Dean Stockwell

Known for ActingBorn 1936-03-05Died 2021-11-07North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Robert Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936 – November 7, 2021) was an American film, television and stage actor with a career spanning over 70 years. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he first came to the public's attention in films including Anchors Aweigh (1945), The Green Years (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), The Boy with Green Hair (1948), and Kim (1950). As a young adult, he had a lead role in the 1957 Broadway and 1959 screen adaptation of Compulsion; and in 1962 he played Edmund Tyrone in the film version of Long Day's Journey into Night, for which he won two Best Actor Awards at the Cannes Film Festival. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his starring role in the 1960 film version of D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers. He appeared in supporting roles in such films as Dune (1984), Paris, Texas (1984), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). He received further critical acclaim for his performance in Married to the Mob (1988), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently had roles in The Player (1992), Air Force One (1997), The Rainmaker (1997) and The Manchurian Candidate (2004). His television roles include Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in Quantum Leap (1989–1993), Navy Secretary Edward Sheffield on JAG (2002–2004), and Brother Cavil on Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009). Following his roles on Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica, he appeared at numerous science fiction conventions. He retired from acting in 2015 following health issues and focused his later life on sculpture and other visual art.Read more

Movies & web series

Bus Stop

Phenomenon: The Lost Archives

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Stargate SG-1

Battlestar Galactica

The Twilight Zone

Paris, Texas

Quantum Leap

The Sweet Scent of Death

Columbo

Nowhere Man

Win, Place or Steal

The Twilight Zone

Star Trek: Enterprise

Night Gallery

A Really Important Person

Blue Velvet

Twilight Man

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

NCIS: New Orleans

Combat!

Murder, She Wrote

Miami Vice

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The A-Team

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

The Timekeepers of Eternity

JAG

Three for the Road

Ellery Queen

Mission: Impossible

Chicago Hope

Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

Along for the Ride

Vanishing Son II

The Greatest Show on Earth

Bonanza

The Player

The Commish

MADtv

The Happy Years

The Rainmaker

What Katy Did

The Venice Project

To Live and Die in L.A.

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

Hunter

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman