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Acting

Harry Dean Stanton

Career: Active from 1958 to 2025, busiest in 1975 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 31
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Cool Hand Luke
89/100

Characters

8

The characters Harry Dean Stanton played, best-known titles first.

Harry Dean Stanton as Samuel Elias Brett

Harry Dean Stanton as Balthazar (voice)

Harry Dean Stanton as Harold 'Brain' Helman

Harry Dean Stanton as Travis Henderson

Harry Dean Stanton as Rudolph Junkins

Harry Dean Stanton as Jack Walsh

Harry Dean Stanton as Roman Grant

Harry Dean Stanton as Caterpillar

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 134 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Harry Dean Stanton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.8, average 5.4
Scare
2.0, average 2.6
Fantasy
1.2, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 13
Social Commentary 8
Character Study 8
Historical Drama 4
Gritty 3
Eccentric Characters 3
Crime 3
Melancholy Tone 3
Nostalgic 3
Bleak 3
Crime Thriller 3
Intrigue 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

179

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

Sinatra! Eternity

as Sherif Lloyd

2010s

15 titles · average score 66

Frank and Ava

31

as Sheriff Lloyd

Lucky

82

as Lucky

Fishtail

as Narrator

Carlos Spills the Beans

as Rhino

9 Full Moons

61

as Dimitri

The Last Stand

58

as Mr. Parson

Getting On

75

TV show · as Leonard Butler

The Avengers

80

as Security Guard

Seven Psychopaths

68

as Man in Hat

Mongo Wrestling Alliance

TV show · as Baron Kleberkuh (voice)

Rango

77

as Balthazar (voice)

Athena

as Bill

2000s

20 titles · average score 53

Alice

51

TV show · as Caterpillar

The Open Road

45

as Amon

The Good Life

46

as Gus

Chuck

82

TV show · as Harry

Inland Empire

72

as Freddie Howard

Alpha Dog

60

as Cosmo Gadabeeti

Alien Autopsy

66

as Harvey

Big Love

75

TV show · as Roman Grant

The Wendell Baker Story

39

as Skip Summers

Two and a Half Men

67

TV show · as Harry Dean Stanton

Sonny

39

as Henry

The Man Who Cried

49

as Felix Perlman

1990s

25 titles · average score 58

The Green Mile

78

as Toot-Toot

The Mighty

73

as Grim

Fire Down Below

38

as Cotton Harry

She's So Lovely

56

as Tony 'Shorty' Russo

Down Periscope

44

as Lt. Howard

Playback

49

as Ernie Fontenot

Never Talk to Strangers

35

as Max Cheski

Hotel Room

63

TV show · as Moe Boca

Man Trouble

21

as Redmond Layls

Payoff

as Hook

Wild at Heart

66

as Johnnie Farragut

Twin Peaks

84

TV show · as Carl Rodd

1980s

30 titles · average score 61

Twister

53

as Cleveland

The Cowboy and the Frenchman

60

as Slim

Stars & Bars

45

as Loomis Gage

Pretty in Pink

68

as Jack Walsh

Fool for Love

55

as Old Man

Paris, Texas

85

as Travis

Repo Man

79

as Bud

UFOria

57

as Brother Bud Sanders

The Bear

68

as Coach Thomas

Christine

65

as Rudolph Junkins

Escape from New York

72

as Harold 'Brain' Helman

Death Watch

71

as Vincent Ferriman

1970s

30 titles · average score 66

Alien

86

as Brett

Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers

55

as C.W. Douglas

The Rose

71

as Billy Ray

Straight Time

74

as Jerry Schue

The Missouri Breaks

67

as Calvin

Farewell, My Lovely

71

as Billy Rolfe

Cockfighter

85

as Jack Burke

The Godfather Part II

89

as F.B.I. Man #1

Zandy's Bride

63

as Songer

Dillinger

54

as Homer Van Meter

Cry for Me, Billy

53

as Luke Todd

Two-Lane Blacktop

83

as Oklahoma Hitchhiker

1960s

30 titles · average score 64

Lanton Mills

as Lanton

Day of the Evil Gun

58

as Sergeant Parker

Adam-12

74

TV show · as Harry Fletcher

Cool Hand Luke

89

as Tramp

The Hostage

55

as Eddie (as Dean Stanton)

Mannix

71

TV show

Ride in the Whirlwind

78

as Blind Dick

The Big Valley

69

TV show · as Swain

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Randy

Petticoat Junction

43

TV show

Combat!

82

TV show · as Pvt. Beecham

The Andy Griffith Show

81

TV show · as Proprietor

1950s

28 titles · average score 67

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Stiles / Billy

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Jess Hobson / Dexter

Laramie

72

TV show

The Proud Rebel

65

as Jeb Burleigh

The Rifleman

77

TV show

Bat Masterson

69

TV show · as Jay Simms

The Texan

68

TV show

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

68

TV show · as Fletcher / Robert MacPherson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Lemon

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Rainey / Leader

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

46

TV show