Harry Dean Stanton
Acting
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).
Born: July 14, 1926
Place of Birth: West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
Known For
Mongo Wrestling Alliance
Mongo Wrestling Alliance is an 11-minute animated comedy series which aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Produced by Metalocalypse co-creator Tommy Blacha, the show is set in the world of professional wrestling and features the voices of Pamela Adlon, Tommy Blacha, Will Sasso, Billy West, and Harry Dean Stanton. The series premiered on January 23, 2011 with character designs by Ed Piskor.
The Godfather Part II
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
The Green Mile
A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.
Twin Peaks
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
Renaldo and Clara
Filmed in the autumn of 1975 prior to and during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour – featuring appearances and performances by Ronee Blakley, T-Bone Burnett, Jack Elliott, Allen Ginsberg, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Hawkins, Roger McGuinn, Joni Mitchell, Mick Ronson, Arlen Roth, Phil Ochs, Sam Shepard, and Harry Dean Stanton – the film incorporates three distinct film genres: concert footage, documentary interviews, and dramatic fictional vignettes reflective of Dylan's song lyrics and life.
The Beast Within: Making Alien
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Alien,” the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a hideous monster that's hunting them one by one.
Alien
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
Faerie Tale Theatre
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
Paris, Texas
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Filmography
as Sheriff Lloyd
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Lucky
as Harry The News Reporter
as Self (archive footage)
as Narrator
as Rhino
as Leonard Butler
as Dimitri
as Mr. Parson
as Self
as Man in Hat
as Security Guard
as Robert Plath
as Balthazar (voice)
as Bill
as Josh the Roommate's Dad
as Caterpillar
as Amon
as Self
as Harry
as Self
as Gus
as Freddie Howard
as Curly (uncredited)
as Harvey
as Roman Grant
as Cosmo Gadabeeti
as Himself
as Skip Summers
as Self
as Pa Da
as Bob Rogers, Sr.
as Harry Dean Stanton
as Blind Man (uncredited)
as Himself
as Del Piero
as Self
as Henry
as Hunter (uncredited)
as Floyd Cage
as Leo
as Felix Perlman
as Toot-Toot
as Lyle
as Jean-Paul
as Land Watcher (uncredited)
as Grim
as Judge
as Cotton Harry
as Tony 'Shorty' Russo
as Eric
as Ernie Fontenot
as Shadrach
as Lt. Howard
as Max Cheski
as Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)
as Smith
as Hal
as Moe Boca
as Frank Reed
as Redmond Layls
as Carl Rodd
as Hook
as Johnnie Farragut
as Carl Rodd
as Gen. Hackworth
as Cleveland
as Ike Baker
as Chancey Bellow
as (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")
as Slim
as Henry Simmons
as Paulus
as Loomis Gage
as Self - Audience Member
as Det. Benjamin Smiley
as Rip Van Winkle
as Jack Walsh
as Old Man
as Gideon
as Brave Heart Lion (singing voice)
as Coach Thomas
as Mr. Eckert
as Travis
as Brother Bud Sanders
as Bud
as Rudolph Junkins
as Emmett Perkins
as Rip Van Winkle
as Dr. Oliver Ludwig
as Moe
as Harold 'Brain' Helman
as Sgt. Jim Ballard
as Mike
as Philo Skinner
as Vincent Ferriman
as Billy Ray
as Asa Hawks
as Brett
as C.W. Douglas
as Jerry Schue
as Lafkezio
as Calvin
as Sam
as Self - Host
as Carter
as Billy Rolfe
as Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)
as President Warren G. Harding
as Curt
as Billy Winston
as Jack
as F.B.I. Man #1
as Jack Burke
as Songer
as Kiser Pease
as Homer Van Meter
as Luke
as Luke Todd
as Jesse Dupre
as Oklahoma Hitchhiker
as Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)
as Pvt. Willard
as Randolph Halverson
as Lanton
as Harry Fletcher
as Joe Joe
as Spook
as Sergeant Parker
as Tramp
as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)
as Johnny Faro
as Sgt. Dan Way
as Blind Dick
as Swain
as Jeb Girty
as Crane
as Randy
as Beatnik (uncredited)
as Gant Henchman (uncredited)
as Pvt. Beecham
as Dixey Gates
as Hood
as Stacey
as Proprietor
as The Singer
as Slave Catcher
as Roy Janney
as Deputy Smallwood
as Frank Brogger
as Billy
as Stiles
as BAR Soldier (uncredited)
as Jess Hobson
as Dexter
as Joe Spanish
as Jay Simms
as Gordon
as George Gilbert
as Jeb Burleigh
as Bill
as Rinty
as Pvt. Miller
as Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited)
as Robert MacPherson
as Toby - Ranch Hand
as Fletcher
as Lemon
as Alvy
as Harley
as Nate
as Leroy
as Young Man
as Leader
as Rainey
as Hodge
as Sherif Lloyd