(CNN)Harry Dean Stanton, the longtime character actor whose face had its own unique character, has died at 91, according to his agent, John S. Kelly.
Stanton, whose gaunt, worn looks were more recognizable to many than his name, appeared in more than 100 films and 50 television shows, including the films “Alien” and “Repo Man” and the series “Big Love” and the recent version of “Twin Peaks.
”For many years, Stanton played lesser-billed characters. In 1984, he got his first part as a leading man in “Paris, Texas,” which won a host of awards, including the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
The late film critic Roger Ebert wrote of the actor in 1989, “No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad.”
“A restless, unconventional spirit off-camera, Stanton always lent a sympathetic realness to the menacing criminals and barroom-dwelling outsiders he stashed beneath his craggy face and…
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