Harry Dean Stanton remembered on his 100th birthday

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Film screenings and tributes mark what would have been Harry Dean Stanton’s 100th birthday on July 14, 1926, remembering the character actor and musician who died in 2017. The Brattle Theatre’s centennial program includes a rare screening of Cisco Pike, in which Stanton is billed as H.D. Stanton and plays Jesse opposite Kris Kristofferson; Cisco Pike was shot in late 1970 and released in the U.S. in early 1972. Commenters and posts point to Stanton’s best-known work across genres, citing Paris, Texas and Alien as anchor performances and noting roles in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Repo Man. Several tributes recall Stanton’s frequent collaborations with director David Lynch and an extended 2012 interview featured in the Partly Fiction documentary. Social posts emphasize Stanton’s effortless cool and his long career as a prolific character actor and musician, celebrating his range from small parts to standout scenes. The centennial programming is reviving lesser-seen entries like Cisco Pike alongside reminders of his signature performances, prompting renewed viewing and discussion of his filmography.

john JASON saeteroy

@johnjasonsaeteroy.bsky.social

Happy 100th birthday, Harry Dean Stanton!

6710h ago

Michael Warburton

@michaelwarburton.bsky.social

Remembering HARRY DEAN STANTON - born 100yrs ago today.

707h ago

Jack

@wakeupangry.bsky.social

Harry Dean Stanton #botd 100 yrs! Paris, Texas Alien Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Repo Man

534h ago

simon-kane.bsky.social4

Him and Yaphet Koto were a great double act in Alien

MaryK98422

Paris Texas is one of my favorite movies.

Alexander Dent1

For a while, in the 90's, it was hard to find a movie he wasn't in!

Pye1

I like his performances in whatever he appears in, including that short walk-on in an Avengers movie. Repo Man is by far my favorite of his roles, though.

Shawneen1

Pretty in Pink Escape From New York

JPSea ..🦩🌊

@jpsea83.bsky.social

𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏..(ᵃᶜᵗᵒʳ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜⁱᵃⁿ) #Botd (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) #FilmSky 🎟📽✴️🎞

As Travis Henderson in Paris, Texas (1984)

3614h ago

Andrew Elmore 💽

@elmore.zone

Haven't posted about Sam Neill yet because I don't really know how, he's been one of my very favorite actors my entire life. Last one to hit me like this was Harry Dean Stanton. Except I figured Sam had more time left with us.

4619h ago

Megan Abbott

@meganabbott.bsky.social

“I only eat so I can smoke and stay alive.” HBD, the eternal Harry Dean Stanton … 📷Candy Clark

302h ago

Cinefeast33 📽📺📚

@cinefeast33.bsky.social

Some people work at it... For some, though, being cool was effortless. Celebrating great character actor Harry Dean Stanton, BOTD 7/14/1926. Could elevate any project. #filmsky 📽

3211h ago

Mr Natural

@neilmatheson66.bsky.social

#BOTD 1926. Remembering actor and muscian Harry Dean Stanton. (d.2017) #Filmsky

169h ago

davidc1935.bsky.social

@davidc1935.bsky.social

"I play myself all the time... on camera and off. What else can I do?" Harry Dean Stanton, born 14 July 1926.

102h ago

Steve Senski's Watching

@stevensenski.bsky.social

Celebrating the remarkable Harry Dean Stanton, born 100 years ago today. We lost one of the greatest character actors of his generation in 2017.

72h ago

The Blogging Goth

@theblogginggoth.bsky.social

Remembering the late great #HarryDeanStanton born this day one hundred years ago. He passed away in 2017. An iconic, prolific #actor who had multiple collaborations with the visionary #DavidLynch, their interview in 2012 for the "Partly Fiction" documentary about HDS is my favourite interaction.

Snippets of the interview between HDS and Lynch. First, Lynch asks "How would you describe yourself?" and HDS replies "As nothing. There is no self."
Then DKL asks "what were your dreams as a child?" And Stanton replies "Nightmares"
Finally, Lynch asks "and how would you like to be remembered?" To which HDS responds laconically "doesn't matter".

91h ago

Sean Burns

@splicedpersonality.bsky.social

The Brattle Theatre’s Harry Dean Stanton Centennial continues today with a super-rare screening of CISCO PIKE. Here’s something I wrote about it a couple years back.

53h ago

Josh Slater-Williams

@jslaterwilliams.bsky.social

Harry Dean Stanton would have turned 100 today, where’s THAT centenary retrospective?

34h ago

David Hyman

@davidhyman.bsky.social

Forty-eight years ago today, London cinema audiences didn’t want him to get caught... #StraightTime #1970s #UluGrosbard #DustinHoffman #HarryDeanStanton #GaryBusey #TheresaRussell #EdwardBunker #crime #thriller

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Moondoggie (Rick)

@moondogrick.bsky.social

#Edwards2026MovieThingChallenge 7/14 Movie or TV character played by Harry Dean Stanton Edgar "Tramp" Potter in Cool Hand Luke (1967) #filmsky 📽️ #moviesky

416h ago

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