Ralph Stanley(1927-2016)

Actor
Music Department
Soundtrack

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Down from the Mountain (2000)

Dr. Ralph Edmond Stanley, Senior was born to Lucy and Lee Stanley in Big Spraddle Creek, Virginia, near Stratton, in Dickenson County, Virginia on February 25, 1927. Ralph grew up in Southwestern Virginia. He is married to Jimmi, and they have 3 children, Lisa Tonya, and Ralph Stanley, II. Recently, Ralph opened a museum in Clintwood, Virginia. He currently resides in Coeburn, Virginia.

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Awards
- 4 wins & 13 nominations

Known for

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

7.7

Soundtrack("Angel Band", "O Death")

2000

Jason Clarke, Harry Melling, Bill Skarsgård, Robert Pattinson, Sebastian Stan, Mia Wasikowska, Riley Keough, and Tom Holland in The Devil All the Time (2020)

The Devil All the Time

7.1

Soundtrack("Old Ship of Zion")

2020

Transamerica

7.4

Soundtrack("Lost in the Lonesome Pines")

2005

Cold Mountain

7.2

Soundtrack("Great High Mountain")

2003

Credits

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Actor

Hawk
6.9
TV Series
- Byron Hornbeck
- 1966
The Right Man
8.8
TV Movie
- 1960
The Big Story
6.8
TV Series
- Zarko Franks
- Joe Saldana
- 1952–1957
The Jackie Gleason Show
8.5
TV Series
- Guy who taps Ralph on shoulder (uncredited)
- 1955
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse
8.2
TV Series
- Sergeant
- 1954
Inner Sanctum
8.2
TV Series
- Police Lieutenant
- 1954
Treasury Men in Action
7.0
TV Series
- 1952

Music Department

Soundtrack

Fargo
8.9
TV Series
- performer: "Gloryland (Live)"
- 2023
Bad Sisters
8.3
TV Series
- performer: "Oh, Death"
- 2022
Dopesick
8.6
TV Mini Series
- performer: "Gloryland"
- performer: "Me and God"
- 2021
The Pursuit of Love
6.7
TV Mini Series
- lyrics: "Mon Rêve c'était vous" (Dreaming of Love and you)
- 2021
The Devil All the Time
7.1
- performer: "Old Ship of Zion"
- 2020
Grace Notes
8.6
TV Series
- writer: "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me"
- 2020
Hover
3.8
- performer: "Almost Home"
- writer: "Almost Home"
- 2018
Big Stone Gap
5.8
- performer: "Rocky Island"
- 2014
The Marty Stuart Show
8.8
TV Series
- writer: "Katie Daley"
- writer: "Daybreak in Dixie"
- writer: "Who Will Sing for Me" ...
- 2010–2013
Lawless
7.2
- performer: "White Light/White Heat" ("Fire in the Blood", "Fire and Brimstone", "Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do")
- 2012
Independent Lens
8.1
TV Series
- performer: "Wayfaring Stranger"
- 2011
Late Show with David Letterman
7.0
TV Series
- performer: "Room at the Top of the Stairs" (uncredited)
- 2009
The Queens of Country
Video
- arranger: "Oh, Come, Angel Band"
- 2009
Big Love
7.7
TV Series
- writer: "I Feel Like Singing Today" (uncredited)
- 2007
Transamerica
7.4
- performer: "Lost in the Lonesome Pines"
- 2005

Trivia
In 2001 won the Grammy for "Best Male Country Vocal Performance" for his a capella rendition of the traditional song "O Death", from the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).