Harry Dean Stanton, the veteran American actor who ballasted generations of independent and cult films, has died aged 91.
He “passed away from natural causes” at Cedars-Sinai medical center, according to his agent John S Kelly.
Harry Dean Stanton has passed away. We lose a great actor. Forever in our memory. Forever in our hearts. #RIPHarryDeanStanton #TwinPeaks pic.twitter.com/T7bbQDfHGr
— Black Lodge Cult (@BlackLCult) September 15, 2017
Despite over 150 television and film appearances spanning six decades, including roles in the “Alien,” “The Green Mile,” “Pretty in Pink” and “The Avengers,” Stanton was not a household name — though his weathered, drooping face is instantly recognisable.
Rest in peace, Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017). Seen here in publicity stills for ALIEN. #scifi #RIPHarryDeanStanton pic.twitter.com/zAZb34A6i0
— Humanoid History (@HumanoidHistory) September 15, 2017
One of his rare leading roles came in the 1984 road movie “Paris, Texas” where his turn as a father suffering from amnesia helped director Wim Wenders win the 1984 Palme D’Or.
A close friend of Hollywood luminaries Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn and Marlon Brando, the drinker and smoker worked with David Lynch on TV’s “Twin Peaks.”
“The great Harry Dean Stanton has left us. There went the great one,” the filmmaker Lynch wrote in a statement posted on Twitter.
Stanton’s more recent work includes playing polygamist patriarch Roman Grant in TV’s “Big Love” and a voice role in animated feature “Rango” with Johnny Depp.
If you can't take the time to read his Random Roles, this is pretty much Harry Dean Stanton in a nutshell. #RIPHarryDeanStanton pic.twitter.com/voyjvM1aHm
— Will Harris in VA (@NonStopPop) September 15, 2017
