Harry Dean Stanton, R.I.P.

Actor Harry Dean Stanton has passed away at the age of 91.

Stanton's acting career spanned more than six decades. His TV credits included The Adventures of Run Tin Tin, Bat Masterson, The Rifleman, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Untouchables, The Fugitive, The Big Valley, The Andy Griffith Show, Mannix, Gunsmoke, Adam-12, Laverne & Shirley and Two and a Half Men. Viewers of a more recent vintage will remember him from HBO's The Big Love and the revival of Twin Peaks. 

His movie credits include Cool Hand Luke, Kelly's Heroes, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, The Godfather: Part II, The Missouri Breaks, Renaldo & Clara, Alien, The Rose, Private Benjamin, Escape from New York, Repo Man, Red Dawn, Pretty in Pink, The Last Temptation of Christ and The Avengers.

In his nearly 200 acting credits, Stanton (until this year when he starred in his final film Lucky) had the lead role only once when he was cast in Wim Wenders' 1984 film Paris, Texas co-written by Sam Shepard and Kit Carson. Paris, Texas is one of my favorite films of all time and much of it due to Stanton who is silent in the first half of the film. His face, however, spoke volumes. R.I.P.