Editing Harry Dean Stanton (section)

==Career==
Stanton made his first television appearance in 1954 in ''Inner Sanctum''. He played Stoneman in the ''[[Have Gun – Will Travel]]'' 1959 episode "Treasure Trail", credited under Dean Stanton. He made his film debut in 1957 in the Western ''[[Tomahawk Trail]]''.<ref name="nytobit"/> He appeared (uncredited) as a complaining [[M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle|BAR]] man at the beginning of the 1959 film ''[[Pork Chop Hill (film)|Pork Chop Hill]]'' starring [[Gregory Peck]]. Then in 1962, he had a very small part in ''[[How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]]'', portraying one of Charlie Gant's ([[Eli Wallach]]) gang. The following year he had a minor role as a poetry-reciting beatnik in ''[[The Man from the Diner's Club]]''. Early in his career, he took the name Dean Stanton to avoid confusion with the actor Harry Stanton.<ref name="nytobit"/>

His breakthrough part<ref name=nytmag>{{cite news| last=Oney| first=Steve| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/16/magazine/a-character-actor-reaches-cult-status.html| title=A Character Actor Reaches Cult Status| work=[[The New York Times Magazine]]| date=November 16, 1986| page=52|url-access=subscription }}</ref> came with the lead role in [[Wim Wenders]]' ''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]''. 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. The two fell into conversation. "I was telling him I was sick of the roles I was playing," Stanton recalled in a 1986 interview. "I told him I wanted to play something of some beauty or sensitivity. I had no inkling he was considering me for the lead in his movie."<ref name=nytmag /> Not long afterward, Shepard phoned him in Los Angeles to offer Stanton the part of the protagonist, Travis,<ref name=nytmag /> "a role that called for the actor to remain largely silent ... as a lost, broken soul trying to put his life back together and reunite with his estranged family after having vanished years earlier."<ref name=tcmbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=183076 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212132457/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=183076 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |title=Overview for Harry Dean Stanton |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |date=July 14, 1926 |access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref>

Stanton appeared in [[independent film|indie]] and [[cult film|cult]] films such as ''[[Two-Lane Blacktop]]'' (1971), ''[[Cockfighter]]'' (1974), ''[[Escape from New York]]'' (1981), ''[[Repo Man (film)|Repo Man]]'' (1984), ''[[The Straight Story]]'' (1999), and ''[[Inland Empire (film)|Inland Empire]]'' (2006), as well as mainstream Hollywood productions, including ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'', (1967), ''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'' (1970), ''[[Dillinger (1973 film)|Dillinger]]'' (1973), ''[[The Godfather Part II]]'' (1974), ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979), ''[[The Rose (film)|The Rose]]'' (1979), ''[[Private Benjamin (1980 film)|Private Benjamin]]'' (1980), ''[[Young Doctors in Love]]'' (1982), ''[[Christine (1983 film)|Christine]]'' (1983), ''[[Red Dawn]]'' (1984), ''[[One Magic Christmas]]'' (1985), ''[[Pretty in Pink]]'' (1986), ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ (film)|The Last Temptation of Christ]]'' (1988), ''[[Wild at Heart (film)|Wild at Heart]]'' (1990), ''[[Down Periscope]]'' (1996), ''[[Fire Down Below (1997 film)|Fire Down Below]]'' (1997), ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'' (1999), ''[[The Man Who Cried]]'' (2000), ''[[Alpha Dog]]'' (2006), and ''[[Rango (2011 film)|Rango]]'' (2011). He was a favorite actor of the directors [[Sam Peckinpah]], [[John Milius]], [[David Lynch]], and [[Monte Hellman]], and was also close friends with [[Francis Ford Coppola]] and [[Jack Nicholson]]. He was [[Groomsman|best man]] at Nicholson's wedding in 1962.<ref name="Varietyobit">{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/harry-dean-stanton-dead-dies-big-love-twin-peaks-1202560703/| title=Harry Dean Stanton, 'Big Love,' 'Twin Peaks' Star, Dies at 91| newspaper=Variety| access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref>

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." However, Ebert later admitted that ''[[Dream a Little Dream (film)|Dream a Little Dream]]'' (1989), in which Stanton appeared, was a "clear violation" of this rule.<ref>{{cite news| last=Ebert| first=Roger| author-link=Roger Ebert| publication-date=March 3, 1989| title=Dream a Little Dream| newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]| url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19890303/REVIEWS/903030301/1023| access-date=October 5, 2007| archive-date=September 10, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910074834/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19890303%2FREVIEWS%2F903030301%2F1023| url-status=dead}}</ref>

He had eight appearances between 1958 and 1968 on ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', four on the network's ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', three on ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'', two on ''[[Bonanza]]'', and an episode of ''[[The Rifleman]]''. 
He played the wrongly accused Lucius Brand (credited as Dean Stanton) in ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'' S3 E7 "The Night of the Hangman" (1967). He later had a cameo in ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'' (having previously appeared with [[Jon Cryer]] in ''Pretty in Pink'' and with [[Charlie Sheen]] in ''Red Dawn''). Beginning in 2006, Stanton featured as Roman Grant, the manipulative leader/prophet of a polygamous sect on the HBO television series ''[[Big Love]]''.<ref name="Varietyobit"/>

Stanton also occasionally toured nightclubs as a singer and guitarist, playing mostly country-inflected cover tunes.<ref name="ewvalby">{{cite magazine |url=http://ew.com/movies/2006/05/26/talking-harry-dean-stanton/ |title=Harry Dean Stanton is wild at heart |first=Karen |last=Valby |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=May 26, 2006 |issn=1049-0434}}</ref> He appeared in the [[Dwight Yoakam]] music video for "Sorry You Asked",<ref name="Geek"/> portrayed a cantina owner in a [[Ry Cooder]] video for "Get Rhythm",<ref name="Geek"/> and participated in the video for [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[Dreamin' of You (Bob Dylan song)|Dreamin' of You]]".<ref name="Geek">{{cite journal |url=http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/harry-dean-stanton/267601/harry-dean-stanton-dies-at-91| title=Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91| journal=[[Dennis Publishing|Den of Geek]]| last=Sokol| first=Tony| access-date=16 September 2017}}</ref> He worked with a number of musical artists, Dylan, [[Art Garfunkel]], and [[Kris Kristofferson]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7965903/harry-dean-stanton-singing-music-best-moments| title=Harry Dean Stanton's Best Musical Moments: From 'Cool Hand Luke' to a Telethon With Bob Dylan| newspaper=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| first=Ashley| last=Iasimone| date=15 September 2017| access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref> among them, and played harmonica on [[The Call (band)|The Call's]] 1989 album ''Let the Day Begin''.<ref>{{cite news| last=Hughes| first=Rob| date=13 October 2010| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/oct/13/michael-been-obituary| title=Muchael Been Obituary| newspaper=The Guardian| access-date=12 August 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Harry Dean Stanton signing portrait.jpg|thumb|right|Stanton signing autographs in 2015]]

In 2010, Stanton appeared in an episode of the TV series ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]'', reprising his role in the 1984 film ''[[Repo Man (film)|Repo Man]]''. 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.<ref name="Kentucky"/>{{refn|The first Harry Dean Stanton Fest was three days of film screenings including ''Paris, Texas'', ''Repo Man'', ''Cool Hand Luke'', and the premiere of a PBS documentary by director [[Tom Thurman]] entitled ''Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland''.<ref name=KY01/> All screenings were held at the historic [[Kentucky Theater (Lexington)|Kentucky Theater]]. [[Hunter Carson]], Stanton's co-star in ''Paris, Texas'', attended the festival and conducted a Q&A following the film.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lexingtonfilmleague.org/2011.html |title=Past Events: 2011 |publisher=Lexington Film League |access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.kentucky.com/2011/01/26/1611675/briefs-harry-dean-stanton-documentary.html |title=Harry Dean Stanton documentary to premiere at Kentucky Theatre &#124; Neighbors |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |date=January 26, 2011 |access-date=July 13, 2014}}</ref> The second annual Harry Dean Stanton Fest was held over a weekend in May 2012 at the Kentucky Theater and other venues in downtown Lexington. Festival co-producer Lucy Jones<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lexingtonfilmleague.org/co-producers.html |title=Co-Producers |publisher=Lexington Film League |access-date=July 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201311/http://www.lexingtonfilmleague.org/co-producers.html |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> visited with Stanton in California and brought back a filmed greeting for the festival, with introductions to the films and talk about films he was working on. The May 2013 Stanton festival in Lexington included an appearance by [[Crispin Glover]], a co-star with Stanton in ''Wild at Heart'', the 1989 comedy ''[[Twister (1989 film)|Twister]]'' and the Lynch-directed HBO original series ''[[Hotel Room]]'' in 1993; and a pre-release screening of the documentary ''Partly Fiction''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hannon |first=Blake |url=http://www.kentucky.com/2013/05/26/2654046/actor-crispin-glover-to-be-guest.html |title=Actor Crispin Glover to be guest speaker at Harry Dean Stanton festival |newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader |date=May 26, 2013}}</ref><ref name=KY01/>|group=nb}} In 2012, he had a brief cameo in ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' and a key role in the action-comedy ''[[Seven Psychopaths]]''. He also appeared in the [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] action film ''[[The Last Stand (2013 film)|The Last Stand]]'' (2013). 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.

In 2017, he appeared in ''[[Twin Peaks (season 3)|Twin Peaks: The Return]]'', a continuation of David Lynch's 1990–91 television series.<ref name="nytobit"/> Stanton reprised his role as Carl Rodd from ''[[Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me]]''.<ref name="nytobit"/> 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 (2017 American film)|Lucky]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/07/harry-dean-stanton-lucky-movie-john-carroll-lynch-director-1201783592/|title=Harry Dean Stanton To Topline John Carroll Lynch's Indie 'Lucky'|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Business Media]]|accessdate=June 21, 2018|date=July 7, 2016|first=Patrick|last=Hipes}}</ref><ref name="nytobit"/>