975
71% 44% Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins Billy Winston (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 53% 92 in the Shade Stanton (Character) - 1975
73% 40% Rancho Deluxe Curt (Character) - 1975
100% 82% Cockfighter Jack Burke (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 58% Zandy's Bride Songer (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 84% Where the Lilies Bloom Kiser Pease (Character) - 1974
59% 82% Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Luke (Character) - 1973
93% 75% Dillinger Homer Van Meter (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cry for Me, Billy Luke Todd (Character) - 1972
100% 64% Cisco Pike Jesse Dupre (Character) - 1971
92% 81% Two-Lane Blacktop Oklahoma Hitchhiker (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Intruders Whit Dykstra (Character) - 1970
79% 88% Kelly's Heroes Pvt. Willard (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 32% The Mini-Skirt Mob Spook (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 42% Day of the Evil Gun Sergeant Parker (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 22% Rebel Rousers Unknown (Character) - 1967
100% 95% Cool Hand Luke Tramp (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 62% The Hostage Eddie (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones Jelly (Character) - 1966
92% 61% Ride in the Whirlwind Blind Dick (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 27% 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