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Harry Dean Stanton
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American actor (1926–2017)
OverviewAI-generated
Harry Dean Stanton was an American film and television actor, singer, and musician. Born on July 14, 1926, in West Irvine, Kentucky, he served in the United States Navy during World War II. He attended the University of Kentucky and began his professional career in 1954. His work spanned until his death on September 15, 2017, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he died of respiratory failure.
Stanton’s musical output included recordings tagged with country, folk, and americana genres. He is listed as the author of the work *Lucky*. His acting career included roles in various productions, and he was associated with the performing arts department.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1926
- Died
- 2017
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Lucky
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · 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), 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…
Known for
- Sinatra! Eternity — Sherif Lloyd2025
- American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective — Self2022
- Frank and Ava — Sheriff Lloyd2020
- Wim Wenders, Desperado — Self (archive footage)2020
- Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice — Self (archive footage)2019
- Lucky — Lucky2017
- Sick of it All — Harry The News Reporter2017
- Fishtail — Narrator2014
- Walking the Mile — Self (archive footage)2014
- Carlos Spills the Beans — Rhino2014
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1926
- Active to
- 2017
Discography
- Partly Fiction2014
- October 19932021
Member of
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19,500
- Total plays
- 118,718
Tags
Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor, musician, and singer.[1] Stanton's career spanned over 60 years, during which he appeared in such films as Cool Hand Luke, Kelly's Heroes, Dillinger, The Godfather Part II, Alien, Escape from New York, Christine, Paris, Texas, Repo Man, Pretty in Pink, The Last Temptation of Christ, Wild at Heart, The Straight Story, The Green Mile, Alpha Dog, and Inland Empire. Stanton <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Dean+St
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,328x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,419x
- MapReduce
· 2008 · cited 11,336x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,805x
- The Determination of Enzyme Dissociation Constants
· 1934 · cited 10,172x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I play myself all the time... on camera and off. What else can I do?”
- “Joy, happiness, good, bad, all those terms are meaningless to me. If you think of yourself as a separate soul, you're fucked.”
- “You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.”
- “I’m a late bloomer. It’s just a matter of how you evolve; of what your pace is. Hopefully, the older you get the more you grow. So, that has been my speed, the beat of my drum. I march to the beat of a different drum … you’ll pardon me for using this expression.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1926-07-14 ) July 14, 1926, West Irvine, Kentucky , U.S.
- Died
- September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15) (aged 91) , Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Occupations
- Actor, Musician
- Years active
- 1954–2017
- Website
- harrydeanstanton .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) 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), 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).
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Harry Dean Stanton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.