ACTOR

Harry Dean Stanton

1926 - 2017

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Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including 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), One Magic Christmas (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Wild at Heart (1990), The Straight Story (1999), The Green Mile (1999), The Man Who Cried (2000), Alpha Dog (2006), Inland Empire (2006), Rango (2011), The Avengers (2012), and Seven Psychopaths (2012). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Dean Stanton has received more than 8,062,575 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Harry Dean Stanton is the 510th most popular actor (up from 594th in 2019), the 937th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,106th in 2019) and the 251st most popular American Actor.

Harry Dean Stanton was a prolific actor, and is most famous for his roles in the films "The Godfather Part II," "Cool Hand Luke," "Pretty in Pink," and "Alien."

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  • 8.1M

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  • 63.08

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  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Harry Dean Stanton ranks 510 out of 13,578Before him are Rod Steiger, Charles Laughton, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Baxter, Edward Norton, and Faten Hamama. After him are Jürgen Prochnow, Lucia Bosè, James Earl Jones, Billy Bob Thornton, Franco Columbu, and Jonathan Banks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Harry Dean Stanton ranks 53Before him are Neal Cassady, David Attenborough, Vivian Maier, Ingrid Thulin, Clifford Geertz, and Richard Crenna. After him are Ingeborg Bachmann, George Martin, Henry Way Kendall, Tony Bennett, Maria Schell, and Shohei Imamura. Among people deceased in 2017, Harry Dean Stanton ranks 46Before him are Adnan Khashoggi, Liu Xiaobo, Malcolm Young, Powers Boothe, George A. Romero, and Ryke Geerd Hamer. After him are Kenneth Arrow, Oliver Smithies, Jonathan Demme, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, and Al Jarreau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Dean Stanton ranks 937 out of 20,380Before him are Ben Bernanke (1953), Anne Baxter (1923), Keith Jarrett (1945), Edward Norton (1969), Dickinson W. Richards (1895), and Jody Williams (1950). After him are Kenneth Arrow (1921), Edgar Cayce (1877), Estée Lauder (1906), Kobe Bryant (1978), Leon M. Lederman (1922), and James Earl Jones (1931).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Harry Dean Stanton ranks 251Before him are Larry Hagman (1931), Jennifer Connelly (1970), Richard Crenna (1926), Rod Steiger (1925), Anne Baxter (1923), and Edward Norton (1969). After him are James Earl Jones (1931), Billy Bob Thornton (1955), Jonathan Banks (1947), Jane Wyman (1917), Melanie Griffith (1957), and Geena Davis (1956).

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