Harry Dean Stanton, who has died aged 91, was a vintage performer, only reaching his full potential in his late 50s. Stanton was born in a small town in Kentucky, where his father, Sheridan Harry Stanton, was a tobacco farmer and barber, and his mother, Ersel, a hairdresser and cook. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Harry Dean Stanton in Alien. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Harry Dean Stanton in Escape From New York. Apart from his busy film schedule, Stanton had a parallel career as a musician, on guitar and singing in The Harry Dean Stanton Band, which played their own mixture of mariachi and jazz.

Source: The Guardian September 16, 2017 00:20 UTC