Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

Acting

Born July 14, 1926 · West Irvine, Kentucky, USA

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),…

Known for

Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men

2003

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

The Avengers

The Avengers

2012

The Godfather Part II

The Godfather Part II

1974

The Green Mile

The Green Mile

1999

The Rifleman

The Rifleman

1958

Bonanza

Bonanza

1959

Bonanza

Bonanza

1959

Acting(205)

2025Sinatra! EternitySherif Lloyd

2022American Badass: A Michael Madsen RetrospectiveSelf

2020Frank and AvaSheriff Lloyd

2020Wim Wenders, DesperadoSelf (archive footage)

2019Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My VoiceSelf (archive footage)

2017Sick of it AllHarry The News Reporter

2014Walking the MileSelf (archive footage)

2014FishtailNarrator

2014Carlos Spills the BeansRhino

2013Getting OnLeonard Butler

2013Harry Dean Stanton: Partly FictionSelf

20139 Full MoonsDimitri

2013The Last StandMr. Parson

2012Char·ac·terSelf

2012Seven PsychopathsMan in Hat

2012The AvengersSecurity Guard

2011This Must Be the PlaceRobert Plath

2011RangoBalthazar (voice)

2011Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland

2011Mongo Wrestling Alliance

2010On HolidayJosh the Roommate's Dad

2009AliceCaterpillar

2009The Open RoadAmon

2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectSelf

2007Being Michael MadsenSelf

2007Lynch 2Self

2007The Good LifeGus

2006Buy the Ticket, Take the RideSelf

2006Inland EmpireFreddie Howard

2006You, Me and DupreeCurly (uncredited)

2006Alien AutopsyHarvey

2006Big LoveRoman Grant

2006Alpha DogCosmo Gadabeeti

2006Harry Zen StantonHimself

2005The Wendell Baker StorySkip Summers

2004Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeSelf

2004ChrystalPa Da

2004The Big BounceBob Rogers, Sr.

2003Return to 'Escape from New York'Himself

2003The Beast Within: Making AlienSelf

2003Two and a Half MenHarry Dean Stanton

2003Anger ManagementBlind Man (uncredited)

2003Hunter Goes to HollywoodHimself

2003GinostraDel Piero

2003Bukowski: Born Into ThisSelf

2002The Short Films of David LynchSelf

2001The AnimalHunter (uncredited)

2001The PledgeFloyd Cage

2000The Man Who CriedFelix Perlman

1999The Green MileToot-Toot

1999The Straight StoryLyle

1999Stephen King: Shining in the DarkSelf

1999Ballad of the NightingaleJean-Paul

1998A Civil ActionLand Watcher (uncredited)

1998The MightyGrim

1998Fear and Loathing in Las VegasJudge

1997Fire Down BelowCotton Harry

1997She's So LovelyTony 'Shorty' Russo

1997Midnight BlueEric

1996PlaybackErnie Fontenot

1996E! True Hollywood Story

1996Dead Man's WalkShadrach

1996Down PeriscopeLt. Howard

1995Never Talk to StrangersMax Cheski

1995One Hundred and One NightsMute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited)

1994Blue TigerSmith

1994Against the WallHal

1993Warren Oates: Across the BorderSelf

1993Hotel RoomMoe Boca

1992Cruise Control

1992HostagesFrank Reed

1992Man TroubleRedmond Layls

1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeCarl Rodd

1990Wild at HeartJohnnie Farragut

1990Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'Self

1990Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim WendersSelf

1990Twin PeaksCarl Rodd

1990The Fourth WarGen. Hackworth

1989TwisterCleveland

1989The Jim Henson HourChancey Bellow

1989Dream a Little DreamIke Baker

1989Monster MakerChancey Bellow

1988The Cowboy and the FrenchmanSlim

1988The French as Seen by…(Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

1988Mr. NorthHenry Simmons

1988The Last Temptation of ChristPaulus

1988Stars & BarsLoomis Gage

1988Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White NightSelf - Audience Member

1987Slam DanceDet. Benjamin Smiley

1987Faerie Tale Theatre: Rip Van WinkleRip Van Winkle

1986Pretty in PinkJack Walsh

1985Fool for LoveOld Man

1985One Magic ChristmasGideon

1985The Care Bears MovieBrave Heart Lion (singing voice)

1984The BearCoach Thomas

1984Red DawnMr. Eckert

1984Paris, TexasTravis

1984UFOriaBrother Bud Sanders

1984Repo ManBud

1983ChristineRudolph Junkins

1983I Want to LiveEmmett Perkins

1982Faerie Tale TheatreRip Van Winkle

1982Young Doctors in LoveDr. Oliver Ludwig

1982One from the HeartMoe

1981Escape from New YorkHarold 'Brain' Helman

1980Private BenjaminSgt. Jim Ballard

1980The Oldest Living GraduateMike

1980The Black MarblePhilo Skinner

1980Death WatchVincent Ferriman

1979Young Maverick - Dead Man's HandPokey Tindle

1979The RoseBilly Ray

1979Wise BloodAsa Hawks

1979Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady TruckersC.W. Douglas

1978Straight TimeJerry Schue

1978Renaldo and ClaraLafkezio

1976The Missouri BreaksCalvin

1976Laverne & Shirley

1976Mary Hartman, Mary HartmanJake Walters

1975The Ransom of Red ChiefSam

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

197592 in the ShadeCarter

1975Farewell, My LovelyBilly Rolfe

1975The FortunePrisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited)

1975The Legendary Curse of the Hope DiamondPresident Warren G. Harding

1975Rancho DeluxeCurt

1975Rafferty and the Gold Dust TwinsBilly Winston

1975Win, Place or StealJack

1974The Godfather Part IIF.B.I. Man #1

1974CockfighterJack Burke

1974Zandy's BrideSonger

1974Where the Lilies BloomKiser Pease

1973DillingerHomer Van Meter

1973Pat Garrett & Billy the KidLuke

1972Cry for Me, BillyLuke Todd

1972Cisco PikeJesse Dupre

1971Two-Lane BlacktopOklahoma Hitchhiker

1970The IntrudersWhit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton)

1970Kelly's HeroesPvt. Willard

1970Rebel RousersRandolph Halverson

1969Lanton MillsLanton

1968Adam-12Harry Fletcher

1968The Name of the GameJoe Joe

1968The Mini-Skirt MobSpook

1968Day of the Evil GunSergeant Parker

1967Cool Hand LukeTramp

1967The HostageEddie (as Dean Stanton)

1967The High ChaparralJohnny Faro

1967The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967Cimarron StripLuther Happ

1967A Time for KillingSgt. Dan Way

1966The Dangerous Days of Kiowa JonesJelly

1966Ride in the WhirlwindBlind Dick

1965The Big ValleySwain

1964Daniel BooneJeb Girty

1963Petticoat Junction

1963The FugitiveRandy

1963The Man from the Diners' ClubBeatnik (uncredited)

1962How the West Was WonGant Henchman

1962Combat!Pvt. Beecham

1962Stoney Burke

1962Hero's IslandDixey Gates

1961Cain's HundredHood

1961GunslingerStacey

1960The Roaring 20's

1960The Andy Griffith ShowProprietor

1960CheckmateThe Singer

1960The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnSlave Catcher

1960Escape to SonoitaLemon

1959A Dog's Best FriendRoy Janney

1959The Jayhawkers!Deputy Smallwood

1959Johnny RingoFrank Brogger

1959BonanzaBilly

1959Pork Chop HillBAR Soldier (uncredited)

1959The Lawless Years

1959RawhideJess Hobson

1958Man with a Camera

1958Bat MastersonJay Simms

1958Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958The Rifleman

1958The Further Adventures of Ellery QueenGeorge Gilbert

1958The Proud RebelJeb Burleigh

1957The Walter Winchell File

1957SuspicionBill

1957Have Gun, Will Travel

1957Revolt at Fort LaramieRinty

1957Tomahawk TrailPvt. Miller

1956The Wrong ManDepartment of Corrections Employee (uncredited)

1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreRobert MacPherson

1955Playwrights '56

1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsLemon

1955GunsmokeAlvy

1954The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

1954Inner Sanctum

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