• 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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