Harry Dean Stanton
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Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926) is an American character actor.
Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky to Ersel and Sheridan Harry Stanton, who divorced when Stanton was in high school; they later re-married. He had two younger brothers, Archie and Ralph. Stanton attended the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, where he studied journalism and radio arts. He also studied at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California.
Stanton is a favorite of film critic Roger Ebert who has said that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad." Although, Ebert later admitted that Dream a Little Dream (1989), in which Stanton appeared, was a "clear violation" of this rule. Stanton is a veteran of World War Two. In the DVD extra interview of Repo Man Harry Dean deeply reviews his outlook on life in a way that is considered "Tao".
[edit] Selected Filmography
- Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
- The Hostage (1966)
- Cool Hand Luke (Billed as Dean Stanton) (1967)
- Kelly's Heroes (1970)
- Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
- Dillinger (1973)
- Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
- Where the Lilies Bloom (1973)
- The Godfather Part II (1974)
- Cockfighter (1974)
- Farewell My Lovely (1975)
- The Missouri Breaks (1976)
- Renaldo and Clara (1978)
- Straight Time (1978)
- Wise Blood (1979)
- The Rose (1979)
- Alien (1979)
- Deathwatch (La Mort en Direct) (1980)
- Private Benjamin (1980)
- UFOria (1981)
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Young Doctors in Love (1982)
- Christine (1983)
- Paris, Texas (1984)
- Red Dawn (1984)
- Repo Man (1984)
- The Care Bears Movie (1985)
- One Magic Christmas (1985)
- Fool for Love (1985)
- Pretty in Pink (1986)
- The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
- Wild at Heart (1990)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992)
- Hotel Room (1992)
- Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
- The Band - The Authorized Video Biography (1995; as narrator)
- Down Periscope (1996)
- She's So Lovely (1997)
- Fire Down Below (1997)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- The Mighty (1998)
- The Straight Story (1999)
- The Green Mile (1999)
- The Pledge (2001)
- The Man Who Cried (2001)
- Sonny (2002)
- Straight to Hell: The Alex Cox Collection (2003)
- The Big Bounce (2004)
- Alien Autopsy (2006)
- Inland Empire (2006)
- Alpha Dog (2007)
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