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Early in his career, he took the name Dean Stanton to avoid confusion with the actor Harry Stanton. [1] His breakthrough part [9] came with the lead role in Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas. Playwright Sam Shepard, who wrote the film's script, had spotted Stanton at a bar in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1983 while both were attending a film festival in ...
Sep 16, 2017 · Legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton passed away at the age of 91. Sheila O’Malley wrote our obituary, but we wanted to let other members of our staff share their thoughts on such an irreplaceable screen presence.
Sep 15, 2017 · Born in Kentucky on July 14, 1926, the son of tobacco farmer and a cook, Stanton headed west after serving in the Navy during World War II and broke into acting at the Pasadena Playhouse.
- josh.rottenberg@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Sep 15, 2017 · Harry Dean Stanton was the king of the character actors. You may not have known his name, but you knew his hangdog face, with its deep-set eyes.
- Gary Susman
Sep 16, 2017 · When Wim Wenders cast him as Travis, the mysterious man who emerges from the desert of the American Southwest, dazed by a grief too deep he cannot even name, Stanton moved into a spotlight all his own.
Sep 15, 2017 · Harry Dean Stanton, who early in his career used the name Dean Stanton to avoid confusion with another actor, was born in West Irvine, Ky., on July 14, 1926. He began singing when he...
Sep 15, 2017 · Last year, Graham Fuller introduced Ingrid Sischy’s conversation with Stanton for Interview: “Born to an itinerant Southern Baptist family in West Irvine, Kentucky, in 1926, Stanton nurtured his gift for singing during a hard Depression childhood.
