RIP Harry Dean Stanton

[Bob Juch]

Harry Dean Stanton, Quintessential American Actor, Dies at 91

Rarely a leading man, the Kentucky native was memorable in 'Paris, Texas,' 'Repo Man,' 'Alien' and 'Big Love.'

Harry Dean Stanton, the character actor with the world-weary face who carved out an exceptional career playing grizzled loners and colorful, offbeat characters in such films as Paris, Texas and Repo Man, has died. He was 91.

Stanton, who also was memorable in Cool Hand Luke (1967), Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979), John Carpenter’s Escape From New York (1981) and John Hughes’ Pretty in Pink (1986) — in fact, what wasn’t he memorable in? — died Friday afternoon of natural causes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his agent, John Kelly, told The Hollywood Reporter.

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[silverscreenselect]

There will never be another actor quite like him. I loved him in almost every film he made.

[ghostjmf]

As someone who used to deliver cars, & sometimes had to pick them up from the repo people to take them back to the bank that now owned them, I have to say I never met a Repo Man quite like Stanton...