Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton was born on Jul 14, 1926 in USA. Harry Dean Stanton's big-screen debut came with The Wrong Man directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1956, strarring Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited). Harry Dean Stanton is known for Lucky directed by John Carroll Lynch, Harry Dean Stanton stars as Lucky and David Lynch as Howard. Harry Dean Stanton has got 11 awards and 11 nominations so far. The most recent award Harry Dean Stanton achieved is Días de Cine Awards. The upcoming new movie Harry Dean Stanton plays is Frank and Ava which will be released on May 14, 2020.
Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Ersel (Moberly), a cook, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a barber and tobacco farmer. He lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944. 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. 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. 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 Le sentier de la guerre (1957), but he was quickly noticed and appeared regularly in minor roles as cowboys and soldiers through the late 1950s and early 1960s. His star continued to rise and he received better roles in which he could showcase his laid-back style, such as in Luke la main froide (1967), De l'or pour les braves (1970), Dillinger (1973), Le Parrain, 2ᵉ partie (1974), and in Alien - Le 8ème passager (1979). 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). 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 Rose bonbon (1986) to a soft-hearted, but ill-fated, private investigator in Sailor & Lula (1990) and a crazy yet cunning scientist in New-York 1997 (1981). 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. They toured internationally. He became a cult figure of cinema and music and when Debbie Harry sang the lyric, "I want to dance with Harry Dean..." in her 1990s hit "I Want That Man", she was talking about him. Stanton remained consistently active on screen, lastly appearing in films including Las Vegas parano (1998), La ligne verte (1999) and The man who cried - Les larmes d'un homme (2000).
Birthday
Jul 14, 1926Place of Birth
West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
Known For
Awards
11 wins & 11 nominations
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