Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor, musician, and singer.\n', '

In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in the films 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), 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). He was given rare lead roles in Wim Wenders\' classic Paris, Texas (1984) and Lucky (2017), his last film.\n', '

Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Sheridan Harry Stanton, a tobacco farmer and barber and Ersel (née Moberly), a cook. His parents divorced when Stanton was in high school; both later remarried.\n', '

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