Harry Dean Stanton: Remembering a classic American actor

Johnny Depp (L) and Harry Dean Stanton arrive at the premiere of 'Rango' on February 14, 2011. Both actors voiced characters in the film.

Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Parker (Yaphet Kotto) and Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) search for a deadly alien creature in a scene from 'Alien'.

Brett (Harry Dean Stanton) in a scene from 'Alien'

Lainie Kazan, Harry Dean Stanton, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Pierson and Frederic Forrest have a reunion during a reception for the screening of the 1982 movie 'One from the Heart' at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif. Coppola directed the movie, while Kazan, Stanton, and Forrest had acting roles in it.

(L-R) Bruce Willis and Harry Dean Stanton in a scene from the 2006 motion picture 'Alpha Dog.'

Director Frank Darabont, right, discusses a scene with Tom Hanks, left, and Harry Dean Stanton, center on the set of the motion picture 'The Green Mile.'

Actor Harry Dean Stanton is shown in this Dec. 16, 1985 photo.

Director Julian Schnabel, left, actor Harry Dean Stanton, center, and actress Marion Cotillard pose together at a party honoring Cotillard for her Academy Award nomination for best actress in the film 'La Vie En Rose' in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 4, 2008.

Harry Dean Stanton performs at the 35th anniversary celebration of the founding of Greenpeace.

(L-R) Willie Nelson, Own Wilson, Morgan Freeman and Harry Dean Stanton in a scene from the 2004 motion picture 'The Big Bounce.'