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Harry Dean Stanton

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Harry Dean Stanton: Biography

Harry Stanton

Birth Place: West Irvine, KY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/14/1926, Cancer
Profession: Actor; musician

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Harry Dean Stanton Fast Facts:

Served in the U.S. Navy during WWII.
Sang in a barbershop quartet while in high school and later toured the U.S. with a Baptist choir.
Studied theater at the Pasadena Playhouse.
An early acting job was on the first episode of the show Suspicion titled "Four O'Clock" directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1957.
Roomed with Jack Nicholson for two and a half years in the Hollywood Hills during the 1960s.
Breakout role came in 1984 at age 58 as a mostly silent drifter in director Wim Wender's Paris, Texas.
An accomplished musician who led his own group, the Harry Dean Stanton Band, originally known as Harry Dean Stanton and the Repo Men.
To help maintain its secrecy, learned of the demise of his character Roman Grant on the HBO show Big Love shortly before filming.
Voiced the part of a prairie dog in Rango (2011).

Harry Dean Stanton Relationships:
Ersel Stanton - Mother
Ralph Stanton - Brother
Archie Stanton - Brother
Sheridan Harry Stanton - Father
Harry Dean Stanton Awards:
1999 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
College:
Attended University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

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