- Birthday: 1926-07-14
- Deathday: 2017-09-15
- Place of Birth: West Irvine, Kentucky, USA
- Age: 91
- Average Role Age: 62.49
Movie | Release Date | Character | Age at Release | |
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American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective | 08/15/22 | Self | 91 | |
Frank and Ava | 12/07/20 | Sheriff Lloyd | 91 | |
Wim Wenders, Desperado | 07/16/20 | Self (archive footage) | 91 | |
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | 09/06/19 | Self (archive footage) | 91 | |
Lucky | 09/29/17 | Lucky | 91 | |
Sick of it All | 01/17/17 | Harry The News Reporter | 90 | |
Walking the Mile | 12/09/14 | Self (archive footage) | 88 | |
Fishtail | 04/17/14 | Narrator | 87 | |
Carlos Spills the Beans | 01/03/14 | Rhino | 87 | |
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction | 09/11/13 | Self | 87 | |
9 Full Moons | 06/06/13 | Dimitri | 86 | |
The Last Stand | 01/12/13 | Mr. Parson | 86 | |
Char·ac·ter | 11/30/12 | Self | 86 | |
Seven Psychopaths | 10/12/12 | Man in Hat | 86 | |
The Avengers | 04/25/12 | Security Guard | 85 | |
This Must Be the Place | 08/24/11 | Robert Plath | 85 | |
Rango | 03/02/11 | Balthazar (voice) | 84 | |
Harry Dean Stanton: Crossing Mulholland | 02/11/11 | 84 | ||
Athena | 04/21/10 | Bill | 83 | |
On Holiday | 03/02/10 | Josh the Roommate's Dad | 83 | |
The Open Road | 02/07/09 | Amon | 82 | |
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | 10/13/07 | Self | 81 | |
Being Michael Madsen | 09/28/07 | Self | 81 | |
Lynch 2 | 08/14/07 | Self | 81 | |
The Good Life | 01/20/07 | Gus | 80 | |
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride | 12/12/06 | Self | 80 | |
Inland Empire | 12/06/06 | Freddie Howard | 80 | |
You, Me and Dupree | 07/13/06 | Curly (uncredited) | 79 | |
Alien Autopsy | 04/07/06 | Harvey | 79 | |
Alpha Dog | 01/27/06 | Cosmo Gadabeeti | 79 | |
Harry Zen Stanton | 01/24/06 | Himself | 79 | |
The Wendell Baker Story | 08/03/05 | Skip Summers | 79 | |
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade | 07/25/04 | Self | 78 | |
Dig! | 05/14/04 | Self | 77 | |
Chrystal | 02/26/04 | Pa Da | 77 | |
The Big Bounce | 01/30/04 | Bob Rogers, Sr. | 77 | |
The Beast Within: Making Alien | 12/02/03 | Self | 77 | |
Anger Management | 04/11/03 | Blind Man (uncredited) | 76 | |
Hunter Goes to Hollywood | 02/18/03 | Himself | 76 | |
Ginostra | 01/29/03 | Del Piero | 76 | |
Bukowski: Born Into This | 01/18/03 | Self | 76 | |
Sonny | 10/26/02 | Henry | 76 | |
The Short Films of David Lynch | 06/01/02 | Slim | 75 | |
The Animal | 06/01/01 | Hunter (uncredited) | 74 | |
The Pledge | 01/19/01 | Floyd Cage | 74 | |
Sand | 11/27/00 | Leo | 74 | |
The Man Who Cried | 08/29/00 | Felix Perlman | 74 | |
The Green Mile | 12/10/99 | Toot-Toot | 73 | |
The Straight Story | 10/15/99 | Lyle | 73 | |
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark | 09/09/99 | Self | 73 | |
Ballad of the Nightingale | 05/07/99 | Jean-Paul | 72 | |
A Civil Action | 12/25/98 | Land Watcher (uncredited) | 72 | |
The Mighty | 06/01/98 | Grim | 71 | |
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | 05/19/98 | Judge | 71 | |
Fire Down Below | 09/05/97 | Cotton Harry | 71 | |
She's So Lovely | 08/29/97 | Tony 'Shorty' Russo | 71 | |
Midnight Blue | 04/21/97 | Eric | 70 | |
Playback | 09/21/96 | Ernie Fontenot | 70 | |
Down Periscope | 03/01/96 | Lt. Howard | 69 | |
Never Talk to Strangers | 10/20/95 | Max Cheski | 69 | |
Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma | 01/25/95 | Mute Actor in Hollywood (uncredited) | 68 | |
Blue Tiger | 04/03/94 | Smith | 67 | |
Against the Wall | 03/26/94 | Hal | 67 | |
Warren Oates: Across the Border | 11/10/93 | Self | 67 | |
Cruise Control | 10/01/92 | 66 | ||
Hostages | 09/23/92 | Frank Reed | 66 | |
Man Trouble | 07/17/92 | Redmond Layls | 66 | |
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | 06/03/92 | Carl Rodd | 65 | |
Payoff | 01/10/91 | Hook | 64 | |
Wild at Heart | 08/17/90 | Johnnie Farragut | 64 | |
Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas' | 04/25/90 | Self | 63 | |
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders | 04/25/90 | Self | 63 | |
The Fourth War | 03/08/90 | Gen. Hackworth | 63 | |
Twister | 06/30/89 | Cleveland | 62 | |
Dream a Little Dream | 03/03/89 | Ike Baker | 62 | |
Monster Maker | 01/23/89 | Chancey Bellow | 62 | |
The Cowboy and the Frenchman | 10/26/88 | Slim | 62 | |
Les Français vus par | 10/26/88 | (Segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman") | 62 | |
Mr. North | 07/22/88 | Henry Simmons | 62 | |
The Last Temptation of Christ | 05/28/88 | Paulus | 61 | |
Stars & Bars | 03/18/88 | Loomis Gage | 61 | |
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | 01/03/88 | Self - Audience Member | 61 | |
Slam Dance | 10/02/87 | Det. Benjamin Smiley | 61 | |
Rip Van Winkle | 03/23/87 | Rip Van Winkle | 60 | |
Pretty in Pink | 02/28/86 | Jack Walsh | 59 | |
Fool for Love | 12/06/85 | Old Man | 59 | |
One Magic Christmas | 11/22/85 | Gideon | 59 | |
The Care Bears Movie | 03/23/85 | Brave Heart Lion (singing voice) | 58 | |
The Bear | 09/28/84 | Coach Thomas | 58 | |
Red Dawn | 08/10/84 | Mr. Eckert | 58 | |
Paris, Texas | 07/16/84 | Travis | 58 | |
UFOria | 07/10/84 | Brother Bud Sanders | 57 | |
Repo Man | 03/02/84 | Bud | 57 | |
Christine | 12/09/83 | Rudolph Junkins | 57 | |
I Want to Live | 05/09/83 | Emmett Perkins | 56 | |
Young Doctors in Love | 07/16/82 | Dr. Oliver Ludwig | 56 | |
One from the Heart | 02/11/82 | Moe | 55 | |
Escape from New York | 05/23/81 | Harold 'Brain' Helman | 54 | |
Private Benjamin | 10/06/80 | Sgt. Jim Ballard | 54 | |
The Oldest Living Graduate | 04/07/80 | Mike | 53 | |
The Black Marble | 03/07/80 | Philo Skinner | 53 | |
La Mort en direct | 01/23/80 | Vincent Ferriman | 53 | |
Young Maverick - Dead Man's Hand | 12/26/79 | Pokey Tindle | 53 | |
The Rose | 11/07/79 | Billy Ray | 53 | |
Wise Blood | 10/24/79 | Asa Hawks | 53 | |
Alien | 05/25/79 | Brett | 52 | |
Flatbed Annie & Sweetie Pie: Lady Truckers | 02/10/79 | C.W. Douglas | 52 | |
Straight Time | 03/18/78 | Jerry Schue | 51 | |
Renaldo and Clara | 01/25/78 | Lafkezio | 51 | |
The Missouri Breaks | 05/19/76 | Calvin | 49 | |
The Ransom of Red Chief | 11/01/75 | Sam | 49 | |
92 in the Shade | 08/22/75 | Carter | 49 | |
Farewell, My Lovely | 08/08/75 | Billy Rolfe | 49 | |
The Fortune | 05/20/75 | Prisoner in Holding Cell (uncredited) | 48 | |
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond | 03/27/75 | President Warren G. Harding | 48 | |
Rancho Deluxe | 03/14/75 | Curt | 48 | |
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins | 02/02/75 | Billy Winston | 48 | |
Win, Place or Steal | 02/01/75 | Jack | 48 | |
The Godfather Part II | 12/20/74 | F.B.I. Man #1 | 48 | |
Cockfighter | 08/01/74 | Jack Burke | 48 | |
Zandy's Bride | 05/19/74 | Songer | 47 | |
Where the Lilies Bloom | 04/10/74 | Kiser Pease | 47 | |
Dillinger | 07/20/73 | Homer Van Meter | 47 | |
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 05/23/73 | Luke | 46 | |
Cry for Me, Billy | 08/01/72 | Luke Todd | 46 | |
Cisco Pike | 01/14/72 | Jesse Dupre | 45 | |
Two-Lane Blacktop | 07/07/71 | Oklahoma Hitchhiker | 44 | |
The Intruders | 11/10/70 | Whit Dykstra (as Dean Stanton) | 44 | |
Kelly's Heroes | 06/22/70 | Pvt. Willard | 43 | |
Rebel Rousers | 04/01/70 | Randolph Halverson | 43 | |
Lanton Mills | 11/03/69 | Lanton | 43 | |
The Mini-Skirt Mob | 05/23/68 | Spook | 41 | |
Day of the Evil Gun | 03/01/68 | Sergeant Parker | 41 | |
Cool Hand Luke | 11/01/67 | Tramp | 41 | |
The Hostage | 10/23/67 | Eddie (as Dean Stanton) | 41 | |
A Time for Killing | 08/01/67 | Sgt. Dan Way | 41 | |
The Dangerous Days Of Kiowa Jones | 12/25/66 | Jelly | 40 | |
Ride in the Whirlwind | 10/23/66 | Blind Dick | 40 | |
The Man from the Diners' Club | 04/17/63 | Beatnik (uncredited) | 36 | |
How the West Was Won | 11/02/62 | Gant Henchman (uncredited) | 36 | |
Hero's Island | 09/16/62 | Dixey Gates | 36 | |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | 07/21/60 | Slave Catcher | 34 | |
Escape to Sonoita | 06/26/60 | Lemon | 33 | |
A Dog's Best Friend | 12/20/59 | Roy Janney | 33 | |
The Jayhawkers! | 10/15/59 | Deputy Smallwood | 33 | |
Pork Chop Hill | 05/29/59 | BAR Soldier (uncredited) | 32 | |
The Proud Rebel | 07/01/58 | Jeb Burleigh | 31 | |
Revolt at Fort Laramie | 03/01/57 | Rinty | 30 | |
Tomahawk Trail | 02/01/57 | Pvt. Miller | 30 | |
The Wrong Man | 12/22/56 | Department of Corrections Employee (uncredited) | 30 |