Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton Trivia
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In 2000, Harry was nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture for The Green Mile.
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Harry moved to Pasadena, CA, to study acting
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In 1984 Harry had his first screen lead in Paris, Texas directed by Wim Wenders
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In 1986 Harry played Molly Ringwald's father in Pretty in Pink .
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In 1957, he moved to Hollywood and made screen debut in Tomahawk Trail .
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Harry played a Police Officer in the movie Up in Smoke but they deleted the scenes so you do not see him in the movie.
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Harry was in the movie Pretty in Pink and he played Jack Walsh.
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Harry was the Land Watcher in the movie A Civil Action .
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He was in the movie Red Dawn and he was Tom Eckert.
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Harry was in the movie The Bear and he was Coach Thomas.
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Harry was in the movie Repo Man and he played Bud.
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He played the role of Travis in the Movie Paris, Texas .
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Harry played the role of 1st Sgt Jim Ballard in the movie Private Benjamin .
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He was in the movie Fire Down Below .
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Was in the movie based on Stephen king's book The Green Mile .
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Harry was in the Godfather Part 2 .
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Harry was in the movie Cool Hand Luke and he played Tramp.
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He frequently plays in and around Los Angeles, often at a spot called Jack's Sugar Shack, and his audiences continuously include other musicians and singers, among them Chaka Khan, Ringo Starr, and Bono.
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Stanton has performed with numerous big-league artists, including Bob Dylan and Bing Crosby.
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After his discharge from the Navy he went to the University of Kentucky, where he became a drama student.
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Join the Navy in the 1940s and served in Okinawa.
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Lived in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1944.
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Was tied up and pistol-whipped at his home in L.A. after a robbery. The thieves then took off in the actors car, but were soon apprehended after the car was traced by a tracking device. Stanton suffered only minor injuries. [20 January 1996]
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He fronts a band called The Harry Dean Stanton Band which regularly performs in the Los Angeles area. He sings and plays guitar. The band plays a mix of jazz, pop, and tex-mex styles. The band often plays in Hollywood at 'Jack's Sugar Shack'.
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Had a small role as a jail guard in the 1978 Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong film Up in Smoke , but his scenes were cut.
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Was Best Man at the wedding of Jack Nicholson and Sandra Knight. After their divorce, Nicholson lived for a time with Stanton.
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Harry is 5ft 8in tall
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Harry : I've been rather like a cat. I'm finicky and I've done a lot of things, and made career choices, missed meetings and so forth that would have made me a much bigger actor, I think. But, by the same token, that would have demanded more of my time, too.
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