Dean Stanton (1906 - 1935) was played in the film adaptation of The Green Mile by Barry Pepper.
Background[]
A guard on E Block who is strangled and nearly killed by William Wharton. A father of young children, he takes no part in the taking of John Coffey to Melinda Moores due to the risk of losing his job. In the book, He applies for relocation to C Block after John Coffey's death, where he is murdered by an inmate 4 months later.