Harry Dean Stanton Biography (1926-)

Born July 14, 1926, in West Irvine, KY; son of Sheridan Harry (a tobacco farmer and barber) and Ersel (a hair dresser) Stanton. Addresses: Agent: Bresler, Kelly & Associates, 11500 West Olympic Blvd., Suite 352, Los Angeles, CA 90064.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: July 14, 1926; West Irvine, Kentucky, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(As Dean Stanton) The Wrong Man, Warner Bros., 1956
(As Dean Stanton) Rinty, Revolt at Fort Laramie, United Artists, 1957
(As Dean Stanton) Private Miller, Tomahawk Trail (also known as Mark of the Apache), United Artists, 1957
(As Dean Stanton) Jeb Burleigh, The Proud Rebel, Buena Vista, 1958
(Uncredited) Hysterical patient in psychiatric ward, Voice in the Mirror, 1958
(Uncredited) BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) MacFarland, Pork Chop Hill, United Artists, 1959
(As Dean Stanton) Roy Janney, A Dog's Best Friend, United Artists,1959
(As Dean Stanton) Slave catcher, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (also known as Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain's "The Adventuresof Huckleberry Finn"), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1960
(As Dean Stanton) Dixey Gates, Hero's Island (also known as TheLand We Love), United Artists, 1962
(Uncredited) Member of Gant gang, How the West Was Won, Cinerama,1962
(Uncredited) Beatnik, The Man from the Diners Club, Columbia, 1963
(As Dean Stanton) Blind Dick, Ride in the Whirlwind, Favorite, 1965
(As Dean Stanton) Sergeant Dan Way, A Time for Killing (also knownas The Long Ride Home), Columbia, 1967
Eddie, The Hostage, Crown, 1967
(As Dean Stanton) Tramp, Cool Hand Luke, Warner Bros., 1967
Spook, The Mini-Skirt Mob, American International Pictures, 1968
Sergeant Parker, Day of the Evil Gun, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Lanton Mills, 1969
(As Dean Stanton) Randolph Halverson, The Rebel Rousers, Four Star, 1970
(As Dean Stanton) Willard, Kelly's Heroes (also known as The Warriors and Ratnici), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
What's the Matter with Helen?, 1971
(As H. D. Stanton) Oklahoma hitchhiker, Two-Lane Blacktop, Universal, 1971
Luke, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
Luke Todd, Cry for Me, Billy (also known as Apache Massacre, Count Your Bullets, Face to the Wind, and The Long Tomorrow), Brut, 1972
Jesse Dupre, Cisco Pike, Columbia, 1972
Homer Van Meter, Dillinger, American International Pictures, 1973
Songer, Zandy's Bride (also known as For Better, for Worse), Warner Bros., 1974
Kiser Pease, Where the Lilies Bloom, United Artists, 1974
FBI Agent, The Godfather, Part II (also known as Mario Puzo's "The Godfather: Part II"), Paramount, 1974
Jack Burke, Cockfighter (also known as Born to Kill, Gamblin' Man, and Wild Drifter), New World, 1974
Curt, Rancho Deluxe, United Artists, 1974
Billy Rolfe, Farewell, My Lovely, Avco-Embassy, 1975
Billy Winston, Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins (also known as Rafferty and the Highway Hustlers), Warner Bros., 1975
Calvin, The Missouri Breaks, United Artists, 1976
Faron Carter, 92 in the Shade, United Artists, 1976
Lafkezio, Renaldo and Clara, Circuit, 1977
Jerry Schue, Straight Time, Warner Bros., 1977
Win, Place, or Steal (also known as The Big Payoff, JustAnother Day at the Races, and Three for the Money), Cinema National, 1978
(Scenes deleted) Police officer, Up in Smoke (also known as Cheech and Chong's "Up in Smoke" and Cheech and Chong: Up in Smoke),1978
Billy Ray, The Rose, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
Asa Hawks, Wise Blood (also known as John Huston's "Wise Blood," Der ketzer, and Die weisheit des blutes), New Line Cinema, 1979
Brett, Alien, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
Vincent Ferriman, Deathwatch (also known as Death in Full View, Death Watch--Der gekaufte tod, Der gekaufte tod, and Lamort en direct), Quartet, 1979
Philo Skinner, The Black Marble, Avco-Embassy, 1980
Sergeant Jim Ballard, Private Benjamin, Warner Bros., 1980
"Brain," Escape from New York (also known as John Carpenter's "Escape from New York"), Avco-Embassy, 1981
Dr. Oliver Ludwig, Young Doctors in Love, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982
Moe, One from the Heart, Columbia, 1982
Tough Enough, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
Rudolph Junkins, Christine (also known as John Carpenter's "Christine"), Columbia, 1983
Bud, repo man, Repo Man, Universal, 1984
Coach Thomas, The Bear, Embassy, 1984
Tom Eckert, Red Dawn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
Travis, Paris, Texas, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Brother Bud Sanders, UFOria, Universal, 1985
Voice of Brave Heart Lion, The Care Bears Movie, Samuel Goldwyn, 1985
Gideon, One Magic Christmas (also known as Un drole de Noeland Disney's "One Magic Christmas"), Buena Vista, 1985
Jack Walsh, Pretty in Pink, Paramount, 1986
Old Man, Fool for Love, Cannon, 1986
Himself, Deja View, 1986
Detective Smiley, Slamdance (also known as Slam Dance), Island, 1987
Eugene Cleveland, Twister, Live Home Video, 1988
Loomis Gage, Stars and Bars, Columbia, 1988
Henry Simmons, Mr. North, Goldwyn, 1988
Saul/Paul, The Last Temptation of Christ, Universal, 1988
Ike Baker, Dream a Little Dream, Vestron, 1989
The Cowboy and the Frenchman, 1989
Himself, Motion and Emotion (documentary), Jane Balfour Films, 1990
General Hackworth, The Fourth War, Cannon, 1990
Johnnie Farragut, Wild at Heart (also known as David Lynch's "Wild at Heart"), Samuel Goldwyn, 1990
Carl Rodd, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (also known as Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Teresa Banks and The Last Seven Days of LauraPalmer), New Line Cinema, 1992
Redmond Layls, Man Trouble, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Roland, Cruise Control, 1992
Gentleman Who Fell, 1993
Himself, Warren Oates: Across the Border (documentary), Anchor BayEntertainment, 1993
Smith, Blue Tiger (also known as Irezumi), 1994
Ernie Fontenot, Playback, Paramount Home Video, 1995
Hollywood actor, A Hundred and One Nights (also known as A Hundred and One Nights of Simon Cinema, Les cent et une nuits, and Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinema), Recorded Pictures Company, 1995
Max Cheski, Never Talk to Strangers (also known as L'Inconnu and Spiel mit dem Feuer), Imperial Entertainment, 1995
Eric, Midnight Blue, Motion Picture Corporation of America, 1996
Lieutenant Howard, Down Periscope, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
Himself, Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right (documentary), FBN, 1996
Ernie Fontenot, Playback, 1996
Tony "Shorty" Russo, She's So Lovely (also known as Call It Love), Miramax Films, 1997
Cotton Harry, Fire Down Below, Warner Bros., 1997
Himself, Monte Hellman: American Auteur (documentary), Vanguard Cinema, 1997

Elton "Grim" Pinneman, The Mighty, Miramax, 1998
Judge, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Universal, 1998
Ballad of the Nightingale, Mainline Releasing, 1998
(Uncredited) Land watcher, A Civil Action, 1998
Lyle Straight, The Straight Story (also known as Une histoire vraie), 1999
Toot-Toot, The Green Mile (also known as Stephen King's "The Green Mile"), Warner Bros., 1999
Felix Perlman, The Man Who Cried (also known as The man who cried--Les larmes d'un homme), Universal Focus, 2000
Cadillac Tramps, 2000
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel, Northern Arts Entertainment, 2000
Leo, Sand (also known as Sandstorm), Showcase Entertainment, 2000
Floyd Cage, The Pledge, Warner Bros., 2001
Henry Wade, Sonny, Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2002
Del Piero, Ginostra, Bac Films, 2002
Slim, "The Cowboy and the Frenchman," The Short Films of David Lynch, Davidlynch.com, 2002
(Uncredited) Blind man, Anger Management, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2003
Himself, Bukowski: Born Into This (documentary), Magnolia Pictures, 2003
Himself, Hunter Goes to Hollywood (documentary short), Criterion Collection, 2003
Himself, The Beast Within: The Making of "Alien" (documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox Home Entertainment, 2003
Himself, Return to "Escape from New York" (documentary short), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2003
Himself, The Dream Studio (documentary short), American Zoetrope,2004
Pa Da, Chrystal, First Look Media, 2004
Bob Rogers, Sr., The Big Bounce, Warner Bros., 2004
Skip, The Wendell Baker Story, Wendell Distribution, 2005
Cosmo Gadabeeti, Alpha Dog, New Line Cinema, 2005
Television Appearances
Series
Big Love, HBO, 2006
Miniseries
Slim "The Cowboy and the Frenchman," Les Francais vus par (also known as The Cowboy and the Frenchman), 1988
Shadrach, Dead Man's Walk (also known as Larry McMurtry's "DeadMan's Walk"), ABC, 1996
Movies
Bentley, The Million Dollar Incident, 1961
Whit Dykstra, The Intruders, NBC, 1970
C. W. Douglas, Flatbed Annie & Sweetiepie: Lady Truckers (alsoknown as Flatbed Annie and Girls of the Road), CBS, 1979
Mike, The Oldest Living Graduate, NBC, 1980
Emmett Perkins, I Want to Live, ABC, 1983
Chancey Bellow, Monster Maker, 1989
Harry Hook and song performer, Payoff, Showtime, 1991
Frank Reed, Hostages, HBO, 1993
Hal Smith, Against the Wall, HBO, 1994
Smith, Blue Tiger (also known as Irezuma), HBO, 1994
Specials
Jelly, The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones, 1966
Roy Orbison Tribute to Benefit the Homeless, Showtime, 1990
Moe "Tricks," Hotel Room (also known as David Lynch's "Hotel Room"), HBO, 1993
Narrator, The Band (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Narrator, Tobacco Blues (documentary), PBS, 1988
Dwight's Video Bio, CMT, 1999
Himself/"Brett," Alien Evolution (documentary), Channel 4 (England), 2001
Himself, Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (documentary), Starz, 2004
Himself, A&E Biography: Steven Seagal (documentary), Arts andEntertainment, 2005
Also appeared in Stranger in the House.
Pilots
"Suzuki Beane," The Victor Borge Comedy Theatre, 1962
Postmark, 1963
Elder Rhulon Grant, Big Love, HBO, 2006
Episodic
(As Dean Stanton) Bill, "Four O'Clock," Suspicions, 1957
(As Dean Stanton) Alvy, "The Cabin," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1958
(As Dean Stanton) Robert, "To Sit in Judgement, Zane Grey Theater,CBS, 1958
(As Dean Stanton) Clint Dirkson, "Decision of Rin Tin Tin," The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, 1958
(As Dean Stanton) Clint Dirkson, "Escape to Danger," The Adventures ofRin Tin Tin, 1958
"The Jacob Loveless Case," The Court of Last Resort, 1958
(As Dean Stanton) Frank Kaler, "The Troubled Town," The Texan, 1958
Jay Simms, "Deadline," Bat Masterson, 1959
(As Dean Stanton) Clemmie Martin, "Tension," The Rifleman, 1959
(As Dean Stanton) Barloft, "Incident at the Buffalo Smokehouse," Rawhide, 1959
"Dark Verdict," Laramie, 1959
(As Dean Stanton) Stoneman, "Treasure Trail," Have Gun--Will Travel, 1959
"War Correspondent," Adventure Showcase, 1959
(As Dean Stanton) Maxy Margolis, "The Poison Ivy Story," The Lawless Years, 1959
(As Dean Stanton) Chad Bisbee, "Blue Norther," The Texan, 1959
(As Dean Stanton) Tommy Fuller, "Music to Murder By," Lock Up, 1959
(As Dean Stanton) Rafe Daniels, "The Hanging Judge," Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, 1959
(As Dean Stanton) Toby, "So Young the Savage Land," Zane Grey Theater, CBS, 1960
(As Dean Stanton) Frank Brogger, "The Gunslinger," Johnny Ringo, 1960
Blind newspaper seller, "The Noise of Death," The Untouchables, 1960
(As Dean Stanton) Sonny Blakey, "Diamond Cut Diamond," The Man from Blackhawk, 1960
(As Dean Stanton) "Escape to Sonoita," Alfred Hitchcock Presents,1960
(As Dean Stanton) Private Brock, "Ambush," Zane Grey Theater, CBS,1961
(As Dean Stanton) "Cactus Lady," Laramie, 1961
Harley, "Love Thy Neighbor," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1961
Picolo, "Augie 'The Banker' Ciamino," The Untouchables, ABC, 1961
(As Dean Stanton) Fletcher, "Storm Over Eden," Zane Grey Theater,CBS, 1961
Moxie, "90-Proof Dame," The Untouchables, ABC, 1961
(As Dean Stanton) Leroy Parker, "Old Yellow Boots," Gunsmoke, CBS,1961
(As Dean Stanton) Billy, "The Dark Gate," Bonanza, 1961
"The Enemy," The Law and Mr. Jones, 1961
(As Dean Stanton) Tommy Ryan, "Blood Brothers," The Lawless Years,1961
(As Dean Stanton) Nate Eliot, "The Boys," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1962
(As Dean Stanton) Beecham, "A Day in June," Combat!, ABC, 1962
(As Dean Stanton) "Incident of the Lost Woman," Rawhide, 1962
(As Dean Stanton) "The Confederate Express," Laramie, 1962
Slim Wilder, "The Waiting Room," Have Gun - Will Travel, 1962
(As Dean Stanton) Singer, "Heart is a Handout," Checkmate, 1962
(As Dean Stanton) Dell Tindall, "Point of Honor," Stoney Burke, 1962
(As Dean Stanton) Nick Crider, "Nobody Dies on Sunday," Empire, 1963
(As Dean Stanton) Dexter, "Incident of the Prophecy," Rawhide, 1963
(As Dean Stanton) Styles, "The Way of Aaron," Bonanza, 1963
(As Dean Stanton) Young card player, "Tobe," Gunsmoke, 1963
(As Dean Stanton) Jeb Girty, "A Short Walk to Salem," Daniel Boone, 1964
(As Dean Stanton) Leader, "Comanches Is Soft," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1964
(As Dean Stanton) Randy, "Moon Child," The Fugitive, 1965
(As Dean Stanton) Quince Logan, "The Debt," A Man Called Shenandoah, 1965
(As Dean Stanton) Swain, "By Force and Violence," The Big Valley,ABC, 1966
(As Dean Stanton) "A Pig in a Poke," Green Acres, 1966
Dayton Skagg, "Frank Merriwell," Vacation Playhouse, 1966
Luther Happ, "Till the End of the Night," Cimarron Strip, 1967
(As Dean Stanton) Lucius Brand, "The Night of the Hangman," The Wild,Wild West, CBS, 1967
(As Dean Stanton) J. J. Kates, "Meeting at Devil's Fork," The Guns ofWill Sonnett, 1967
Proprietor, "Howard's New Life," The Andy Griffith Show, 1967
(As Dean Stanton) Johnny Faro, "Gold Is Where You Leave It," The HighChaparral, 1968
(As Dean Stanton) Hodge, "Johnny Cross," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1968
(As Dean Stanton) Clint Daggert, "Ride to Misadventure," The Virginian, 1968
Dean Hill, "Who Will Dig the Graves?," Mannix, 1968
(As Dean Stanton) "Pineapple Rose," The Name of the Game, 1968
(As Dean Stanton) Ringo, "One of Our Chickens Is Missing," Petticoat Junction, 1969
Henry Fletcher, "Log 22 ... so this little guy goes into a bar, and ... ," Adam-12, 1969
"Dead Man's Hand: Parts 1 & 2," Young Maverick, CBS, 1979
"Star Peepers," Laverne and Shirley, 1982
Late Night with David Letterman, NBC, 1984
Host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1986
Title role, "Rip Van Winkle," Faerie Tale Theatre, Showtime, 1987
Lou Boca, "Tricks," Hotel Room, 1993
Larry King Live, CNN, 2004
Himself, "Back Off Mary Poppins," Two and a Half Men, CBS, 2004
Also appeared in Sin City Spectacular, FX.
RECORDINGS
Music Videos
Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale," late 1980s
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's "Stop," 2003

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