Harry Dean Stanton
1926–2017 · American actor
Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor and musician. 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), Dream A Little Dream (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), The Straight Story (1999), The Green Mile (1999), The Man Who Cried (2000), Alpha Dog (2006), Inland Empire (2006), Rango (2011), The Avengers (2012), and Seven Psychopaths (2012). He had rare lead roles in Paris, Texas (1984) and Lucky (2017).
Harry Dean Stanton, in order
- 1958 The Proud Rebel: acted · directed by Michael Curtiz
- 1959 A Dog's Best Friend: acted · directed by Edward L. Cahn
- 1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: acted · directed by Michael Curtiz
- 1962 How the West Was Won: acted · directed by George Marshall and Henry Hathaway · critics 88%, audiences 74%
- 1963 The Man from the Diner's Club: acted · directed by Frank Tashlin
- 1966 Ride in the Whirlwind: acted · directed by Monte Hellman
- 1967 A Time for Killing: acted · directed by Phil Karlson and Roger Corman · audiences 45%
- 1967 Cool Hand Luke: acted · directed by Stuart Rosenberg
- 1967 In the Heat of the Night: acted · directed by Norman Jewison
- 1967 The Hostage: acted · directed by Russell S. Doughten
- 1968 Day of the Evil Gun: acted · directed by Jerry Thorpe
- 1969 Lanton Mills: acted · directed by Terrence Malick
- 1970 Kelly's Heroes: acted · directed by Brian G. Hutton
- 1970 The Rebel Rousers: acted · directed by Martin B. Cohen
- 1971 Cisco Pike: acted · directed by Bill L. Norton
- 1971 Two-Lane Blacktop: acted · directed by Monte Hellman
- 1971 What's the Matter with Helen?: acted · directed by Curtis Harrington
- 1972 Cry for Me, Billy: acted · directed by William A. Graham
- 1973 Dillinger: acted · directed by John Milius
- 1973 Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid: acted · directed by Sam Peckinpah
- 1974 Cockfighter: acted · directed by Monte Hellman
- 1974 The Godfather Part II: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola · critics 96%, audiences 97% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1974 Where the Lilies Bloom: acted · directed by William A. Graham
- 1974 Zandy's Bride: acted · directed by Jan Troell
- 1975 Farewell, My Lovely: acted · directed by Dick Richards · critics 73%, audiences 71% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
- 1975 Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins: acted · directed by Dick Richards
- 1975 Rancho Deluxe: acted · directed by Frank Perry
- 1976 The Missouri Breaks: acted · directed by Arthur Penn
- 1978 Straight Time: acted · directed by Ulu Grosbard · critics 82%, audiences 82%
- 1978 Up in Smoke: acted · directed by Lou Adler and Tommy Chong
- 1979 Alien: acted · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 93%, audiences 94% · streaming on Netflix, fuboTV
- 1979 The Rose: acted · directed by Mark Rydell
- 1979 Wise Blood: acted · directed by John Huston
- 1980 Death Watch: acted · directed by Bertrand Tavernier
- 1980 Private Benjamin: acted · directed by Howard Zieff · critics 83%, audiences 60% · streaming on Hoopla, Plex, Tubi
- 1980 The Black Marble: acted · directed by Harold Becker
- 1981 Escape from New York: acted · directed by John Carpenter · critics 70%, audiences 77% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex
- 1982 One from the Heart: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- 1982 Young Doctors in Love: acted · directed by Garry Marshall
- 1983 Christine: acted · directed by John Carpenter
- 1984 Paris, Texas: acted · directed by Wim Wenders · critics 95%, audiences 93% · streaming on fuboTV, HBO Max, Shout! Factory TV
- 1984 Red Dawn: acted · directed by John Milius
- 1984 Repo Man: acted · directed by Alex Cox · critics 92%, audiences 78%
- 1984 Terror in the Aisles: acted · directed by Andrew J. Kuehn · critics 63%, audiences 51%
- 1984 The Bear: acted · directed by Richard C. Sarafian
- 1985 Fool for Love: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 79%, audiences 43% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1985 One Magic Christmas: acted · directed by Phillip Borsos · critics 50%, audiences 69% · streaming on Disney+
- 1985 UFOria: acted · directed by John Binder
- 1986 Pretty in Pink: acted · directed by Howard Deutch · critics 75%, audiences 81% · streaming on Philo, AMC+, Kanopy
- 1987 Slam Dance: acted · directed by Wayne Wang
- 1988 Mr. North: acted · directed by Danny Huston
- 1988 Stars and Bars: acted · directed by Pat O'Connor · audiences 43% · streaming on Roku Channel
- 1988 The Cowboy and the Frenchman (short film): acted · directed by David Lynch
- 1988 The French as Seen By...: acted · directed by Andrzej Wajda and David Lynch
- 1988 The Last Temptation of Christ: acted · directed by Martin Scorsese · critics 82%, audiences 84%
- 1989 Dream a Little Dream: acted · directed by Marc Rocco
- 1989 Twister: acted · directed by Michael Almereyda
- 1990 The Fourth War: acted · directed by John Frankenheimer · critics 60%, audiences 27% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
- 1990 Wild at Heart: acted · directed by David Lynch · critics 66%, audiences 81%
- 1992 Man Trouble: acted · directed by Bob Rafelson
- 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me: acted · directed by David Lynch
- 1994 Against the Wall (TV movie): acted · directed by John Frankenheimer · audiences 65% · streaming on HBO Max
- 1995 Never Talk to Strangers: acted · directed by Peter Hall
- 1995 One Hundred and One Nights: acted · directed by Agnès Varda · audiences 57% · streaming on Criterion Channel
- 1996 Down Periscope: acted · directed by David S. Ward
- 1996 Playback (TV movie): acted · directed by Oley Sassone
- 1997 Fire Down Below: acted · directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá
- 1997 She's So Lovely: acted · directed by Nick Cassavetes
- 1998 A Civil Action: acted · directed by Steven Zaillian · critics 66%, audiences 56%
- 1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: acted · directed by Terry Gilliam · critics 51%, audiences 89%
- 1998 The Mighty: acted · directed by Peter Chelsom
- 1999 The Green Mile: acted · directed by Frank Darabont · critics 78%, audiences 94%
- 1999 The Straight Story: acted · directed by David Lynch
- 2000 Sand: acted · directed by Matt Palmieri · audiences 43%
- 2000 The Man Who Cried: acted · directed by Sally Potter
- 2001 The Pledge: acted · directed by Sean Penn
- 2002 Ginostra: acted · directed by Manuel Pradal
- 2002 Sonny: acted · directed by Nicolas Cage · critics 22%, audiences 41% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Prime Video (free)
- 2003 Anger Management: acted · directed by Peter Segal · critics 42%, audiences 59% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2003 Bukowski: Born into This: acted · directed by John Dullaghan
- 2003 Two and a Half Men (TV series): acted · critics 65%, audiences 67% · streaming on Peacock, Philo
- 2004 Chrystal: acted · directed by Ray McKinnon
- 2004 The Big Bounce: acted · directed by George Armitage
- 2005 The Wendell Baker Story: acted · directed by Andrew Wilson and Luke Wilson
- 2006 Alien Autopsy: acted · directed by Jonny Campbell
- 2006 Alpha Dog: acted · directed by Nick Cassavetes
- 2006 Big Love (TV series): acted
- 2006 Inland Empire: acted · directed by David Lynch
- 2006 You, Me and Dupree: acted · directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo · critics 21%, audiences 50%
- 2007 Chuck (TV series): acted
- 2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project: acted · directed by John Landis · critics 83%, audiences 79%
- 2007 The Good Life: acted · directed by Steve Berra
- 2009 Alice (TV movie): acted · directed by Nick Willing
- 2009 The Open Road: acted · directed by Michael Meredith
- 2011 This Must Be the Place: acted · directed by Paolo Sorrentino
- 2012 Seven Psychopaths: acted · directed by Martin McDonagh
- 2012 The Avengers: acted · directed by Joss Whedon · critics 91%, audiences 91% · streaming on Disney+
- 2013 9 Full Moons: acted · directed by Tomer Almagor
- 2013 Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction: acted · directed by Sophie Huber · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
- 2013 The Last Stand: acted · directed by Kim Ji-woon · critics 61%, audiences 53% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2017 Lucky: acted · directed by John Carroll Lynch
- 2017 Twin Peaks (TV series): acted · directed by David Lynch and Mark Frost