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Harry Dean Stanton

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 (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 Paris, Texas (1984) and in Lucky (2017).

Filmography

2011
Rango

as Balthazar (voice)

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2006
Inland Empire

as Freddie Howard

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2001
The Pledge

as Floyd Cage

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1999
The Green Mile

as Toot-Toot

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1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

as Carl Rodd

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1988
The Last Temptation of Christ

as Paulus

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1986
Pretty in Pink

as Jack Walsh

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1984
Paris, Texas

as Travis

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1983
Christine

as Rudolph Junkins

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1981
Escape from New York

as Harold 'Brain' Helman

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1979
Alien

as Brett

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1962
How the West Was Won

as Gant Henchman (uncredited)

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