Actor · Director
Harry Dean Stanton
July 14, 1926
West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
September 15, 2017 at 91 years old
Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor, musician, and singer. In a prolific 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 Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas (1984) and in Lucky (2017).
