Character Actor Peaked at Middle Age

Veteran character actor Harry Dean Stanton passed away at 91, and for someone who became famous in his late 50s, his was an extraordinary career as primarily a bit or supporting player. Just look at a partial list of films he has appeared in:Cool Hand Luke, The Godfather Part 2, Escape from New York, Twin Peaks, Pretty in Pink, Repo Man, The Rose, The Green Mile, The Avengers, and many, many more not to mention countless TV roles. For me, he made his mark in a series of films in the 1970s and 80s in Alien as an ill fated crew member, Dillinger as a gangster, and Red Dawn as a defiant father in war. Throughout film history, movies were abetted by great supporting actors like Thomas Mitchell, Walter Brennan, and now Mr. Stanton.