In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films such as "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), "Kelly's Heroes" (1970), "Dillinger" (1973), "The Godfather Part II" (1974), "Alien" (1979), "Escape from New York" (1981), "Christine" (1983), "Repo Man" (1984), "One Magic Christmas" (1985), "Pretty in Pink" (1986), "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), "Wild at Heart" (1990), "The Straight Story" (1999), "The Green Mile" (1999), "Alpha Dog" (2006) and "Inland Empire" (2006). He had rare lead roles in Wim Wenders' "Paris, Texas" (1984) and "Lucky" (2017), his last film.