Actor, 1926 - played in Renaldo and Clara and almost 100 other films. Harry Dean Stanton plays Jesse Dupre, Kris Kristofferson's friend and band mate, in "Cisco Pike" (1972), Kristofferson's film debut, . The film also featues a brief appearance by Doug Sahm. Harry Dean Stanton stars in "Paris, Texas" (1984), screenplay by Sam Shepard. Stanton is a musician – he sings one of the songs on the "Paris, Texas" soundtrack – and has a band which performs in LA. On a more speculative note, would it be out of the question to suspect that Dylan, whose early persona has often been characterized as "Huck Finn", might have seen the movie "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1960), in which Stanton played the role of a "Slave Catcher"? Thanks to Daniel Olson Entry in the Internet Movie Database
