The Cowboy and the Frenchman. I try to relate to them on a peer level. For a musician to be good, he has to have humanity and care about the other guy. Apart from his film performances, he was also an accomplished musician, and "The Harry Dean Stanton Band" and their unique spin on mariachi music played together for well over a decade. If it doesn't correspond to the dilemmas of the character, then I don't do the film. There is no answer to any of it ultimately. As a child, I felt rage against adults who didn't treat me as a person, adults that were brutalized themselves by having an angry, vindictive God watching them all the time. Cisco Pike. In the end, you end up accepting everything in your life - suffering, horror, love, loss, hate - all of it. Room 606 7. harry dean stanton july 14, 1926 sep. 15, 2017 actor and musician navy wwii I've been singing since I was a child. Herewith, Rebecca De Mornay, Ed Begley Jr., an ex L.A.P.D. I don't want to be whipping myself to the point where I have no joy in doing it, you know? The two fell into conversation. Stanton suffered only minor injuries. I felt very much at home on the stage, more so than off it because I could express everything that I couldn't express elsewhere -- yes, anger, but also tenderness. [asked to describe himself] As nothing. [3], Stanton had two younger brothers, Archie and Ralph, and a younger half-brother, Stanley McKnight. Official Sites, Prior to 1971, he was credited in films and on TV as Dean Stanton so as to avoid any confusion with character actor, Was tied up and pistol-whipped at his home in L.A. after a robbery. His family had a musical background. Stanton … Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Hopefully, the older you get the more you grow. Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor, musician, and singer. He then returned to the University of Kentucky to appear in a production of "Pygmalion", before heading out to California and honing his craft at the prestigious Pasadena Playhouse. Fool for Love. Early on the whole point of acting was mostly getting a job and then the experience of doing it. The Fortune. Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Sheridan Harry Stanton, a tobacco farmer and barber and Ersel (née Moberly), a cook. One Magic Christmas. I've always had a guitar and a harmonica and I played drums in high school -- in a marching band, anyway. Stanton was the subject of a 2013 documentary, Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction, directed by Sophie Huber and featuring film clips, interviews with collaborators (including Wenders, Shepard, Kris Kristofferson, and David Lynch), and Stanton's singing. Actors who have played Saint Paul of Tarsus. So, that has been my speed, the beat of my drum. It doesn't matter. I've always been a singer; it's not new to me. V 6. [3][nb 1] In 2012, he had a brief cameo in The Avengers and a key role in the action comedy Seven Psychopaths. Harry Dean Stanton, the longtime character actor whose face had its own unique character, has died at 91, according to his agent, John S. Kelly. I'm enjoying it more and more; I'm learning that. The horror of life, the love of children, the whole phantasmagoria--it's all meaningless. Harry Dean Stanton, who has died aged 91, was a vintage performer, only reaching his full potential in his late 50s. Dream a Little Dream. It's an attitude. His first appearance was in an episode of Inner Sanctum in 1954, and following that he appeared in a vast number of television shows and movies across seven decades.. I've been rather like a cat. Hän esiintyi uransa aikana yli 200 roolissa. Harry Dean Stanton, the legendary character actor and offbeat leading man who starred in Repo Man, Paris, Texas, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Big Love in … Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Ersel (Moberly), a cook, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a barber and tobacco farmer. Playwright Sam Shepard, who wrote the film's script, had spotted Stanton at a bar in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1983 while both were attending a film festival in that city. It's just what is. But, by the same token, that would have demanded more of my time, too. It's just another label, like "character actor." Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor and musician with a wide and varied career spanned over 60 years. The thieves then took off in the actor's car, but were soon apprehended after the car was traced by a tracking device. If I like the role, I'll just do it. How Did Harry Dean Stanton Die? I have a pool, but it's to do laps in, not a status symbol. ‘Inner Sanctum’ marked his television debut in 1954. H ere is the heartrending almost-final movie performance from the then 90-year-old Harry Dean Stanton. Acting is my connection to the community, with the world at large. Stanton then toured around the United States with a male choir, worked in children's theater, and then headed back to California.His first role on screen was in the tepid movie Tomahawk Trail (1957), but he was quickly noticed and appeared regularly in minor roles as cowboys and soldiers through the late 1950s and early 1960s. Room 210 9. [2] He appeared (uncredited) as a complaining BAR man at the beginning of the 1959 film Pork Chop Hill starring Gregory Peck. [5] "I had to decide if I wanted to be a singer or an actor. Fire Down Below. It's true about the industry, but also about society as a whole. I hope what I do benefits the community without being moralizing. Browse 1,067 harry dean stanton stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Drafted into the Navy, he served as a cook in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was on board an LST during the Battle of Okinawa. Harry Dean Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky. Harry Dean Stanton. Military service: US Navy (WWII) Craggy-faced character actor Harry Dean Stanton sang in a barber shop quartet in high school, and studied journalism in college. But that has been a problem with too many artists -- too much pain and not enough joy. All of this unfolds perfectly, You've got to get beyond consciousness. "[11], Stanton was a favorite of film critic Roger Ebert, who said that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad." Find Harry Dean Stanton bio, music, credits, awards, & streaming links on AllMusic - Having appeared in over 250 films, the actor is… I don't take a paternal or authority position with them; I don't play mentor. I want to be able to work and enjoy it more and it takes a lifetime to learn that. In 2011, the Lexington Film League created an annual festival, the Harry Dean Stanton Fest, to honor Stanton in the city where he spent much of his adolescence. There is no self...I'm big into Eastern concepts. I'm just focusing on singing a lot so I can get good at it. [January 1996], Had a small role as a jail guard in the 1978. Harry Dean Stanton, Actor: Alien. "I was telling him I was sick of the roles I was playing," Stanton recalled in a 1986 interview. [on his disdain for labels] When you label something, you dismiss it. Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor, musician, and singer. Too much work. Whatever. And as for blues - in a sense, black people have kept this country alive and given us our entire musical heritage. There are no small parts. She's So Lovely. His star continued to rise and he received better roles in which he could showcase his laid-back style, such as in Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Dillinger (1973), The Godfather: Part II (1974), and in Alien (1979). I 2. [2] His last on-screen appearances are as a sheriff in Frank & Ava and a starring role as a 90-year-old man nicknamed "Lucky" and his struggles against encroaching old age in Lucky. I don't want to deal with any consciousness afterward. Billed as Dean Stanton throughout the 1950s and … I was always singing. His rich body of work in show business, spanning more than six decades, established him as a prolific actor. It's not always easy to be as gentle as you wish to be. The Mighty. He was best man at Nicholson's wedding in 1962. His family had a musical background. I march to the beat of a different drum -- you'll pardon me for using this expression. I'm a late bloomer. He lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944. IV 5. He also appeared in the Arnold Schwarzenegger action film The Last Stand (2013). Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Ersel (née Moberly), a cook, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a tobacco farmer and barber.His parents divorced when Stanton was in high school; both later remarried. He has appeared in two films which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival: He has appeared in five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: He is buried in Nicholasville, Kentucky's Blue Grass Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum. The Big Bounce. Favourite Actors/Actresses From Twin Peaks (TV). He made his film debut with ‘Tomahawk Trail’ in 1957. he decided to make his appearance in Hollywood productions and made his television debut in 1954 in Inner Sanctum. In 2017, he appeared in Twin Peaks: The Return, a continuation of David Lynch's 1990–91 television series. Stanton remained consistently active on screen, lastly appearing in films including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), The Green Mile (1999) and The Man Who Cried (2000). Sometimes it's quite a feat to pull off, but sometimes it works. Usually, I just play myself. I was born on the edge of the mountains in Kentucky and now although I live in Hollywood I still feel more related to nature. Good Heritage Humanity. Beginning in 2006, Stanton featured as Roman Grant, the manipulative leader/prophet of a polygamous sect on the HBO television series Big Love. You get older. "I could have been a writer," he told an interviewer for a 2011 documentary, Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland, in which he sings and plays the harmonica. [9], He made his first television appearance in 1954 in Inner Sanctum. It was around this time that Stanton came to the attention of director Wim Wenders, who cast him in his finest role yet as Travis in the moving Paris, Texas (1984). Hopefully it's a life positive thing that I've been been blessed to be balled into for a lack of a better way to put it. Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction. Harry Dean Stanton's appearance in The Avengers was entirely by chance according to Joss Whedon, as a crew member was coincidentally doing a documentary about him, allowing the filmmakers to get him in.1 Harry Dean Stanton previously worked with Powers Boothe in Red Dawn. II 3. He played Stoneman in the Have Gun – Will Travel 1959 episode "Treasure Trail", credited under Dean Stanton. "I told him I wanted to play something of some beauty or sensitivity. Harry Dean Stanton net worth: Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor, musician, and singer who had a net worth of $10 million dollars. Whatever psychological traumas or conflicts I'm going through at the time I try to put into the role. I find younger people less conditioned and therefore more alive. Publicity Listings Someone printed on a Thai temple, "How joyous I am now that I've learned there's no such thing as happiness." [7][8], Stanton appeared in indie and cult films (Two-Lane Blacktop, Cockfighter, Escape from New York, Repo Man), as well as many mainstream Hollywood productions, including Cool Hand Luke, The Godfather Part II, Alien, Red Dawn, Alpha Dog, Pretty in Pink, Stephen King's Christine, and The Green Mile. It's certainly not an ideal situation. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films such as 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), Alpha Dog (2006) and Inland Empire (2006). You learn you're nothing. Stanton attended Lafayette High School[3] and the University of Kentucky in Lexington where he performed at the Guignol Theatre under the direction of British theater director Wallace Briggs,[4] and studied journalism and radio arts. [13] He worked with a number of musical artists, Dylan, Art Garfunkel, and Kris Kristofferson[14] among them, and played harmonica on The Call's 1989 album Let the Day Begin.[15]. Stanton has been named as a favorite actor by characters in novels by. However, Ebert later admitted that Dream a Little Dream (1989), in which Stanton appeared, was a "clear violation" of this rule. Check Out Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Ersel (Moberly), a cook, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a barber and tobacco farmer. Harry Dean Stanton later co-starred in The Green Mile (1999), which has a character named Dean Stanton. Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor, singer, and musician. [21] Pop Will Eat Itself released a track titled "Harry Dean Stanton" on their album The Looks or the Lifestyle?. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Harry Dean Stanton by QBRNTHSS / Room-A, released 09 May 2019 1. Harry Dean Stanton. I've avoided the mainstream, I guess. I've always felt as an outsider. As of 2014, had appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: He starred in two consecutive films written by. Legendary character actor, Harry Dean Stanton, is not the most obvious choice of subject for a documentary. He made his film debut in 1957 in the Western Tomahawk Trail. There is only the moment. I had no inkling he was considering me for the lead in his movie. There's total blackness, it's nothing, right? [8] He appeared in the Dwight Yoakam music video for "Sorry You Asked",[13] portrayed a cantina owner in a Ry Cooder video for "Get Rhythm",[13] and participated in the video for Bob Dylan's "Dreamin' of You". The following is the complete filmography of American actor Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, … Regret is another form of suffering, which I'm not into. The following year he had a minor role as a poetry-reciting beatnik in The Man from the Diner's Club. I'm finicky and I've done a lot of things, and made career choices, missed meetings and so forth that would have made me a much bigger actor, I think. Be still and see what happens. “Harry Dean” is dedicated to the famous American actor, Harry Dean Stanton. Stanton had two younger brothers, Archie, and Ralph, and a younger half-brother, Stan. There are only small actors. Next indie director Alex Cox gave Stanton a role that brought him to the forefront, in the quirky cult film Repo Man (1984).Stanton was now heavily in demand, and his unique look got him cast as everything from a suburban father in the mainstream Pretty in Pink (1986) to a soft-hearted, but ill-fated, private investigator in Wild at Heart (1990) and a crazy yet cunning scientist in Escape from New York (1981). Harry Dean Stanton (14. heinäkuuta 1926 West Irvine, Kentucky, Yhdysvallat – 15. syyskuuta 2017 Los Angeles, Yhdysvallat) oli yhdysvaltalainen näyttelijä. Harry Dean Stanton. Hotel Room. I learn about myself. Pretty good, huh? [2] Stanton reprised his role as Carl Rodd from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Stanton made his film debut with the Western Tomahawk Trail. I've been rebellious against any iconoclastic thing. What caused our favorite villainous hero to die, of course, was the … Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor, musician, and singer. He gained prominence with … III 4. Stanton syntyi pienessä kaupungissa Kentuckyssä vuonna 1926, hänen isänsä oli Sheridan Harry Stanton ja … It's pointless. One of Hollywood's most popular and recognizable character actors, Harry Dean Stanton † (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) made a career out of playing supporting roles. I'm trying to function totally in the moment. All of this unfolds perfectly. Then in 1962 he had a very small part in How the West Was Won, portraying one of Charlie Gant's (Eli Wallach) gang. Showing Editorial results for harry dean stanton. I don't blame anyone, but I think that society is negative in that people are terrified to be free. [9], Stanton also occasionally toured nightclubs as a singer and guitarist, playing mostly country-inflected cover tunes. 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