Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926) is an
American actor of
film and
television.
Biography
Early life
Stanton was born in
West Irvine, Kentucky, the son of Ersel (
née Moberly), a hair dresser, and Sheridan Harry Stanton, a
tobacco farmer and barber.
[Harry Dean Stanton Biography (1926-)] His parents divorced when Stanton was in
high school and later re-married. He has two younger brothers, Archie and Ralph, and a younger half-brother, Stan. Stanton attended the
University of Kentucky in
Lexington, Kentucky, where he studied journalism and radio arts. He also studied at the
Pasadena Playhouse in
Pasadena,
California, where his classmates included his friends,
Tyler MacDuff and
Dana Andrews.
Military Service
Stanton is a
U.S. Navy veteran of
World War II. He served as a cook aboard an LST ship during the
Battle of Okinawa.
