Harry Dean Stanton Biography
Harry Dean Stanton (July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017) was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including 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), The Man Who Cried (2000), Alpha Dog (2006), and Inland Empire (2006).
He had rare lead roles in Paris, Texas (1984) and in Lucky (2017).
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A Secret About an Invisible Angel
Gideon:
Can you keep a secret?
Abbie:
Yeah.
Gideon:
Well, uh. I'm an angel. A Christmas angel.
Abbie:
Oh, no you're not. Because my dad told me you can't see angels. They're invisible.
Gideon:
Well, they're invisible sometimes, but sometimes they have to show up.
Abbie:
So, what's your name then.
Gideon:
Gideon.
Abbie:
Gideon? Was you a good person that died?
Gideon:
Good person? Well, I was a cow hand... out, out west. And one Christmas, a long, long time ago, I was riding along the Snake River, and I heard this little... kid, uh, yelling to somebody, and uh, so I jumped into the river to save him. Well, I saved him. All right, but I got myself drowned. Because I didn't know how to swim. And um, after that they, they made me a Christmas angel.
Abbie:
What do Christmas angels do?
Gideon:
Well, my job is to, every Christmas, have to help one person, that's feeling down, to get into Christmas spirit.
Abbie:
One person?
Gideon:
Yeah.
Abbie:
Could it be my mom? Could you make my mom like Christmas better, Gideon?
Gideon:
Yeah. I think so, if you'll help me.
Abbie:
Okay.
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